Publications des institutions partenaires
Globalization and Productivity in the Developing World
We explore the impact of international trade in a monopolistically competitive economy that encompasses technology choice and an endogenous distribution of mark-ups due to credit frictions. We show that in such an environment a gradual opening of trade may ?but not necessarily must ?have a negative impact on productivity and overall output. The reason is that the pro-competitive...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2013
The principle of exhaustion and the resale of downloaded software - the UsedSoft ./. Oracle case
Institution partenaire
English / 30/11/2012
External shocks, internal shots : the geography of civil conflicts
This paper uses detailed information on the latitude and longitude of conflict events within a set of Sub-Saharan African countries to study the impact of external income shocks on the likelihood of violence. We consider a number of external demand shocks faced by the country or the regions within countries - changes in the world demand of agricultural commodities, financial crises...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 19/11/2012
Time to ship during financial crises
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 06/11/2012
Conflicts of interest, reputation, and the interwar debt crisis: banksters or bad luck?
This paper builds a new dataset with detailed information on the universe of foreign government bonds issued in New York in the 1920s and uses these data to describe the behavior of the financial intermediaries which operated in the New York market during the period leading to the interwar debt crisis. The paper starts by showing that concerns over reputation played an important role...
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 18/10/2012
Domestic and external public debt in developing countries
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 18/10/2012
Enhancing the Efficiency of Water Supply - Product Market Competition Versus Trade
In most developed countries, the provision of water is organized at a local level. The costs and tariffs vary significantly, even between adjacent water utilities. Such heterogeneity is an obvious indication of the sector's overall inefficiency and stresses a need for institutional adjustments. We show that cooperation by water trade and the introduction of competition by common...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/09/2012
Preferential trading arrangements
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 06/08/2012
Economic discrimination and cultural differences as barriers to migrant integration: is reverse causality symmetric?
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 17/07/2012
Governance of the research and development sector for biotechnology: intellectual property rights and bioprospecting
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 17/07/2012
How do different exporters react to exchange rate changes?
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 10/05/2012
Sovereign debt and the resource curse
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 10/05/2012
International trade, offshoring and heterogeneous firms
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 12/04/2012
The Doha dilemma: an introduction to the issues and possible solutions
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 12/04/2012
When should households be compensated for land-use restrictions?: a decision-making framework for Chinese forest policy
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 12/04/2012
The challenges ahead
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 12/04/2012
Choix et décisions économiques: introduction aux principes de l'économie
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 12/04/2012
The expansion and convergence of compulsory schooling in Western Europe, 1950-2000
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 08/03/2012
Public debts: nuts, bolts and worries
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 16/01/2012
The governance of extractive resources
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 16/01/2012
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