infonet-economy

Dans cet article, nous proposons une méthodologie qui offre de nouvelles perspectives dans le contexte de la pauvreté multidimensionnelle. Dans une première étape, on effectue une analyse factorielle afin de construire des indicateurs de pauvreté basés sur de nombreuses dimensions potentielles et sans imposer de contrainte à priori. Les variables de base sont alors combinées dans...

Today's mobile data applications aspire to deliver services to a user anywhere – anytime while fulfilling his Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. However, the success of the service delivery heavily relies on the QoS offered by the underlying networks. As the services operate in a heterogeneous networking environment, we argue that the generic information about the networks...

This paper uses a gravity model to assess ex-post regional trade agreements. The model includes 130 countries and is estimated with panel data over the period 1962–1996. The introduction of the correct number of dummy variables allows for identification of Vinerian trade creation and trade diversion effects, while the estimation method takes into account the unobservable...

Does direct democracy tend to endanger or to protect minorities in multicultural countries? The response to this question has been controversial. Some scholars believe that direct democracy may result in “disregard of basic minority rights”; others think that it “serves to protect minorities”. This paper explores the experience of Switzerland, a longstanding multilingual democracy...