Les processus régionaux se caractérisent par une double réalité : économique et politique. Cette communication a pour objectif de montrer que l'analyse des processus régionaux, à la fois pris isolément -mais également à fin de comparaison-, ne peut faire l'économie d'une double...

Gravity models are used to explore the determinants of trade, making use of fixed effect linear estimators and a Poisson estimator (as in Santos Silva and Tenreyro, 2006) with fixed effects. Beyond usual determinants of trade such as GDP, distance, contiguity, free trade areas and language, this...

Despite China’s growing importance in international economic relations, it cannot be considered yet as the economic leader of East Asia. Its dynamism should be relativized by its development level: China remains a country that lags behind its neighbour, Japan, whose role in this area is still...

Free trade zones (FTZ) have become widespread with the liberalisation of international trade and investment. They are a key player in the deepening of the global value chain (GVC). However, little is known about their contribution to world trade due to a lack of information on their location and...

This paper uses the gravity model to assess the determinants of intra- UEMOA trade flows and focuses on the impact of the wave of economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s on internal trade. Furthermore, it computes trade potentials among UEMOA member nations. The model is tested for 1990-1994 and...

La desintegration brutale du CAEM et la signature des Accords europeens au debut des annees quatre-vingt-dix ont conduit les PECO a reorienter massivement leur commerce vers l’Union europeenne (UE), suscitant ainsi des inquietudes sur leur capacite a reorganiser un commerce regional dynamique....