[eng] This paper analyses movements in automobile-price differentials between European Union countries from 1993 to 1999. Microeconomic data for selling prices of the principal models are used to construct price series for countries using an econometric hedonic-price model. It is shown that,...

Over the past two decades, international trade has become a privileged engine of growth for much of the developing world. With the global economy evolving continuously and rapidly, countries must pay close attention to their positioning on the map of global trade and production. Within this...

Cet article élabore une nouvelle méthodologie de datation des cycles financiers extrêmes. S?appuyant sur la théorie des valeurs extrêmes, il étend la « calculus rule » afin de détecter les pics et les creux exceptionnels. Appliquée sur des séries financières américaines...

Global trade contracted quickly and severely during the global crisis. This paper uses a unique dataset of French firms to match export data to firm-level credit constraints and shows that most of the 2008–2009 trade collapse was due to the unprecedented demand shock and to product...