This paper explores the idea that a properly designed sectoral approach could be the answer to two sets of constraints that hinder international agreements on climate change, namely a genuine concern from developing countries for economic growth and competitiveness issues from industrialized...

The prospect of an international agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) resulting in a common response to carbon pricing, such as a global cap-and-trade scheme, can for now only be seen as a long-term goal. In the meantime, it is realistic to operate...

For carbon-intensive, internationally-traded industrial goods, a unilateral increase in the domestic CO2 price may result in the reduction of the domestic production but an increase of imports. In such sectors as electricity, cement and steel, the trade flows result more from short-term regional...

[eng] Do Corporate Governance Models Converge ? . Concerning the development of the corporate governance model, two thesis are studied. On the first hand, national models will exist for a long time. On the second hand, these national models would converge on a unique Anglo-Saxon model. This...

This paper explores the idea that a properly designed sectoral approach could be the answer to two sets of constraints that hinder international agreements on climate change, namely a genuine concern from developing countries for economic growth and competitiveness issues from industrialized...