In the Caribbean Basin countries as in many other parts of the world, unemployment has become since the early 1980s one of the major dimensions of economic dysfunctions affecting societies. With levels that are above 15% and often reaching values of up to 20% or 30% during the decades 1980, 1990...

In the case of the French overseas departments (DOM), particularly of Guadeloupe, which are at the dawn of the experiment reaching reforms of economic policies, development of a simulation tool such as a macroeconomic CGE appears naturally as a highly desirable requirement. This recourse to the...

One of the advantages to analyze the economic links between two countries on the basis of stock market data, rather than aggregate economic data published by national statistical offices, is that stock market data are readily available, allowing analysis in almost real time. We consider a...

Modeling the evolution of formal institutions in relation to the evolution of economic and informal institutionaldevelopment. Discrete time optimization; simulation. The punctuations and the evolution formal institutional quality depends on the extent of economic heterogenety.

Modelin the local and central government behaviours to assess the welfare/efficiency/equity impacts of fiscal decentralization. Static optimization; simulation The relative welfare and efficiency effects of fiscal decision mechanisms (defined as social planners optimum choice of fiscal...

There is no consensus on the effects of small businesses development on poverty reduction. While some showed positive evidence, others have shown weak relationship.Those that showed negative or weak relationship did not indicate the factors responsible for this.Most of the existing studies have...