This paper addresses the question of what options are available to regulate the sector in the near future. In order to answer this question, the paper focuses on the problem of investment and innovation in an ex ante regulated sector. Relying on existing literature, we argue that ex ante...

Les nomenclatures actuelles sont-elles adaptées à l'étude des mutations industrielles ? À cette question, nous répondons que, si les éclairages fournis par les statistiques nationales sont indéniables, la construction des nomenclatures ne permet pas de segmenter les activités de façon...

This article addresses theoretically the dynamics of innovation and growth paths in an economy producing “standard goods” and emerging “new goods”. We model consumers’ preferences for both types of goods as well as producers’ behaviours in relation with consumers’ decisions. In...