This thesis is an evaluation of the first two phases of the EU ETS. It is articulated around the progressive construction of a simulation model, ZEPHYR-Flex, which aims at being able to replicate the observed price and emissions trajectories between 2005 and 2012, and to project them until 2020...

The thesis focuses on the aggregated non-power sector covered under the EU ETS. First, the non-power sector contribution to CO2 emissions changes in the first two phases of the Scheme (2005-2012), both from a final demand perspective and a supply perspective, is compared to that of the power...

The electricity sector is the single most important EU ETS sector and will have determinant role in EU ETS emissions and emissions reductions. As such, understanding the reaction of the sector to EUA or carbon permit prices, both in the short-term (production) and in the long-term (investment)...

This thesis is an evaluation of the interaction between the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and electricity markets over the period 2005-2012. It rests on econometric and modelling instruments to both explain the development of markets and draw lessons for the conduct of future policies....

This thesis is an evaluation of the overall technical and economic mitigation potential in China agriculture and the conditions of putting a carbon price in this sector. The research scope is cropland emissions and particularly those related to synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use. The thesis is...

Consumption is not only utilitarian but symbolical indeed cultural, this dissertation explains in depth what French young women from Maghreb feels in their ethnic consumer experiences. This research highlights and defines the concept of intercultural inhibition arising at these young women and...

This thesis deals with different problems related to markets with transaction costs and is composed of four parts.In part I, we begin with the study of assymptotic hedging a European option in a local volatility model with bid-ask spread.In part II, we study the optimal consumption problem in a...

Marketing has been given a strong interface and connection role within the literature, creating the assumption of a naturally “open” marketing. However, specifically, the opening of the marketing organization is not so obvious. In a theoretical paper, Day (2011) introduces the Open Marketing...

After generics, which are copies of chemical medicines, "copies" of already patented biologics (biosimilars) are entering the biologics market and competing with their originators. Many uncertainties remain regarding the development of this newly emerging market, and the ability of biosimilars...

This dissertation focuses on the managerial practices of the Lebanese SMEs leaders. It pursues the overall goal of understanding how, in a crisis marked by rapid change and various uncertainties, these leaders manage to survive and strengthen the resilience of their businesses. From here comes...