We propose in this paper to analyse the location of multinational firms value chain in the European Union and new accessing countries. With a conditional logit and a mixed logit, we investigate the location determinants of production and service functions of multinational firms. We use a unique...

This article examines the performances of French exporting firms. Using a highly detailed database, we confirm that exporting firms are much bigger, more productive and more profitable than domestic ones. This difference is particularly strong for firms exporting to non-eu markets, and for small...

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the cohesion versus growth tradeoff on European regions at a fine geographical disaggregation level. We use data on gdp per capita at the nuts3 level for 1980-2000 to estimate the influence of income dispersion within nuts1 on their economic...