[eng] Within the food industry, the French system of norms which specifies quality often refers to the origin of products. The article specifies the significance of such a reference in France and shows how the use of origin as a sign of quality recently extends. Such a use asks for the...

[eng] How do technological changes affect the current slowing down of productivity gains? Pondering over the determining factors of the recent trends of productivity allows one to temper the extreme predictions concerning the consequences of microelectronics on productivity and employment.. An...

[eng] Consumer behaviour with regard to gmo's in the food supply: an experimental study - In this paper we study the French consumer behaviors with regard to the use of genetically modified organisms in the food supply. We report the results of an economic experiment in which we elicited...

Nous testons ici les dispositions à payer des consommateurs pour des aliments transgéniques de seconde génération, c'est-à-dire ayant des caractéristiques innovantes attractives pour le consommateur par rapport au produit conventionnel. Nous testons également les dispositions à payer de...