Abstract This paper is aimed at evaluating the net gains and trade-offs at stake in implementing the competition of the rail mode in the long distance passenger market either by means of franchise or by an open access mechanism. We simulate the outcomes of competition in and for the market using...

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Does immigration reduce natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from the European Social Survey (2002/2003) suggests a more qualified relation. For Europe as a whole, there is only weak evidence of a negative association between the perceived presence of immigrants and natives' support...

In the article, we use two major solutions in cooperative game theory ?the Shapley value and the nucleolus? to study electoral bargaining in the electoral environment characterizing the French Regional elections of March 2010. Classification JEL : D71, D72

[fre] Aux menaces bien identifiées que les charges fiscales pesant sur le travail peuvent représenter pour l’économie -sous-emploi, croissante réduite -peut s’ajouter un autre danger, de nature informationnelle. En effet, s’il est difficile d’obtenir de l’information sur les...

[eng] Six models are estimated, incorporating three possible explanatory factors for non-employment which may be substitutable or complementary. They are the weakness of financial incentives, lower productivity than the cost of the minimum wage and labour market shortcomings. The study of...

We model political competition as a contest between parties that represent constituents, and which announce policies in a two-dimensional policy space; the first dimension concerns the degree of redistribution, and the second, the race or immigration issue. Given the distribution of voter...

For the first time in some years, a conservative government came to power in Denmark in 2001, due primarily to the citizenry's disaffection with social-democratic policies on immigration. We represent political competition in Denmark as taking place over two issues-the size of the public sector...

Nous estimons 6 modèles où interviennent d’une manière tantôt substituable tantôt complémentaire trois facteurs de non-emploi : la faiblesse des incitations financières, une productivité inférieure au coût du Smic et des dysfonctionnements du marché du travail. L’étude du...