Approaches of New Spatial Economy have the merit to be a current essay on globalisation, but it is important to accept its complex character, with the persistence of nuances. In opposition to a simplistic vision of spatial economics, these continue to work respectively, in the rather...

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Multilateral universalism (WTO) and the "second regionalism"( 1987-1995) restart the theoretical debate between non-discrimination and preferential liberalization. The "second regionalism" favours the free trade model, is harder for third countries and increases marginalization of developing...

Too often, research is paying attention to the ricardian gain or to corruption only, while what is needed in the real world is, above all, a residual appreciation of both phenomena. Arthur Dunkel and Pietro Balestra ? two great economists who both passed away in June 2005 ? were preoccupied,...