We survey the micro and macro literature on the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on productivity. The "Solow Paradox" of the absence of an impact of ICT on productivity no longer holds, if it ever did. Both growth accounting and econometric evidence suggest an...

The NAFTA increasingly looks like a "one-shot" deal with little of the ongoing deepening of economic relationships expected at the time of its negotiation and no provisions for ongoing negotiations. As a result, alternative trading arrangements may provide an opportunity to move the North...

In this study three possible determinants of the increase in the ratio between skilled and unskilled workers are tested together: R&D, organisational change, and foreign direct investment. After analysing the literature, these hypotheses are jointly tested using a SUR estimate. The results -...

This document contains information and tools concerning testimonies of denial of health care – the stories of persons who have been denied essential health care from health facilities, and who have suffered serious consequences because of this. This includes guidelines about how to...

Society now expects agriculture to fulfil new functions to improve quality of life. This requirement has been reinforced by recent crises. The 1999 French Agricultural Framework Law (LOA) formalised agricultural multifunctionality and included payments to farmers for new practices, which satisfy...

L'article s'appuie sur des travaux qui proposaient la notion de "forme organisationnelle" pour représenter la diversité des entreprises de l'industrie des vins et spiritueux. L'objet est de montrer qu'il est possible de proposer une mesure globale de la spécificité des entreprises en...

Le livre comprend une partie descriptive sur les composants du marché, une seconde partie sur les relations de prix entre les marchés au comptant et à terme, une troisième partie descriptive des principales opérations sur les marchés, y compris les options, enfin une partie plus analytique...