Since the beginning of the nineties, professional sports firm values have been estimated by American newspapers. In 2004, Forbes proposed for the first time a list of the most valuable European soccer teams. In this article, we compare the determinants of firm values in MLB, the NBA, NFL, NHL,...

The aim of this article is to investigate the determinants of attendance at French football Ligue 1 matches over the period 2008--2011 with an emphasis on examining the effects of both competitive balance and intensity before a match. Competitive balance is measured by the point difference...

The aim of this article is to investigate the determinants of attendance at French football Ligue 1 matches over the period 2008-2011 with an emphasis on examining the effect of competitive intensity before a match. Competitive intensity is measured by dummies that are function of the points...

L’évolution du taux de change peut être un indicateur de déséquilibres macroéconomiques. L’estimation du taux de change d’équilibre reste toutefois un exercice difficile et plusieurs approches sont proposées par la littérature. L’application de ces méthodes aux pays de la zone...

L'apprentissage a ete largement impulse en France, comme un des moyens de reduire le chomage des jeunes. Notre objectif est de comparer l'[acces au premier emploi des appretis et des lyceens et, en particulier, les durees de chomage avant l'obtention du premier emploi en tenant compte de...

This paper estimates the treatment effect of grade repetition on subsequent schooling performances in France. We correct for potential selection issues associated with grade retention, using a multi-stage econometric model. We find that early grade repetition (Grade 1 or 2) leads to an increase...

<italic>Des statistiques descriptives montrent que le coût salarial moyen par élève d’un collège situé en zone rurale est plus élevé que le coût salarial moyen par élève d’un collège situé en zone urbaine. L’objectif de ce travail est d’expliquer ce surcoût et en particulier de...</italic>

Several descriptive statistics show that average wage cost per pupil in a middle school situated in a rural area is higher than the average wage cost of a middle school pupil in an urban area. The purpose of this research is to explain this excess cost, and in particular, to test whether it can...