As tourism is becoming one of the most important sectors of the world economy, the number of small islands trying to develop a competitive tourist activity is increasing and this strategy appears as growth enhancing. In most cases, it is built on the environmental quality of the destination but...

<italic>La première matrice de comptabilité sociale (MCS) pour la Corse est présentée pour l’année 2003. La MCS décrit dans un cadre macro-économique la structure de l’économie insulaire, y compris un tableau des achats intermédiaires sur cinq secteurs, une balance des paiements et les...</italic>

Different empirical studies confirm that individuals consider environmental quality in their location choices. Nonetheless, little attention has been devoted to the role of transboundary pollution in the agglomeration or spreading of economic activities. This contribution introduces...

A factor-price difference scenario has recently been used by Krugman and Venables and by Puga to explain why, in the absence of labor migrations, economic integration should first produce and then dissolve regional income inequalities. The authors question this scenario in a dynamic analysis...

Cet article vise à caractériser les spécificités de l'organisation spatiale des territoires insulaires touristiques au moyen de la distribution statistique et géographique des valeurs du foncier agricole. Il est en effet postulé que le prix de la terre agricole est un bon indicateur des...

Many small developing islands have opted to develop through tourism specialization. A sensible choice for places ill-fitted for manufacturing activities and endowed with natural tourism assets raises long term issues Is this growth sustainable ? A review of theoretical and empirical analysis on...

The first social accounting matrix (SAM) for Corsica is proposed for the year 2003. This SAM is a comprehensive and economy-wide data framework representing the regional economy, including an input-output table for five sectors, a balance of payments between Corsica, other French continental...

[eng] The aim of this paper is to provide an analytical explanation of the dynamics of world pharmaceutical industry confronted to biotechnology. The articulation through time between co-operative agreements, mergers and innovation decisions of large pharmaceutical firms is analysed using a...

[eng] Innovation and Long Term Evolution of Industries This article presents the new developments in industry life cycle analysis, compared to the basic model of Gort and Klepper [1982]. In a context where industry life cycle models are back at the centre stage of the economic literature, the...