This article examines the performances of French exporting firms. Using a highly detailed database, we confirm that exporting firms are much bigger, more productive and more profitable than domestic ones. This difference is particularly strong for firms exporting to non-eu markets, and for small...

<alinea/> Creative and talented theorist, Paul Krugman is the main architect of the new theories of international trade. He has shown that international trade can emerge without comparative advantages, in an imperfectly competitive environment. His models have provided convincing explanations to...

L’économie française, comme beaucoup d’économies développées, se désindustrialise à un rythme rapide, souvent jugé préoccupant. Cette évolution du tissu productif est plus profonde qu’il n’y paraît. Au-delà d’un basculement de la production et des emplois depuis les...

Comme la plupart des pays du monde, la France propose diverses aides publiques aux entreprises souhaitant exporter. Deux rapports publics, publiés coup sur coup en 2013, dressent le bilan de ce dispositif. Ils soulignent notamment sa complexité et le fait qu’il est parfois mal adapté aux...

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the cohesion versus growth tradeoff on European regions at a fine geographical disaggregation level. We use data on gdp per capita at the nuts3 level for 1980-2000 to estimate the influence of income dispersion within nuts1 on their economic...

Globalization is everywhere. At least, that’s the impression that it gives: more and more countries are opening up to international trade and fewer and fewer sectors seem to be protected from international competition. This impression correctly matches traditional analyses, which consider that...