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           Focus
        | China: reversal in the geographic imbalances 
 Since the early phase of the country modernization, the center of gravity of China’s economy has been alternately located in the coastal area and in inland area.  Such a shift is now taking place in China’s economic geography: the interior regions are catching up the coastal area (which was the engine of economic takeoff the last thirty years), thanks to an outstanding convergence speed in industry.  This rebalancing goes hand in hand with China’s new growth regime which relies increasingly on its expanding domestic market.
 Françoise Lemoine, Sandra Poncet, Deniz Ünal >>>
 
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    	   publications
		 
	         Foreign Language Learning: An Econometric AnalysisVictor Ginsburgh, Jacques Melitz, Farid Toubal
 
 
Firm Level Allocative Inefficiency: Evidence from FranceLionel Fontagné, Gianluca Santoni
 
 
Has trade openness reduced pollution in China?José de Sousa, Laura Hering, Sandra Poncet
 
 
Atlantic versus Pacific Agreement in Agri-food Sectors: Does the Winner Take it All?Anne Célia Disdier, Charlotte Emlinger, Jean Fouré
 
 
Do Regional Trade Agreements Really Boost Trade? Estimates for Agricultural ProductsSébastien Jean, Jean-Christophe Bureau
 
 
Variable Trade Costs, Composition Effects, and the Intensive Margin of TradeLionel Fontagné, Antoine Berthou
 
 
From Micro to Macro: Demand, Supply, and Heterogeneity in the Trade ElasticityMaria Bas, Thierry Mayer, Mathias Thoenig
 
 
Does Exporting Improve Matching? Evidence from French Employer-Employee DataMatilde Bombardini, Gianluca Orefice, Maria D. Tito
 
 
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 French manufacturing firms : a significant increase in the average labour gap
 
 Based on firm-level productivity estimates, the study identifies in the gap between the value of the marginal product and marginal input price the output loss due to inefficiencies in inputs allocation. The degree of resource misallocation is calculated among firms within sectors for each of the 96 French "Départements". Over the period 1993- 2007 the average gap at firm level is around 10 thousands euro, showing a relevant increase starting from the early 2000s.
 Lionel Fontagné & Gianluca Santoni
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 in bilateral agricultural and food exports due to regional trade agreements (RTAs). The trade effects of tariff preferences are assessed using difference-in-differences panel estimations, whereby exports to third destinations and imports from third origins are used as benchmarks. The method is applied at a detailed product level for 74 agreements, over the period 1998-2009, for the agricultural and food sector.
 Sébastien Jean & Jean-Christophe Bureau
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