Publications of the Chair

Délocalisations dans un contexte d’échanges internationaux et de concurrence imparfaite: Quels sont les impacts des délocalisations en fonction de la qualité environnementale de la technologie utilisée

2024
Authors :
Julie Ing, Jean-Philippe Nicolaï

Cet article étudie dans le cadre d’un modèle d’équilibre partiel à deux pays, le Nord et le Sud, les effets du changement de localisation des entreprises dans un contexte de concurrence internationale et imparfaite. 

Un policy-mix vert pour l’Europe

2024
Authors :
Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran, Wojtek Kalinowski, Dominique Plihon

Si elle ne veut pas se désintégrer sous la pression de multiples crises internes et externes, l’Europe politique doit adapter sa gouvernance économique aux défis qui l’attendent. Certaines formes de coordination économique peuvent émerger dans le cadre juridique actuel, d’autres exigeraient une réforme des traités européens.

 

Assessing the Impact of Climate Extreme Events and Conflicts on Internal Displacement in Burkina Faso

2025
Authors :
Koffi Adzavon, Safiétou Sanfo, Ossadzifo Wonyra, Christine Furst

This study investigates the dynamic relationship between climate extreme events, conflicts, and internal displacement in Burkina Faso. Using monthly data on floods, storms, violent and non-violent conflicts, and demonstrations from 2018 to 2022, the analysis shows that, unlike storms, floods have affected all regions of the country. This study highlights the need for effective conflict management...

Individual versus group-level agglomeration bonuses to conserve biodiversity

2025
Authors :
François Bareille, Raphaël Soubeyran

Agglomeration bonuses (ABs) are payments conditional on the contiguity of landowners’ conservation areas. It is widely accepted that, by encouraging landowners to cooperate, ABs promote more cost-effective biodiversity conservation than instruments targeting landowners individually. This article challenges this conclusion by studying the impacts of different AB designs, some of which explicitly aim to enhance...

Wealth inequality and carbon inequality

2025
Authors :
Alpha Ly, Ablam Estel Apeti, Bao-We-Wal Bambe, Eyah Denise Edoh

This paper advances the issue about the richest people contributing disproportionately to the increase in CO2 emissions, and thus to global warming by providing robust econometric validity. The method aims at. examining the effect of wealth accumulation on carbon emissions. Our regression estimates support the hypothesis that wealth concentration significantly increases carbon...

Power constraints and firm-level total factor productivity in developing countries

2024
Authors :
Ablam Estel Apeti, Alpha Ly

We analyze the effects of power constraints on manufacturing firms’ TFPR. Statistically, the power constraints treatment variable is not random for the firms. Power constraints negatively and significantly affect firm-level TFPR. Average productivity 11% lower for exposed firms compared to unexposed firms. The acquisition of backup generators or investment in R&D mitigates this...

Electrification or deforestation? Evidence from household practices in Côte d’Ivoire

2024
Authors :
Alpha Ly, Raja Chakir, Anna Creti

This paper investigates the impact of electrification on household practices related to deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire, specifically focusing on the expansion of arable farms and the use of biomass fuels.  

Looking at the relationship between electrification and the expansion of arable farms inspired by Angelsen and studying  data from the latest four waves of the household Living Standards...

Functionalism in ecology and economics: Epistemological affinities and temptations

2024
Authors :
Hadrien Lantremange

This article reviews the epistemological debates about functionalism in ecology. While identifying current area of scientific validity, t emphasizes, in particular, that functionalism depends on the system examined and remains inapplicable wherever singularity prevails. 

Climate change and biodiversity loss: new territories for financial authorities

2024
Authors :
Hugues Chenet

We analyse the current and possible ways forward in this consideration of climate and biodiversity by finance, highlighting the extent to which they may either contribute to and/or suffer from those environmental changes.

Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the cattle sector: land-use regulation as an alternative to emissions pricing

2023
Authors :
Maxence Gérard, Stéphane De Cara, Guy Meunier

We examine the efficiency of a subsidy to cattle farmers for setting aside land for natural ecosystem regeneration. We develop a partial equilibrium model of the cattle sector that integrates land use, greenhouse gas emissions, and animal feeding. We identify conditions under which the subsidy is the best alternative to these other second-best policies.