Research

Work in progress :

• • “Global Value Chains: do they impact the allocation of foreign aid? ”, with Basak Bayramoglu, Jean-François Jacques, Working Paper.

  • “Does Environmental Regulation Drive Specialisation in Green Innovation”, with Igor Bagayev and Dieter Kogler, Working Paper.

  • “Does gender matter for trade policy? Evidence from contingent protection”, with Catherine Bros and Neha B. Upadhayay, Working Paper.

  • “Do Preferential Trade Agreements Matter for Biodiversity Conservation?”, with Estelle Gozlan, Working Paper.

Publications :

• • “Trust and Specialization in Complexity: Evidence from U.S. States”, with José de Sousa, Amélie Guillin and Arthur Silve, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming.  

  • “Climbing the Economic Ladder: The Role of Microfinance Institutions in Promoting Entrepreneurship in Pakistan”, 2023, with Catherine Bros and Fozan Fareed, Journal of International Development, 35(6), pp. 1143-1162.

  • “International Trade and Face-to-Face Diplomacy”, 2022, with E. Lavallée, Review of World Economics, 158, pp. 987-1010.

  • “The Empire strikes back. French-African Trade After Independence”, with Emmanuelle Lavallée, 2019, Review of International Economics, 27(1), pp. 390-412.

  • “EU air pollution regulation: A breath of fresh air for Eastern European polluting industries?”, 2017, with I. Bagayev, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 83, pp. 145-163.

• • “The Comparative Effects of Independence on Trade”, 2015, with E. Lavallée, Journal of Comparative Economics, 43(3), pp. 613-632.

  • “How do Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Answer to Deregulation in Services ?”, 2013, with F. Boudier, The World Economy, 36(11), pp.1424-1441.

  • “Trade and Colonial Status”, 2012, with J. de Sousa, Journal of African Economies, 21(3), pp. 409-439.

  • “Does the single currency affect foreign direct investment?”, 2011, with J. de Sousa, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 113(3), pp. 553-578.

  • “Histoire Coloniale et Commerce international ”, 2009, with J. de Sousa, Revue Economique, 60(3), pp. 635-646.

  • “Union monétaire et IDE : quels sont les effets de l’euro ? ”, 2006, with J. de Sousa, Revue Economique, 57(3), pp. 419-430.

  • “Mesurer l’influence des unions monétaires sur le commerce”, 2005, Economie Internationale, 103(3), pp. 5-24.

  • “Do Currency Unions Solve the Border Effect Puzzle? Evidence from the CFA Franc Zone”, 2005, with J. de Sousa, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 141(3), pp. 422-441.

  • “Investissements directs étrangers et Intégration: Quels enseignements pour les PECO ? ”, 2004, with J. de Sousa, Economie et Prévision, 163(2), pp. 87-100.