Many colleagues write about this fascinating topic -competition in France- and have a realistic and critical view on the situation in our country.
In this section, I propose a selection of their papers about : the role of competition in economic growth, the impact of competition on employment, the competition as a means to break up injustified rents, the French critical attitude towards competition.
In this section, I propose a selection of their papers about : the role of competition in economic growth, the impact of competition on employment, the competition as a means to break up injustified rents, the French critical attitude towards competition.
My recent papers
A paper "Pouvoir d'achat : une politique", published by the Fondapol in September 2011 --> click HERE :
A paper "Les taxis, syndrome de la réglementation défaillante", published in the newspaper Les Echos, 17 June 2011 --> click HERE
A paper "Les bénéfices insoupçonnés de la concurrence pour le pouvoir d'achat", published on the website Le Monde.fr , 21 March 2011---> click HERE
Other papers
The Fondapol, a French think tank recently published an excellent paper (in French) about "Les vertus de la concurrence" [2010], by David Sraer, professor at the University of Princeton. If you still have some doubts about the merits of competition, in business and non profit activities, this study should convince you ! --> Click HERE
A paper I published on the regulation of the retail sector in France "Urbanisme commercial : à qui profite le statu quo ?", published (in French) in Telos, 26 June 2008 et reprise dans La Tribune du 3 Juillet 2008 ---> Click HERE
A paper of Francis Kramarz (in French) which underlines the vertues of competition, especially concerning job creation, published in Telos (18 October 2007) ---> Click HERE
A paper "Pouvoir d'achat : une politique", published by the Fondapol in September 2011 --> click HERE :
A paper "Téléphonie mobile : quand une révolution en cache une autre", published in the newspaper La Tribune, 1 july 2011 --> click HERE
A paper "le Parti Socialiste et le pouvoir d'achat : service minimum", published in the newspaper Le Figaro, 27 june 2011--> click HERE
A paper "Air France/Airbus : les impasses du patriotisme économique", published in the website Atlantico, 21 June 2011--> click HERE
A paper "Les taxis, syndrome de la réglementation défaillante", published in the newspaper Les Echos, 17 June 2011 --> click HERE
A paper "La concurrence, au secours du pouvoir d'achat", published in the newspaper L'Orient le Jour, 17 May 2011--> click HERE
A paper "Les bénéfices insoupçonnés de la concurrence pour le pouvoir d'achat", published on the website Le Monde.fr , 21 March 2011---> click HERE
Other papers
The Fondapol, a French think tank recently published an excellent paper (in French) about "Les vertus de la concurrence" [2010], by David Sraer, professor at the University of Princeton. If you still have some doubts about the merits of competition, in business and non profit activities, this study should convince you ! --> Click HERE
The European Commission recently published a poll about the opinion of European people concerning competition policy; the poll shows a strong adherence of French people, although we are not the at the first place, compared to other European countries ---> Click HERE
A paper I published on the regulation of the retail sector in France "Urbanisme commercial : à qui profite le statu quo ?", published (in French) in Telos, 26 June 2008 et reprise dans La Tribune du 3 Juillet 2008 ---> Click HERE
The Armand Rueff report [published in 1959 !] (in French) "Les obstacles à l'expansion économique", which described the French reluctance to competition, fifty years before the Attali report [2008] ---> Click HERE
The Attali report [2008] in favor of the "libération de la croissance française" (in French) ---> Click HERE
A recent study from OECD [2009] "Ten years of product market reform in OECD countries"---> Click HERE
The (original) point of view of a french economist Jacques Delpla in the newspaper Les Echos, who proposes an indepth and critical analysis of competition in France, with a special focus on regulated sectors such as taxis or drugstores (in French) ---> Click HERE ---> Click HERE
From the same author, I strongly recommend the following book (in French) : La fin des privilèges : payer pour réformer, with Ch. Wyplosz [2007] --> Click HERE
David Thesmar and Augustin Landier studies (in French) : the two authors criticise the "economic patriotism" and "national champion" doctrines, which rely on a conservative approach of competition, in favor of insider firms and against new competitors ---> Click HERE
I strongly recommend their book (in French) Le grand méchant marché : décryptage d'un fantasme français [2007] ---> Click HERE
A paper of Francis Kramarz (in French) which underlines the vertues of competition, especially concerning job creation, published in Telos (18 October 2007) ---> Click HERE
An excellent paper of P. Cahuc, F. Kramarz and A. Zylberberg on the opponents of competition (in French) Les ennemis de la concurrence et de l'emploi ---> Click HERE
On the French reluctance to competition
See a paper in The Economist (15 May 2008)---> Click HERE
See the result of a poll (23 November 2007) ---> Click HERE
On the restriction on competition in France
- The Cahuc Kramarz report (in French) De la précarité à la mobilité [2005] ---> Click HERE
- An OECD report about competition in France [200]---> Click HERE
- The Camdessus report (in French) Le sursaut : vers une nouvelle croissance pour la France [2004] ---> Click HERE
On the intensity of competition in France
- A paper published by the French Ministry of Economy (in French) Niveau et évolution de la concurrence sectorielle en France [2008], n° 27 ---> Click HERE
On taxi regulation in France
- The recommendations of the French competition authority (in French) [2004] ---> Click HERE
- An OECD study [2007]---> Click HERE
- A survey on taxi deregulation in 25 countries---> Click HERE
- Two papers of R. Darbera (in French) :
"L'étranglement de la petit remise", Transports [2005]---> Click HERE
"Technologie et régulation des taxis", Recherche Transport Sécurité [2005] ---> Click HERE
- The Chassigneux report (in French) on the reform of taxidriving in France [2008] ---> Click HERE
On regulated activities
The Darrois report (in French) on the reform of legal professions [2009]---> Click HERE
On the regulation of the retail sector
- The report of J. Tirole & P. Rey (in French) "Regulation des relations entre fournisseurs et distributeurs", [2000] Conseil d'Analyse Economique---> Click HERE
- A paper of M.L. Allain & C. Chambolle [2002] (in French) "Les relations entre producteurs et distributeurs : bilan de 30 ans de régulation," Cahier de recherche du CECO ---> Click HERE
- A very interesting book from M.L. Allain & C. Chambolle Economie de la distribution La Découverte/repères [2002]---> Click HERE
- A paper from the French Ministry of Economy, "Les relations commerciales entre fournisseurs et distributeurs" [2006], Notes Tresor Eco, n° 3 ---> Click HERE
- A study from INSEE (the french statistical administration), The effect of retail regulations on prices : evidence from the Loi Galland [2008] Working paper---> Click HERE
- A well-known paper of F. Kramarz & M. Bertrand [2002] "Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence from the French Retail Industry", published in ---> Click HERE
- The point of view of the French competition authority [2007]---> Click HERE
- A interesting book (with free access) from Ph. Askenazy & K. Weidenfeld Les soldes de la loi Raffarin [2007]---> Click HERE
