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    Economie Politique - Frederic Robert-Nicoud




    		Frédéric Robert-Nicoud


    		Professeur
    Bureau: M 5266
    Téléphone: +41 22 379 82 82
    E-mail: Frederic Robert-Nicoud
    Domaines de recherche:

    Economie spatiale (commerce international, économie régionale, économie urbaine), Economie politique, Microéconomie appliquée

    Cours:





    Frédéric Robert-Nicoud a rejoint l'université de Genève en janvier 2009. Il est également affilié au CEPR à Londres ainsi qu' au CEP et au SERC, basés à la London School of Economics (LSE). 

    Il a obtenu en 2008 le prix 'August Lösch for outstanding research in the field of Regional Science'.

    Ses recherches actuelles portent sur: (i) les déterminants de la régulation du foncier en zone urbaine; (ii) le lien entre taille et productivité des villes et inégalité de revenus; (iii) la dynamique des accords commerciaux.

    Frédéric Robert-Nicoud joined the department in January 2009. He is also affiliated to the CEPR and to the SERC and the CEP at the LSE. 

    In 2008 he earned the 'August Lösch prize for outstanding research in the field of Regional Science'.

    His current research interests are: (i) the determinants of land use regulations in cities; (ii) the link between urban productivity, urban income inequality and city size; (iii) the dynamics of trade agreements.
    Articles :

    • Survival of the fittest in cities: Urbanization, agglomeration, and  inequality [with K. Behrens, UQAM]. This version: March 2010.

    • The emulator effect of the Uruguay Round on U.S. regionalism [with Marco Fugazza, UNCTAD]. This version: February 2010.

    • On the origins of land use regulations: Theory and evidence from US metro areas [with Christian Hilber, LSE]. This version: December 2009.
    • Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks: An integrating framework. [with Richard Baldwin, GIIS]. This version: March 2010.
    • Productive cities: Sorting, selection and agglomeration [with K. Behrens, UQAM, and G. Duranton, UoT]. In progress.
    • Tempura mutantur: in search of a new testament for NEG [with K. Behrens, UQAM].

    • A simple model of the Juggernaut effect of trade liberalisation [with Richard Baldwin, GIIS]. December 2007.

    • Homeownership and land use control: A dynamic model with voting and lobbying [with Christian Hilber, LSE]. This version: January 2007.

    • Protection For Sale made easy. CEPR Discussion Paper 5452 (methodological/pedagogical contribution not for publication) [with Richard Baldwin, GIIS]. December 2007.

    Publications :

    • Krugman's Papers in Regional Science: the 100-dollar bill on the sidewalk is gone and the 2008 Nobel Prize well deserved [with K. Behrens] [PDF] [doi]. Papers Reg. Sc. 88(2), 467-489 (June 2009). Lead article in the special virtual issue (edited with Kristian Behrens) on "The impact of 2008 Nobel Prize Winner Paul Krugman's new trade theory (NTT) and new economic geography (NEG) on the field of Regional Science".
    • Labour market reform, job instability and the flexibility of the employment relationship [with N. Matouschek and P. Ramezzana] [PDF] [doi]. EER 53(1), 19-36 (January 2009).
    • Offshoring of routine tasks and deindustrialisation : Threat or opportunity -and for whom? [PDF]. JUE 63(2), 517-35 (March 2008).
    • Trade and growth with heterogenous firms [with R. Baldwin] [PDF] [doi]. JIE 74(1), 21-34 (January 2008).
    • Entry and asymmetric lobbying: Why governments pick losers [with R. Baldwin] [PDF ] [doi]. JEEA 5(5), 1064-93 (Sept. 2007). The Financial Times Deutschland's "Kommentar" column of Feb. 2, 2002 and FT columnist Tim Harford's blog on Feb. 15, 2008 both discuss this paper. Click here for a short, non-technical version of the argument.
    • Can South-South trade liberalisation stimulate North-South trade? [PDF] [with M. Fugazza]. J. Ec. Integr. 21(2), 234-53 (June 2006).
    • Agglomeration and trade with input-output linkages and capital mobility [PDF] [doi]. Spatial Ec. An. (first issue), 101-26 (June 2006).
    • The 'genome' of NEG models with vertical linkages: A positive and normative synthesis [with G. Ottaviano] [PDF] [doi]. JoEG 6(2), 113-39 (lead paper) (April 2006). C. Gaigne's comment in JoEG: [doi].
    • Agglomeration and welfare: The core-periphery model in the light of Bentham, Kaldor, and Rawls [with S. Charlot, C. Gaigne and J.-F. Thisse] [PDF] [doi]. J. Pub. Ec. 90(1-2), 325-47 (January 2006).
    • The role of human capital investments in the location decision of firms [with N. Matouschek] [PDF] [doi]. RSUE 35(5), 570-83 (Sept. 2005).
    • The structure of simple 'New Economic Geography' models (Or, on identical twins) [PDF] [doi]. JoEG 5(2), 201-34 (April 2005).
    • Home-market vs. vote-market effect: Location equilibrium in a probabilistic voting model [with F. Sbergami] [PDF] [doi]. EER 48(1), 155-79, (January 2004).
    • Economic Geography and Public Policy [with R. Baldwin, R. Forslid, G. Ottaviano and P. Martin]. Princeton University Press (June 2003).
    • The core-periphery model: Key features and effects [with R. Baldwin, R. Forslid, G. Ottaviano and P. Martin] [PDF]. In Heijdra and Brakman (eds), The Monopolistic Competition Revolution in Retrospect, Cambridge University Press (November 2003).
    • Endogenous lobbying in search of import protection: A comment (Conference volume) [PDF]. Rivista di Politica Economica, 145-8 (Jan. 2003). Reprinted in Ginebri and Sabani (eds), The Role of Organized Interest Groups in Policy Making, Palgrave Macmillan (Feb. 2004).
    • Free-trade liberalization without delocation [with R. Baldwin] [PDF] [jstor]. CJE 33(3), 766-86 (August 2000).









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