Current Position :
Professor at University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.
Scientific Advisor CEPII, Paris, France.

Junior Member Institut Universitaire de France (2013-2018).

Research topics:
Economic integration, FDI, trade performance, inequality, economic growth, Chinese economy.

Concours National d’Agrégation de l’Enseignement Supérieur 2008: Rank 3

PhD in Economics. CERDI, Université de Clermont-Ferrand 1 :
Topic : "Integration or Fragmentation of China's domestic market"
Defended : on December 17th 2003, with honours.
Supervisors : Professeurs Patrick Guillaumont et Jean-Louis Combes
Jury:

Summary (in French)
PhD dissertation (in French) PDF

Research Assistant at CTCOE (Centre Textile de Conjoncture et d'Observation Economique) and CEPII. Paris.
Macroeconomic Research on China's trade liberalisation. Participation to the elaboration of "Study on the implications of the 2005 trade liberalisation in the textile and clothing sector" for the European Commission Européenne.

Teaching assistant. University Paris 13.
Courses: Topics in international economics, 1st year B. sc of Economics

Summer intern au département recherche de la Banque Mondiale. Development Research Group. Washington. Etats-Unis, sous la supervision de David Dollar.
Macroeconomic Research on the economy of China.
Redaction of an empirical study on Market Integration and Growth in China.

Teaching Assistant - University Clermont-Ferrand 1
Courses of project management

Internship - Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
Service of Economic Studies on Emerging Countries. Paris.
Macroeconomic forecasts on Asian emerging countries.
Published report on trade-induced transmission of economic crises.

Publications in refereed journals :

[1] 2013, "Export upgrading and growth: the prerequisite of domestic embeddedness" with Felipe Starosta de Waldemar, World Development, forthcoming. PDF

2] 2013,"Clustering the winners: the French Policy of Competitiveness Clusters", with Lionel Fontagné, Pamina Koenig and Florian Mayneris, Journal of Regional Science, forthcoming. PDF

[3] 2013, "Entry on difficult export markets by Chinese domestic firms: The role of foreign export spillover", with Florian Mayneris, World Bank Economic Review, forthcoming. PDF

[4] 2013,"Complexité économique et croissance : une application au cas chinois" with Felipe Starosta de Waldemar, Revue Economique, forthcoming. PDF

[5] 2013,"French firms at the conquest of Asian markets: The role of export spillovers" with Florian Mayneris Journal of Economic Integration, forthcoming. PDF

[6] 2013, "Wholesalers in trade" with Matthieu Crozet and Guy Lalanne, European Economic Review, 58, 1-17 PDF supplementary material XLS

[7] 2012,"Export sophistication and economic performance: evidence from Chinese provinces" with Joachim Jarreau Journal of Development Economics, 97, pp 281-292. PDF

[8] 2011, "How are wages set in Beijing" with José de Sousa Regional Science and Urban Economics, 41 (9-19) PDF

[9] 2011, "Economies d'agglomération à l'export et difficulté d'accès au marché" with Pamina Koenig and Florian Mayneris, Economie et Statistiques, 435-436. PDF

[10] 2010, "Local Export spillovers in France" with Pamina Koenig and Florian Mayneris, European Economic Review, 54, pp. 622-641 PDF

[11] 2010, "Market access impact on individual wages: evidence from China" Review of Economics and Statistics with Laura Hering Vol. 92, No. 1: 145–159.PDF Additional results

[12] 2010, "Income per capita inequality in China: The Role of Economic Geography and Spatial Interactions" The World Economy, with Laura Hering, 33 (5), pp. 655-679. PDF

[13] 2010, "Financial Constraints in China: the conditioning effect of FDI and State-Owned corporate sector" China Economic Review, with Walter Steingress and Hylke Vandenbussche, 21 (3), 411-422 PDF

[14] 2009, "The impact of economic geography on wages: Disentangling the channels of influence" China Economic Review with Laura Hering. Volume 20, Issue 1, March. p. 1-14. PDF

[15] 2009, "FDI and credit constraints: firm level evidence in China", Economic Systems with Jérôme Héricourt, Volume 33, Issue 1, march, pp. 1-21 PDF"

[16] 2008, China as an integrated area? Magnitude and determinants of Business Cycles with China", Journal of Economic Integration, with Jean Barthélémy, Volume 23, Number 4, p. 896-926, PDF

[17] 2008, "Could financial distortions be no impediment to economic growth after all? Evidence from China", Journal of Comparative Economics with Alessandra Guariglia, Volume 36, Issue 4, Dec, pp. 633-657. PDF

[18] 2008, "Ampleur et déterminants des cycles d'activité en Chine", Economie et Prévision, with Jean Barthélémy, Numéro 185/4, p. 1-15. PDF

[19] 2008, "Accès au marché et salaires individuels en Chine : l’influence de la propriété des firmes", Revue Economique with Laura Hering, 59, N° 3, mai, p. 653-662. PDF

[20] 2007, "Foreign Direct Investment in China: Reward or Remedy?", The World Economy, with Olena Havrylchyk, vol 30, p. 1662-1681 PDF

[21] "FDI in China: spillovers and impact on growth", The World Economy, with Nicole Madariaga, p.837-862.PDF

[22] 2006, "Provincial migration dynamics in China: Borders, costs and economic motivations", Regional Science and Urban Economics 36, p. 385– 398 PDF

[23] 2006, "Economic Integration of Yunnan with the Greater Mekong Subregion”, Asian Economic Journal, 20 (3), 202-317 PDF

[24] 2005, "A Fragmented China : Measure and Determinants of China's Domestic Market Disintegration", 13 (3), pp. 409-430 Review of International Economics PDF version Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper

[25] 2005, "Protectionnisme et localisation des activités en Chine", with Cécile Batisse, Economie Internationale 101, pp. 61-86. PDF

[26] 2005, "Impact des barrières aux échanges sur la croissance économique : le cas de la Chine", Revue Economique, avec Shang Jin Wei, 56, n 3 PDF

[27] 2004, "Protectionism and Industry localization in Chinese Provinces", with Cécile Batisse, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Vol 2 (2), pp. 133-154. PDF

[28] 2004, "La dynamique des migrations intérieures en Chine: frontières et forces centripètes", Revue Economique.Vol 55, n 3, pp. 623-632 PDF

[29] 2003, "Measuring Chinese domestic and international integration?", China Economic Review, 14. 1. p. 1-22. PDF

[30] 2002, "Evolution de l'intégration interne et internationale des provinces", Revue Economique, 53. p. 493-503 PDF

Other publications :

Book chapter
"Heterogeneous export spillovers to Chinese domestic firms: the role of the difficulty to enter the destination market" with Florian Mayneris, chapter in book “Firms in the International Economy” MIT press edited by Beugelsdijk and Brakman.

"China’s emergence: implications for the European economies", 2012, Chapter in book of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). Brasilia, Brazil.

"Inward and Outward Investment in China", 2012, Chapter in book China and the World Economy: consequences and challenges edited by David Greenaway, Chris Milner and Shuyie Yao, Palgrave. Londres, UK.

"Investissements directs étrangers en Chine", 2007, with Olena Havrylchyk, Chapter in book Négociation et processus d'affaires en Chine et en Asie, Editions Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris.

"L'impact des IDE sur la croissance: application au cas chinois", 2006, with Nicole Madariaga, Chapter in book : La Chine: forces et faiblesses d'une économie en expansion. Edited by 'Yunnan Si and Françoise Hay, Presses universitaires de Rennes. PDF

"Domestic Price Integration and Economic Performance in China", 2006 Chapter in Book : , Globalisation, Competition and Growth in China. Edited by Dr Jian Chen, University of Greenwich and Professor Shujie Yao, University of Middlesex. Taylor & Francis. PDF

"On the measurement of the openness of the Chinese economy", 2002, with J-L Combes and P.Guillaumont,J-L Combes and P.Guillaumont, Chapter in Book : China and its regions: Economic growth and reform in Chinese Provinces. Edited by M-F Renard.New Horizons in international business. Edward Elgar Publication. PDF

Report
"IMF Quotas at Year 2030", 2007, with Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Sophie Béreau, Yvan Decreux and Christophe Gouel. report for the French Ministry of Economics and Finances PDF

Other contributions

"What Chinese provinces export matter for their income and export performance", 2010, with Joachim Jarreau, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics.

"Credit allocation in China: firm-level evidence", 2009, with Walter Steingress and Hylke Vandenbussche, Medium for Econometric Applications. PDF

"Commerce inter-provincial", 2006, définition dans le dictionnaire de la Chine contemporaine, sous la direction de Thierry sanjuan, Armand Colin. Amazon.

"Country people moving to the cities: the migratory dynamic", 2005, China Perspectives PDF French version
PDF English version

"China's Domestic Market Fragmentation : Beijing struggles to put regional protectionism to an end", 2004, China Perspectives. number 84, p. 11-20. PDF french version PDF english version

"L'ouverture des provinces chinoises", 2002, Tendances de l'Economie Chinoise. PDF

"Is China Disintegrating? The magnitude of Chinese provinces' Domestic and International Integration" 2002 World Economic Forum (in Chinese) PDF

"Propagation d'un choc de croissance par le commerce: simulations à partir d'élasticités bilatérales", 2000, Zones Emergentes. Article 9, pp.17-26.

Book survey
Quand la Chine change le monde. Book by Erik Izraelewicz, for Universalia, Encyclopaedia Universalis, rubrique « Culture et œuvres ». 2005.

Selling China : Foreign Direct Investment during the Reform Era. Book by Yasheng Huang, for Perspectives chinoises. 2006.n° 93, jan - feb 2006. PDF French version PDF English version