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The Groupe d’Economie Mondiale (GEM) at Sciences Po is an independent and non-partisan European, Paris-based research centre that seeks to promote debate on international economic integration – its real magnitude, foreseeable costs and benefits. In particular, it aims to provide analysis of the impact of two key policy areas with wide-ranging effects - trade policy and regulatory policy in services, impact assessment of policies, etc. (more...)

 

GEM's Research Programmes

Besides the whole range of trade issues and regulatory reforms, GEM has a few special programmes:

A bridge towards Asia

Since 2010, GEM has developed its activities on and in East Asia, with conferences in Europe involving economists from East Asia, and with the participation to many events in East Asia. These activities will continue to grow, thanks to the increasing number of GEM regular partners in East Asia and to business partners in Europe, such as MEDEF. During the academic year 2012-2013, GEM will continue to organize a series of conferences for the "Caucus" of the East Asian students at Sciences Po, and to help Caucus students find interesting internships.


    "Common Agricultural Policy -
    Efficiency, Equity and Transparency
    "
    (CAP+)
    A GEM-Goethe Universität project
    English, Français, Deutsch
    Conference "The 2020 European agriculture"
    A GEM-German Marshall Fund initiative
    English , français

    "Reform in International Transport Services" (RITS)
    A joint GEM-WTO Services Division initiative
    English

    "Global Trade and Financial Architecture"
    A World Bank-DFID project
    English


Latest publications

Kolozsi, Pál Péter, "Monetary policy, interest groups, financial crisis", pp35-52, Public Finance Quarterly, April 2013.

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques, "The future of Aid for Trade: challenges and options", World Trade Review, April 2013, pp 1 16.

Messerlin, Patrick A., "The Much Needed EU Pivoting to East Asia", Asia-Pacific Journal of EU Studies Vol. 10 No. 2, Winter 2012.

Bertho, Fabien, "A Liner Shipping Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) for Asia Pacific Economies", GEM Working Paper, January 2013.

Messerlin, Patrick A., "The EU Pivoting to East Asia", GEM Policy Brief, November 2012.

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques, "Aid for Trade: Chronicle of a WTO Attempt at Coherence", GEM Policy Brief, October 2012, revised November 5.

Kemper, Niels (University of Mannheim), Viet Ha, Luu (Goethe-University) Klump, Rainer (Goethe-University), "Property rights, consumption growth and consumption volatility: Evidence from a land reform in Vietnam". Policy Brief. October 12, 2012.

Izumi Ryuichiro, "Japan and Australia to hope to lead world through "Win-Win-Win" relations that bring economic stability in Asia", winner of the Committee Chairman's Prize of the JABCC 50th Anniversary Essay Contest. (Japanese). October 2012. Picture.

Messerlin, Patrick, "Openness in public procurement markets: A fair report of the results of the EU impact assessment", GEM Policy Brief, October 2012.

Sorescu, Silvia, Umaña Dajud, Camilo, "The European Commission as a lead financial supervisor: stepping up to the challenge? Lessons from the 2008-09 financial crisis", GEM working paper, August 2012.

van der Marel, Erik, Miroudot, Sébastien, "The Economics and Political Economy of Going beyond the GATS" London School of Economics / OECD Working Paper, August 8, 2012.

Messerlin, Patrick, Miroudot, Sébastien, "EU public procurement markets: How open are they?", a GEM policy brief, August 10, 2012.

Delpeuch, Claire, and Vandeplas, Anneleen, "Revisiting the "Cotton Problem"—A Comparative Analysis of Cotton Reforms in sub-Saharan Africa", World Development. August 4, 2012.

Blundell-Wignall, Adrian, and Atkinson, Paul E., "Deleveraging, Traditional versus Capital Markets Banking and the Urgent Need to Separate and Recapitalise G-SIFI Banks", OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends Volume 2012 Issue 1, July 2012.

van der Marel, Erik (LSE), Dreyer, Iana (Institut Montaigne), "Beyond Dutch Disease: When Deteriorating Rule of Law affects Russian Trade in High-Tech Goods and Services with Advanced Economies", Working Paper, July 2012.

Hergueux, Jérôme, "How does religion bias the allocation of Foreign Direct Investment? The role of institutions", International Economics 128 (2011), p. 53-76.

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques, "Aid for Trade is reaching its limits, so what's next?", GEM Working Paper, June 14, 2012.

Messerlin, Patrick A., "The TPP and the EU policy in East Asia (China Mainland excluded)", Asia Centre, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, mai 2012. (version française).

Messerlin, Patrick A., "An EU development-friendly trade policy under a "Comatose Doha"", European Parliament, Directorate-General for External Policies, Policy Department, April 6, 2012.

Messerlin, Patrick A., "Korean Hallyu in trade policy" A GEM Policy Brief, March 11, 2012. (revised April 17, 2012).

Messerlin, Patrick A., van der Marel, Erik, "The Dynamics of Transatlantic Negotiations in Services", GMF Economic Policy Paper Series 2012, February 21, 2012. (Update version from a 2009 GEM working paper).

Jouanjean, Marie-Agnès, "Standards, Reputation and Trade: Evidence from US Horticultural Import Refusals", LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance – K.U.Leuven & GEM Working Paper, January 2012.

Messerlin, Patrick A., "The EU Preferential Trade Agreements: Defining Priorities for a Debt-Ridden, Growth-Starving EU", GEM Working Paper, January 30, 2012. (French version)

Modwel, Suman, and Singh, Surendra, "The EU-India FTA Negotiations: Leading to an Agreement or Disagreement?", GEM Policy Brief, January 30, 2012.

Messerlin, Patrick, "Climate and trade policies: from mutual destruction to mutual support", World Trade Review, Cambridge Journals Online, January 2012.

Modwel, Suman, and Rukhaiyar, Bansidhar, "The Indian Small and Marginal Farmer : A Tale of Two Villages in Hazaribag". GEM Working Paper, January 2012.

 

Events

April 22, 2013: Finance Committee of the German Bundestag: Statement by Adrian Blundell-Wignall and Paul Atkinson.

February 22, 2013: ESRC/NIESR conference "Financial Structure: Fine Tuning or Radical Reform?": presentation by Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Paul Atkinson and Caroline Roulet on "The business models of large interconnected banks and the lessons from the financial crisis", London, UK.

December 3, 2012 at 4.00 pm: Les accords commerciaux dans les Amériques : une nouvelle "ligne de Tordesillas", Joint Seminar MEDEF-GEM. MEDEF, 55, avenue Bosquet 75007 PARIS, métro Ecole militaire. Programme. Registration.

November 22, 4.00 pm: Prof. Rainer Klump on "The financial crisis viewed from Frankfurt". Room H202A, 2nd floor, 28 rue des saints pères, Paris. Registration.

October 25, 2012, 4.00 pm: Asian Caucus first meeting: Presentation of the series of conferences. Salle du Conseil, 13 rue de l'université, 75007 Paris.

October 15, 2012, 2.00 pm: "Can Trade Agreements Reform Societies?". A GEM-ECIPE rountable with Dr Taeho Bark, Minister for Trade, Korea, Philippe Legrain, Principal Advisor of Bureau of European Policy Advisers of President Barroso, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Director, ECIPE (moderator), Prof. Patrick Messerlin, Sciences Po, Paris & ECIPE, Prof. Alan Winters, former Chief Economist, Dept of International Development (DFID) of UK government & Univ. of Sussex. Interview of Dr Bark (Les Echos).

October 9, 2012, 4.30 pm: "A la recherche de la croissance : Quel rôle pour le partenariat UE-Japon ?", a conference co-organized by JETRO - GEM. Salle de conférence du CERI, 56 rue Jacob, 75006 Paris. Registration compulsory.

July 11, 2012 (8:30-10:00am): "Accords commerciaux préférentiels: perspectives japonaises et européennes" by professor Shujiro URATA, Waseda university, Tokyo, Japon. A conference in English, organised by the Japan Embassy and CEPII.
Venue: CENTRE D'ANALYSE STRATÉGIQUE, Salle Pierre Guillaumat, 18, rue de Martignac - 75007 Paris. Programme. Registration.

June 4, 2012, 3.00pm: "Trans Pacific Partnership: Impacts sur la politique commerciale multilatérale et européenne". Joint Seminar MEDEF - GEM. 55, avenue Bosquet 75007 PARIS, métro Ecole militaire. Programme.

May 14, 2012: Prof. Richard Pomfret, Adelaide University (Australia), on "The Age of Equality: The twentieth century in economic perspective", ECIPE, Brussels.

April 11, 2012, 5.00 pm: M. Anders Ahnlid, Swedish Ambassador and permanent representative at the Delegation of Sweden to the OECD and to UNESCO, will talk about the organisation of and careers in these international institutions. Sciences Po, Salle du Conseil, 13 rue de l'université, Paris 7e.

March 29, 2012, 5.00pm: Prof. Richard Pomfret, Adelaide University (Australia), on "The Age of Equality: The twentieth century in economic perspective", Sciences Po, Salle du Conseil, 13 rue de l'université, Paris. Register.

March 2, 2012 : "Une mesure de la diversité des marchés du film en salles et en vidéogrammes en France et en Europe", by Florence Levy-Hartmann at the conference on "Mesurer la diversité culturelle : livre, musique enregistrée et cinéma", Ministère de la Culture, Paris, France. Programme.

February 10, 2012, 3.00 pm.: "East and West", EBS (Korea Educational Broadcasting System) documentary. Salle du Conseil, 13 rue de l'Université. Register.

February 14, 2012: "A New Era for Transatlantic Trade Leadership", A German Marshall Fund of the United States and ECIPE conference. Sciences Po, Salle du Conseil, rue de l'Université 75007 Paris. Invitation. Registration.

January 17, 2012: Michael Plummer, OECD, Head, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, and Professor of economics, Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Bologna "Monetary issues in Asia". Salle du Conseil, 13 rue de l'université.

 


Media

November 29, 2012: Patrick A. Messerlin in Les Echos: "Un accord commercial avec le Japon est vital pour l'Europe".

July 29, 2012: Patrick A Messerlin in VoxEU.org: "Keeping the WTO busy while the Doha Round is stuck".

July 19, 2012: Patrick Messerlin in Les Echos: "Bruxelles réclame un feu vert aux Etats pour négocier une entente commerciale avec le Japon" by Marie-Christine Corbier.

March 21, 2012: Patrick Messerlin interviewed in Hrvatska radiotelevizija (télévision nationale croate), by Dragan Nikolić. (Part 2).

March 15, 2012: Patrick Messerlin in Pénzügyi Szemle online: "A szabad kereskedelem mint gyógyír".

March 12, 2012: Erik van der Marel in France 24: "Quand Nicolas Sarkozy promeut un patriotisme économique européen... ", by Sebastian Seibt.

March 12, 2012: Patrick Messerlin in AFP: ""Buy european act": acheter européen, une mesure coûteuse et porteuse de conflits", by Anne Renaut.

 

March 8, 2012:Patrick Messerlin in Les Echos: "De la Chine à la Russie, les mesures protectionnistes se multiplient" by Marie-Christine Corbier.

March/April 2012: Patrick Messerlin in Japan Spotlight: "Opening Markets as Engine for Much-needed Growth: Imperative for Japan & the EU", an ebook by Japan Economic Foundation.

March 7, 2012: Pierre Boulanger in Euractiv: "La PAC, une politique sans eau?", by Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre.

February 23, 2012: Patrick Messerlin in le Figaro: "La Chine conditionne son aide à l'Europe", by Cécile de La Guérivière.

February 8, 2012: Patrick Messerlin interviewed in Hrvatska radiotelevizija (télévision nationale croate), by Dragan Nikolić. (Part 1).

January 15, 2012: Patrick Messerlin in le Figaro: "La Chine vilipende l'influence des agences de notation", by Cécile de La Guérivière.

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