Lionel FONTAGNE's Research

Research Profile

Work in progress

Abele C., Bénassy-Quéré A., Fontagné L. One Size Does Not Fit All: TFP in the Aftermath of Financial Crises in Three European Countries. Updated version January 2021. R&R JIMF
Fontagné L., Limardi M. The Generalized System of Preferences and NGO Activism. R&R JDE
Bricongne J.-C., Carluccio J., Fontagné L., Gaulier G., Stumpner S. From Macro to Micro: Large Exporter Coping with Global Crises R&R JIE
Bas M., Fontagné L., Iodice I., Orefice G. Heterogeneous Trade Elasticity and Managerial Skills
Fontagné L., Santoni G. Regional Diffusion of Foreign Demand Shocks through Trade and Ownership Networks. CEPII working paper
Fontagné L., Lebrand M., Murray S. Ruta M., Santoni G. Trade and Infrastructure Integration in Africa. CEPII working paper
Beverelli C., Braml M., Fontagné L., Keck A., Orefice G. Heterogeneous Trade Effects of Pre-Shipment Inspections
Fontagné L., Martin P., Orefice G. The many Channels of Firm's Adjustment to Energy Shocks: Evidence from France. CEPR Discussion Paper - CESIfo Working Paper
Bellora C., Fontagné L. Zheng Y. A Dynamic Path to a Low Carbon Economy

Selected papers

Barba Navaretti G., Fontagné L., Orefice G., Pica G., Rosso A.C. TBTs, Firm Organization and Labour Structure- The effect of Technical Barriers to Trade on Skills. CEPR Discussion Paper version. Accepted Review of International Economics
Fontagné L., Reshef A., Santoni G., Vannelli G. Automation, Global Value Chains and Functional Specialization Accepted Review of International Economics
Fontagné L., Schubert K. (2023), The Economics of Border Carbon Adjustment: Rationale and Impacts of Compensating for Carbon at the Border, Annual Review of Economics, 15(1), August
Bellora C., Fontagné L. (2023), EU in Search of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, Energy Economics
Fontagné L., Rocha N., Ruta M., Santoni G. (2023) The Economic Impact of Deepening Trade Agreements, World Bank Economic Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhad005
Fontagné L., Perego E., Santoni G. (2022), MaGE 3.1: Long-Term Macroeconomic Projections of the World Economy. International Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2022.08.002
Fontagné L., Guimbard H., Orefice G. (2022), Tariff-Based Product Level Trade Elasticities, Journal of International Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2022.103593
Fontagné L., Santoni G. (2021), GVCs and the Endogenous Geography of RTAs. European Economic Review. Vol 132.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103656
Fontagné L., Orefice G. Piermartini R. (2020), Making (small) Firms Happy. The Heterogeneous Effect of Trade Facilitation Measures. Review of International Economics. 28(3): 565-598. https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12463
Fontagné L., Santoni G., (2019), Agglomeration Economies and Firm Level Labor Misallocation, Journal of Economic Geography, 1(1): 252-272, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lby007
Fontagné L., Martin P., Orefice G. (2018) The International Elasticity Puzzle Is Worse Than You Think, Journal of International Economics, 115: 115-119, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.08.011
Fontagné L., Secchi A., Tomasi C. (2018), Exporters' product vectors across markets, European Economic Review, 110: 150-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.08.002
Fontagné L., Orefice G. (2018), Let's Try Next Door: Technical Barriers to Trade and Multi-Destination Firms, European Economic Review, (101): 643 - 663, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.11.002
Békès G., Fontagné L., Murakozy B., Vicard V. (2017), Shipment frequency of exporters and demand uncertainty, Review of World Economics, 153(4): 779–807
Fontagné L., Orefice G., Piermartini R., Rocha N. (2015), Product Standards and Margins of Trade: Firm-Level Evidence, Journal of International Economics, 97(1): 29-44.
Blonigen B., Fontagné L., Sly N., Toubal F. (2014), Cherries for sale: The incidence and timing of cross-border M&A, Journal of International Economics, 94(2): 341-357.
Bricongne J.C., Fontagné L., Gaulier G., Taglioni D., Vicard V. (2012), Firms and the global crisis: French exports in the turmoil, Journal of International Economics, 87(1): 134-146

List of publications in refereed journals

Lionel FONTAGNE's complete list of scientific publications

Working papers

Lionel FONTAGNE's complete list of working papers

Shorter papers

I regularly publish short policy papers on international trade issues.

I publish columns in English on VoxEU, the CEPR's policy portal.
La Lettre du CEPII is a publication mostly in French. All my posts are here.
I also post blogs on the CEPII website. Blogs in English are here.
An evaluation of the Transatlantic Trade and Invesmtent Partnership (TTIP) had been published as a policy brief in 2013.

Book

Fontagné L., Harrison A. (2017), The Factory Free Economy - Outsourding, Servitization and the Future of Industry. Oxford University Press, March

Data

Additional results in relation with my papers, as well as related data and code.

Policy reports

Fontagné L. (coord.) Thematic report: ''Competitveness'', in Pisani-Ferry report to the Prime Minister The economic implications of climate action. Thematic report in French. May 2023.
Bellora C., Fontagné L., Possible carbon adjustment policies: An overview. European Parliament Briefing, Directorate-General For External Policies, EP/EXPO/INTA/FWC/2019-01/Lot5/1/C/02, April 2020
Report of the Committee of Experts (Schubert report) on The impact of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on the Environment and Health (in French), published on September 7, 2017
From 2013 to 2017, I co-authored 5 reports for the Conseil d'Analyse Economique (CAE - French Council of Economic Analysis reporting to the Prime Minister): Energy and Competitiveness (2013), No Industry, No Future? (2014), In Search of Lost Market Shares (2015), Time to Decide on French Agriculture (2016), Trade and Climate: Towards reconciliation (2017). The French version of these reports can be acceeded here.
I also contributed 6 reports from 2003 to 2010 on competitiveness and globalization issues for the French Council of Economic Analysis (CAE). These reports (in French only) are available here
The complete list of my policy reports is here