Fabrice Defever             CV in English
   
London School of Economics, Center for Economic Performance 

updated: December 2007

Postdoctoral year, Marie-Curie fellow


      

Address:

London School of Economics

Centre for Economic Performance 

Houghton Street London 

WC2A 2AE 

United Kingdom

E-Mail f.defever (at) lse.ac.uk
Phone +44 (0)20 7955 7801
 
   
   
   
Research Interests: International Trade, Multinational Firms, Outsourcing
   
   

2003-2007          PhD Paris School of Economics, University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Highest Distinction)

Thesis title:        International Fragmentation of the Production Process 

Supervisor:         Philippe Martin

   

2003                     MSc. in Economics, University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Highest Distinction)

2002                     B.A. in Economics, University of Paris-Dauphine, France (Distinction)

   
   
   
Teaching       International Trade (EC315 - London School of Economics, 2007-2008)
   
   
   
Work in Progress
   

Productivity and the Sourcing Modes of Multinational Firms: Evidence from French Firm-Level Data, joint with Farid Toubal, 2007. [PDF]

   

Incomplete Contracts and the Impact of Globalization on Consumer Welfare, 2008

   
Slicing Up the Value Chain and the Spatial Organization of Multinational Firms, 2007.
   
   
   
Publications
   
Functional Fragmentation and the Location of Multinational Firms in the Enlarged Europe. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2006, vol 36, N°5, pp. 658-677. [PDF] (Working Paper. PDF)
   
Décomposition Internationale de la Chaîne de Valeur : Une étude de la localisation des firmes multinationales dans l'Union Européenne élargie, with Jean-Louis Mucchielli, Revue Économique, 2005, vol 55, n°6, pp. 15-41. (Working Paper. PDF)
   
   
   
Books
   
Is it strategic to attract the service activities of multinational firms ? Some empirical evidence, in S Brakman and H Garretsen (eds), Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise, 2008, MIT Press.
   
   
   
Other policy-oriented articles
   
Elargissement de l’Union Européenne, Capital Humain et Gouvernance Publique: vers une délocalisation à l’est des activités de services ?, with Rodolphe Desbordes, Economies et Sociétés, 2007, K, n°17, 5, pp. 751-767. 
   

La France face aux nouvelles tendances de l'investissement international en Europe, with Fabrice Hatem, Accomex, 2003, n°54, pp 36-44. (PDF) story in daily LE MONDE (front page PDF)

   
   
   
Teaching       International Trade (EC315 - London School of Economics, 2007-2008)
   
                       L3 - Commerce International (Univ Paris I Sorbonne, 2006-2007)
                             L3 - Mémoire d'Economie Internationale (Univ Paris I Sorbonne, 2006-2007)
                             M1 - Politique Monétaire (Univ Paris I Sorbonne, 2006-2007)
   
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Seminar         International Economics Seminar (London School of Economics-CEP)
                             International Trade seminar (Paris School of Economics)
                             Macroeconomics seminar (Paris School of Economics)
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