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Rodolphe DESBORDES

Professor

Business international, Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Development, applied econometrics

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Rodolphe DESBORDES

Academy

Globalization

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Global Risks

Location

Paris

Discipline

Economics

Rodolphe Desbordes is a Professor in Economics at SKEMA Business School. He was previously a Reader in Economics at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK. He holds a BA in Political Science (Sciences Po Paris) and a PhD in International Economics (University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne). He has widely published in the fields of foreign direct investment, economic growth, and applied econometrics. He has visited the IMF, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. He provides consulting services to various governments, international organisations, and private entities. He has strong research links with LIEPP-Sciences Po Paris and GREQAM (Aix-Marseille University).

Education
2005
Doctorate, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2002
MSc in International and Development Economics, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2000
Master, Sciences Po Paris, France
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2017
Professor in Economics, SKEMA Business School, France
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2007 - 2017
Reader, University of Strathclyde, Great Britain
2006 - 2007
Post-doc, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Other research activities
Reviewer for:
Economics and Politics, European Economic Review, International Business Review, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of International Economics

Peer-reviewed journal articles

BONO, P.H., DAVID, Q. and DESBORDES, R. (2024). International attractiveness of cities: The drivers of urban FDI. Review of International Economics, 32(5), pp. 2319-2343.
DESBORDES, R. and EBERHARDT, M. (2024). Climate change and economic prosperity:Evidence from a flexible damage function. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 125, pp. 102974.
CAMACHO, C., DESBORDES, R. and LA TORRE, D. (2024). A time-space integro-differential economic model of epidemic control. Economic Theory, 77(1-2), pp. 307-348.
D'ALBIS, H., AUGERAUD-VÉRON, E., COULIBALY, D. and DESBORDES, R. (2024). Covid-19 and mobility: determinant or consequence? Economic Theory, 77(1-2), pp. 261-282.
AZÉMAR, C., DESBORDES, R., MELINDI GHINI, P. and NICOLAI, J.P. (2022). Winners and losers of the COVID-19 pandemic: An excess profits tax proposal. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 24(5), pp. 1016-1039.
DESBORDES, R. (2022). Financial foreign direct investment and the economic performance of developing countries. Review of International Economics, 30(4), pp. 1229-1257.
BONO, P.H., DAVID, Q., DESBORDES, R. and PY, L. (2022). Metro infrastructure and metropolitan attractiveness. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 93, pp. 103757.
DESBORDES, R. (2021). Spatial dynamics of major infectious diseases outbreaks: A global empirical assessment. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 93, pp. 102493.
BOUCEKKINE, R., DESBORDES, R. and MELINDI GHINI, P. (2021). A Theory of Elite-Biased Democracies. Mathematical Social Sciences, 112, pp. 159-166.
AZÉMAR, C., DESBORDES, R. and WOOTON, I. (2020). Is International Tax Competition Only about Taxes? A Market-Based Perspective. Journal of Comparative Economics, 48(4), pp. 891-912.
FRANSSEN, L. and DESBORDES, R. (2019). Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity: A Cross-Country, Multisector Analysis. Asian Development Review, 36(1), pp. 54-79.
DAVIES, R.B., DESBORDES, R. and RAY, A. (2018). Greenfield versus merger and acquisition FDI: Same wine, different bottles? Canadian Journal of Economics, 51(4), pp. 1151-1190.
DESBORDES, R., KOOP, G. and VICARD, V. (2018). One size does not fit all… panel data: Bayesian model averaging and data poolability. Economic Modelling, 75, pp. 364-376.
DESBORDES, R. and WEI, S.J. (2017). The effects of financial development on foreign direct investment. Journal of Development Economics, 127, pp. 153-168.
DESBORDES, R. and WEI, S.J. (2017). Foreign direct investment and external financing conditions: Evidence from normal and crisis times. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119(4), pp. 1129-1166.
DESBORDES, R. and KOOP, G. (2016). Should we care about the uncertainty around measures of political-economic development? Journal of Comparative Economics, 44(3), pp. 752-763.
DAVIES, R.B. and DESBORDES, R. (2015). Greenfield FDI and skill upgrading: A polarized issue. Canadian Journal of Economics, 48(1), pp. 207-244.
AZÉMAR, C. and DESBORDES, R. (2013). Has the Lucas Paradox been fully explained? Economics Letters, 121(2), pp. 183-187.
AZÉMAR, C. and DESBORDES, R. (2013). External finance dependence and FDI responsiveness to corporate taxes. Applied Economics Letters, 20(16), pp. 1472-1476.
DESBORDES, R. and VERARDI, V. (2012). A Robust Instrumental-Variables Estimator. STATA Journal, 12(2), pp. 169-181.
AZÉMAR, C., DARBY, J., DESBORDES, R. and WOOTON, I. (2012). Market familiarity and the location of South and North MNEs. Economics and Politics, 24(3), pp. 307-345.
VERARDI, V. and DESBORDES, R. (2012). Refitting the Kuznets curve. Economics Letters, 116(2), pp. 258-261.
DESBORDES, R. (2011). The non-linear impact of life expectancy on economic growth. Economics Letters, 112(1), pp. 116-118.
AZÉMAR, C. and DESBORDES, R. (2010). Short-run strategies for attracting foreign direct investment. World Economy, 33(7), pp. 928-957.
DESBORDES, R. (2010). Global and diplomatic political risks and foreign direct investment. Economics and Politics, 22(1), pp. 92-125.
BOUCEKKINE, R., DESBORDES, R. and LATZER, H. (2009). How do epidemics induce behavioral changes? Journal of Economic Growth, 14, pp. 233-264.
DESBORDES, R. and VICARD, V. (2009). Bilateral investment treaties and foreign direct investment, an international political perspective. Journal of Comparative Economics, 37(3), pp. 372-386.
AZÉMAR, C. and DESBORDES, R. (2009). Public governance, health and foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of African Economies, 18(4), pp. 667-709.
DESBORDES, R. and VAUDAY, J. (2007). The political influence of foreign firms in developing countries. Economics and Politics, 19(3), pp. 421-451.
DESBORDES, R. (2007). The sensitivity of U.S. multinational enterprises to political and macroeconomic uncertainty: A sectoral analysis. International Business Review, 16(6), pp. 732-750.

Non peer-reviewed journal articles

AZÉMAR, C., DESBORDES, R. and MUCCHIELLI, J.L. (2007). Do tax sparing agreements contribute to the attraction of FDI in developing countries? International Tax and Public Finance, 14, pp. 543-562.

Book chapters

DEHON, C., DESBORDES, R. and VERARDI, V. (2015). The pitfalls of ignoring outliers in instrumental variables estimations: an application to the deep determinants of development. In: J. Beran, Y. Feng, H. Hebbel eds. Empirical Economic and Financial Research: Theory, Methods and Practices (Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, vol.48). 1st ed. Namur: Springer, pp. 195-213.
DARBY, J., DESBORDES, R. and WOOTON, I. (2013). Institutional quality and FDI to the South: an analytical approach. In: S. Beugelsdijk, S. Brakman J.H., Garretsen H. van Ees eds. Firms in the International Economy: Firm Heterogeneity Meets International Business. 1st ed. Glasgow: MIT Press, pp. 153-172.
DESBORDES, R. and VICARD, V. (2006). Being nice makes you attractive: the FDI - international political relationships nexus. In: Abdel-Gadir Ali (ed.). Issues in the Design of Development policies. 1st ed. Arab Planning Institute.
AZÉMAR, C., DESBORDES, R. and MUCCHIELLI, J.L. (2005). Public institutions and relationships with multinationals corporations' location decisions. In: A. Giroud, A. Mohr, D. Yang eds. Multinationals and Asia: Organizational and institutional relationships. 1st ed. Londres: Routledge, pp. 146-172.
AZÉMAR, C., DESBORDES, R. and MUCCHIELLI, J.L. (2004). Public governance as a key determinant of FDI. In: S. Perrin and F. Sachwald (ed.). Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: Leveraging the role of multinationals. 1st ed. Agence Française de Développement, pp. 23-51.

Books and book editor

DESBORDES, R. (2024). Les grands enjeux de la mondialisation commerciale. Paris: Ellipses, 174 pages.

Conference presentations

DAVIES, R.B. and DESBORDES, R. (2018). Measuring the Impact of SEZs on FDI: An Empirical Assessment. In: Asia FDI Forum IV Special Economic Zones Issues & Implication for investment law. Hong Kong.
DESBORDES, R., BONO, P.H. and DAVID, Q. (2018). Urban infrastructures and city attractiveness for FDI. In: Conference AFSE-DG Tresor. Paris.

Press and social media

DESBORDES, R. (2023). Faut-il signer le certificat de décès de la mondialisation commerciale ? Major Prépa.
DESBORDES, R. (2023). Youth Talks report. Youth Talks.