How can environmental policies reduce emissions without harming economic performance?

The FiGE Project explores this question by studying how environmental policy stringency affects firms, trade, and productivity in Germany and France. These two countries offer an interesting comparison because they follow different energy paths, with Germany relying more on renewables and France placing greater emphasis on nuclear energy.

By developing new indicators of environmental stringency and combining them with firm-level and trade data, the project examines how stricter environmental policies shape economic outcomes across firms/industries.

The aim is to provide evidence that can help design environmental policies that improve environmental performance while limiting negative effects on firms, trade, and productivity.

The project is financed by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme of the European Union.

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How do firms shape the economic landscape of Martinique?

The Outremer Project explores entrepreneurial dynamics in Martinique using an exceptional dataset covering more than 867,000 firms between 2011 and 2025. Drawing on detailed CapFinancials data, the project analyzes firm demographics, sectoral structures, geographic concentrations, and turnover trends across SMEs, intermediate firms, and large enterprises.

By combining firm-level financial and organizational information, the project aims to better understand the productive structure of Martinique.

The analysis sheds light on:
• Firm creation and survival patterns
• Sectoral specialization
• Regional business concentration
• The structure of the local productive ecosystem

The objective is to generate evidence that can support research, public policy, and regional economic development strategies while contributing to the broader understanding of entrepreneurship and firm performance in island economies.

📊 Data-driven research on regional development, entrepreneurship, and firm dynamics.

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