Josselin Droff and Julien Malizard, researchers at the Chair in Defence Economics have published an article in the journal Défense Nationale entitled: « Military map reforms: what regional scope?« . La military map is both the heir to a history of the defence strategy and political choices complexes. In this article, the authors study quantitatively successive reforms of the military map since the end of the Cold War: the north-east quarter is the most affected but the weight of history continues to have a strong structuring effect.
This article is a continuation of a theme developed by the Chair in Defence Economics for several years through several publications :
2013
Josselin Droff, Researcher at the Chair in Defence Economics supports his doctoral thesis in economics : « The space factor in defence economics: application to the maintenance in operational condition (MCO) of defence equipment». Visit chapters 1 and 2 of the thesis deal in particular with questions of‘he impact of defence activities (economic, social, spatial planning) on the territories and of the territorial reorganisations defence.
2014
Josselin Droff and Julien Malizard, researchers at the Defence Economics Chair have published an article entitled « Rationalisation versus History of the geographical organisation of defence in France »in the Journal of Regional and Urban Economics (RERU). The article highlights a play of forces between concentration and geographical dispersion. On the one hand, recent trends in the’organisation of the armed forces show a logic of economic rationalisation and geographical concentration. On the other hand, the dispersed spatial configuration of defence, a legacy of several centuries of history, is a major factor in restructuring. This interplay of forces can be illuminated by the concept of «regression cost». The article then provides a general overview of social and territorial costs associated with defence rationalisation.
2015
Josselin Droff, a researcher at the Economics of Defence Chair and Alfredo Paloyo (University of Wollongong, Australia) have published an article entitled « Assessing the regional economic impact of defence activities: a survey of methods »in the Journal of Economic Surveys. The article proposes a literature review in economics on issues relating to the evaluation of economic impact of defence activities in their regional environment. In particular, it stresses the need to go beyond assessments that are purely confined to a given area (monographs, studies with methodologies ad hoc) to move towards econometric studies with a more general scope.
2017
Josselin Droff and Julien Malizard, in « The place and structuring role of defence industries in the reorganisation of France's military map » (National Defence Review), are interested in the issue of role played by the defence industries in areas that have undergone major restructuring of the armed forces following the 2008 reform. They show that in the restructuring aid schemes set up by the Ministry of the Armed Forces, initiatives aimed at supporting the’private offer and in particular business start-ups. The article shows the a structuring and significant role that the defence industries in these initiatives aimed at promoting the development of economic activities in the private sector.
2018
Josselin Droff and Julien Malizard presented the results of their work on the territorial restructuring of defence in France. 55th Colloquium of the French Language Regional Science Association (ASRDLF) in Caen (4-6 July 2018). The article has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Regional and Urban Economics (RERU) (to be published in 2019).
