For several years, research work has been carried out at the University of Canterbury aimed at the development of a rapid prototyping and manufacturing process referred to as Robotic Foam Sculpting (RFS). This system uses a six-axis industrial robot and electrically-heated hot-wire and hot-blade tools to sculpt desired parts from blocks of polystyrene foam. The vision for this system is that it will be able to rapidly create large volume foam models at low cost, for a range of potential applications. Parts produced by the RFS system can potentially be used as investment casting patterns, cores for sculptures and architectural details, demonstration and testing models, wind tunnel test models, and many other potential applications. At the beginning of the work reported in this thesis, there was very little understanding of the nature of the surfaces produced by hot-tool cutting of foam, very little knowledge of the range of input cutting conditions that affected the surface quality, and almost no understanding of the relationships between the cutting strategy and the nature of the surfaces being produced. In addition, there was little evidence of published work on these subjects that was sufficiently robust to be applicable to the RFS system. This research was concerned with rectifying this gap in the existing knowledge. There were a number of different focal areas for this research. These included the surface texture of surfaces cut with hot tools, the effects of cutting strategy on the surface quality in single-pass cutting of foam, the effects of cutting strategy on the surface quality in multi-pass cutting, and the application of a current-control system to control the surface quality in real time during a cut. In each of the focal areas the goal was to develop a detailed understanding of the nature of the different aspects of surface quality, to map the factor interactions and dependencies that controlled these aspects of surface quality, to develop methods for predicting the expected surface quality based on cutting strategy (and vice versa) and to develop techniques for minimising the surface errors. The detailed investigation of the surface texture of surfaces produced with hot-tool cutting is presented in Chapter 4. This chapter explores the characteristic nature of foam surfaces, presents the development of a method of measuring the surface texture of foam, and investigates the usefulness of a range of standard texture parameters for assessing foam surface quality. It is concluded in this chapter that common texture parameters based on the relative heights of surface features are not capable of reliably discriminating between different foam surfaces, so a new texture parameter (the 10%-Height Contiguous Diameter) is developed and implemented. Using this parameter, it is possible to reliably predict the surface texture to be expected for a given set of cutting conditions. Investigations of the cutting strategy in single-pass cutting are presented in Chapter 5. This chapter identifies the two key aspects of surface quality in single-pass cutting, the kerfwidth and the surface barrelling. Experimental work is carried out to investigate the relationships between these errors and the cutting strategy, and the factors that influence each of them are identified. In addition, statistical models are developed for the kerf along the length of a cut so that the kerf can be predicted based on cutting conditions. This chapter also includes a study of the cutting force in single-pass cutting, and develops models that allow the prediction of the expected cutting force for a given cutting strategy. A detailed study of the cutting strategy for multi-pass cutting is presented in Chapter 6. This study identifies the most significant surface errors in multi-pass cutting and determines the causes of each of these errors and the factor interactions and dependencies that have to be considered when developing a multi-pass cutting strategy. Once again, statistical models that allow the prediction of these surface errors based on cutting strategy, or the evaluation of cutting strategy parameters to achieve a desired surface quality, are developed. The models for cutting force in single-pass cutting are applied to multi-pass cutting, and it is found that these models can accurately predict the force in multi-pass cutting as well. The characterisation of the acoustic output in hot-tool cutting forms the subject matter of Chapter 7. This study establishes that the magnitude of the acoustic output is proportional to the cutting force experienced during the cut, and is therefore potentially suitable for use as a trigger signal for feedback current control. This would allow an acoustic signal to be used instead of the current force signal, which has a number of drawbacks that will be discussed in Chapter 2, the Background Material chapter. The specific trigger signal identified as being of most use is the acoustic output in the 4 – 12 kHz band, where the presence of any non-zero acoustic output above background noise is a reliable and repeatable indicator of the presence of thermomechanical cutting. The work presented in this thesis provides a detailed, quantitative, evidence-based and reliable understanding of the nature of the cutting strategy in hot-tool cutting of foam. The key cutting strategy parameters and the important aspects of surface quality for different cutting types are identified, the relationships between all these parameters are mapped, and quantitative models are developed that allow the output metrics like the surface quality or the cutting force to be predicted with a high degree of accuracy based on the input cutting strategy conditions. Armed with this understanding, it is possible to determine the most suitable cutting strategy for sculpting a given part, and to assess whether a given part can be sculpted with the RFS system. As such, the research problem posed at the start of this thesis has been largely solved, and the stage is set for further research to optimise the cutting strategy for sculpting different parts and to correct the remaining drawbacks of the RFS system to complete the development of a commercially-useful manufacturing system.

Les pôles de compétitivité sont un espace collectif dynamique. Par conséquent, la compréhension de l’intégration des organisations au sein de ce dispositif est stratégique. Cette recherche porte sur les logiques d’insertion des acteurs au sein des pôles. La méthodologie mobilisée est basée sur l’étude qualitative de deux cas : le pôle Mer et le pôle PASS basés en région PACA. Trois niveaux de résultats sont proposés. Un premier niveau concerne l’identification des ressources recherchées par les acteurs lors de leur entrée au sein des pôles, puis, un second niveau permet d’appréhender l’intensité des liens mobilisés par les acteurs lors de leur insertion. Enfin, en nous appuyant sur les ressources recherchées et les liens inter-organisationnels mobilisés par les différents acteurs, un troisième niveau de résultats nous permet d’identifier trois logiques d’insertion : technologique, économique et politique. / Clusters are a dynamic collective space. Therefore, understanding the integration of organizations within this system is strategic. This research focuses on logic then insert the actors in the “pôles”. Mobilized the methodology is based on the qualitative study of two cases: the “pôle” PASS and Mer based in the PACA region. Three levels of results are available. The first level concerns the identification of resources sought by the players when they enter in the pin, then a second level, capture both the intensity of ties mobilized by the actors during their insertion. Finally, drawing on the resources sought and inter-organizational linkages mobilized by different actors, a third level of results allows us to identify three logical integration: technological, economic and political.

Sistemas para a Transposição de Peixes são implantados para atenuar os efeitos negativos dos barramentos sobre os peixes migradores ou de piracema. No Brasil, como na maioria dos paises subdesenvolvidos, devido a fatores históricos, financeiros, políticos, institucionais e culturais desfavoráveis, há uma defasagem tecnológica quanto aos Sistemas para a Transposição de Peixes, pelo menos secular, com conseqüências imensuráveis ao ambiente e ao universo dos peixes. A importância dos nossos peixes fluviais, onde se destacam os migradores como os de maior interesse comercial e esportivo, é indiscutível. Assim, esta dissertação propõe-se a inventariar o "estado da arte" dos Sistemas para a Transposição de Peixes, isto é, conhecer as necessidades dos nossos peixes, estudar alternativas hidráulico-estruturais de transposição e, também, vencer as correntes retrógradas. Os estudos e projetos internacionais não devem ser aplicados indiscriminadamente para a realidade nacional, pois diferem quanto à diversidade dos nossos peixes, sob a pena de incorrer nos insucessos como os australianos africanos e os brasileiros. Nesta dissertação, após à introdução, há um breve relato sobre a importância entre as relações ecológicas e ambientais; relações entre os elementos vivos e o meio aquático e as interferências humanas; conhecimentos físicos e biológicos sobre os peixes; história, conceitos fundamentais e legislação sobre os STP's; estudos para viabilização de estruturas-tipo, em modelo reduzido e estudos futuros. / Fish Transponding System are usually adopted to mitigate negative effects of dam and reservoir construction on migratory fishes. In Brazil, as with most undeveloped countries, owing to historical, political, economical and cultural adverse factors, there is a centenary technological gap relating Fish Transponding System, which has caused unbearable consequences to environment and to the fish realm. The importance of our fluvial fishes, among which the migratory ones represent major commercial and sportive interest, is unquestionable. This dissertation intends to furnish information on the State of the Art in Fish Transponding System, to present native fish habits and needs, to compare hydraulic and structural transponding system types and, last but not least, to introduct a new way of facing and dealing with fish transponding problems, in a contribution to breaking the prevailing retrograde vision. This dissertation shows that international current projects and practices should not be adopted widespread to national reality, as they usually don’t match our fishes habits and needs; the adoption of those practices could lead to a project breakdown, according to some recorded Australian, African, and even Brazilian experiences. The work also presents a brief explanation on: ecological and environmental relations; living specimens, aquatic media and human actions; Fish physical and biological knowledge; history, basic concepts and legislation about FTS; considerations aiming to make feasible standard structures, reduced scale models and further investigations.

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This dissertation, Occupational Health in the Federal Public Service: Challenges the policies of health care and work safety at the University Hospital context, aims to analyze the effectiveness of the policies on health and safety in implementation by the Federal Government in the context of the University Hospital at the Federal University of Goias (HC/UFG). We sought to understand and analyze the social, economic, technological organization influencing the process of disease in the workers. To support the debate on the existing conceptual differences of workers’ health; health and work; and genre and work, theoretical references of researchers have been studied. We also sought to further the principles, objectives and guidelines of established public policies of health and safety as reference. This study is presented methodologically as a quantitative and qualitative research. The methodological procedure as the objective of this study was an exploratory research. The research location was chosen mainly because the University Hospital (HC/UFG) has the largest number of absences due to sickness in the Federal University of Goias. A proportional stratified probability sampling of simple random type was performed. The study population consisted of 986 effective workers linked to the Unitary Judicial Regime and 131 workers were selected to participate. As for the data collection, two questionnaires were especially developed with objective and subjective questions. One questionnaire was used for the technical and administrative staff of the University Hospital/ UFG, and the other was applied to the managers at SIASS/ UFG. The review of specialized literature, documental research, and field research, all contributed with the reflection and analysis of data. A discussion was sought out about the perception aspects of technical and administrative staff; managers of SIASS/UFG, as the executing agency of the institution analyze the development and implementation of PASS. Regarding the profile of those involved in the research, there’s a prevalence of women with 79% aged between 41 and 60 years, with 71% prevalence of qualified education, 90% did not undergo periodic examinations, and 56%of respondents with double employment bond. The analysis of data infers that the implementation of Federal Health Care Policy is unsatisfactory relating to Public Workers in the University Hospital/UFG regarding health promotion and work safety, and it has been unable to cope with sickness of the workers. / Persistem grandes obstáculos à consolidação de programas, políticas e ações envolvendo assistência, promoção, vigilância e prevenção dos agravos relacionados ao trabalho. São necessárias mudanças nos processos de trabalho que contemplem as relações saúde-trabalho em toda a sua complexidade. A criação do Subsistema Integrado de Atenção à Saúde do Servidor (SIASS), base estruturante da Política de Atenção à Saúde e Segurança do Trabalho do Servidor Público Federal (PASS), surge com a tarefa de garantir sustentabilidade e efetividade através do gerenciamento de trabalho. A presente dissertação, Saúde do Trabalhador no Serviço Público Federal: desafios para uma política de atenção à saúde e segurança do trabalho no contexto de hospital universitário tem o objetivo de analisar a efetividade da política de atenção à saúde e segurança do trabalho em implementação pelo governo federal no contexto do hospital universitário da Universidade Federal de Goiás (HC/UFG). Buscou-se compreender e analisar os fatores sociais, econômicos, tecnológicos, organizativos que influenciam o processo de adoecimento desses servidores. Para subsidiar o debate sobre as diferenças conceituais existentes sobre a saúde do trabalhador, saúde e trabalho e gênero e trabalho, estudou-se referenciais teóricos de pesquisadores da área. Buscou-se ainda os princípios, objetivos e diretrizes das políticas públicas instituídas de Saúde e Segurança como referência. Este estudo se apresenta metodologicamente como uma pesquisa quanti-qualitativa. O procedimento metodológico quanto ao objetivo nesse estudo foi pesquisa exploratória. A escolha deste local para ser pesquisado ocorreu devido à unidade Hospital das Clínicas/UFG possuir o maior número de afastamentos por adoecimentos no âmbito da Universidade Federal de Goiás. Foi realizada uma amostragem probabilística estratificada proporcional do tipo aleatória simples. A população do estudo foi constituída de 986 servidores do quadro efetivos, vinculados ao Regime Jurídico Único e selecionados 131 servidores participantes. Para o instrumento de coleta de dados utilizou-se dois questionários especificamente desenvolvidos para este estudo, elaborados com questões abertas e fechadas para aplicação de um questionário aos servidores técnico-administrativos do Hospital das Clínicas/UFG e outro questionário específico aplicado aos gestores do SIASS/UFG. A revisão da literatura especializada, a pesquisa bibliográfica, a pesquisa documental e a pesquisa de campo contribuíram na reflexão e na análise dos dados. Procurou-se discutir os aspectos relativos à percepção dos servidores técnico-administrativos da PASS e ainda como os gestores do SIASS/UFG, enquanto órgão executor da instituição, analisam o desenvolvimento/implementação da PASS. O perfil dos pesquisados há predominância de mulheres com 79%, faixa etária entre 41 e 60 anos com 71%, predominância de escolaridade qualificada, 90% não realizaram exames periódicos e duplo vínculo de servidores técnicos 56% dos pesquisados. A analise dos dados permitem inferir que a implementação da Política de Atenção à Saúde do Servidor Público Federal, no contexto do Hospital Universitário/UFG é insatisfatória como instrumento de promoção à saúde e segurança do trabalho e não tem sido capaz de enfrentamento do processo de adoecimento dos servidores.

A difração de raios X e de elétrons retroespalhados, em escalas distintas, foram aplicadas para acompanhar mudanças microestruturais em dois aços ferríticos baixo carbono (2%Si e ABNT 1006), observando-se o desenvolvimento da textura nas etapas de laminação a frio (skin-pass) e recozimento a 760 oC. Para ambos os aços, os resultados permitiram afirmar que o fenômeno que ocorre após a laminação por skin-pass e tratamento térmico, nas condições deste trabalho, é a recristalização primária. A aplicação do skin-pass criou mais discordâncias em grãos com baixo fator de Taylor por sofrerem mais deformações. Observou-se a nucleação e crescimento de grãos em regiões de grande densidade de células de discordâncias. A presença do silício atrasou a recuperação favorecendo o aumento de subcontornos. Não foi observado o crescimento anormal de grãos, nem em função da presença de grãos Goss. Os contornos CSL não garantiram o crescimento do grão. Núcleos de crescimento de grãos deram origem a grãos com orientações distintas, indicando que o crescimento de grãos não dependeu da existência prévia de grãos com as orientações desenvolvidas, demonstrando que o crescimento anormal de grãos não está relacionado necessariamente com os grãos Goss. / X ray and electron backscattering diffraction, in distinct levels, were applied to evaluate microstructural changes in two low carbon ferritic steels (2%Si and ABNT 1006), observing the texture development in cold lamination step (skin-pass) and in the subsequent annealing at 760 oC. In these two steels, results showed that after the skin-pass and annealing in the conditions of the present work, the observed phenomenon is the primary recrystallization. By applying skin-pass dislocations were introduced mostly in low Taylor factor grains as they are prone to be more deformed. Nucleation and grain growth were observed in high density dislocation cell regions. Silicon presence delayed the recovery favoring the sub-boundaries increase. It was not observed the abnormal grain growth, even in the presence of Gross grains. CSL boundaries did not guarantee the grains growth. Growing nuclei gave rise to grains with distinct orientations, showing that the grain growth was not dependent on the previous presence of grains with the developed orientation. This fact demonstrates that the abnormal grain growth is not necessarily related to the Gross grains.

Sistemas para a Transposição de Peixes são implantados para atenuar os efeitos negativos dos barramentos sobre os peixes migradores ou de piracema. No Brasil, como na maioria dos paises subdesenvolvidos, devido a fatores históricos, financeiros, políticos, institucionais e culturais desfavoráveis, há uma defasagem tecnológica quanto aos Sistemas para a Transposição de Peixes, pelo menos secular, com conseqüências imensuráveis ao ambiente e ao universo dos peixes. A importância dos nossos peixes fluviais, onde se destacam os migradores como os de maior interesse comercial e esportivo, é indiscutível. Assim, esta dissertação propõe-se a inventariar o "estado da arte" dos Sistemas para a Transposição de Peixes, isto é, conhecer as necessidades dos nossos peixes, estudar alternativas hidráulico-estruturais de transposição e, também, vencer as correntes retrógradas. Os estudos e projetos internacionais não devem ser aplicados indiscriminadamente para a realidade nacional, pois diferem quanto à diversidade dos nossos peixes, sob a pena de incorrer nos insucessos como os australianos africanos e os brasileiros. Nesta dissertação, após à introdução, há um breve relato sobre a importância entre as relações ecológicas e ambientais; relações entre os elementos vivos e o meio aquático e as interferências humanas; conhecimentos físicos e biológicos sobre os peixes; história, conceitos fundamentais e legislação sobre os STP's; estudos para viabilização de estruturas-tipo, em modelo reduzido e estudos futuros. / Fish Transponding System are usually adopted to mitigate negative effects of dam and reservoir construction on migratory fishes. In Brazil, as with most undeveloped countries, owing to historical, political, economical and cultural adverse factors, there is a centenary technological gap relating Fish Transponding System, which has caused unbearable consequences to environment and to the fish realm. The importance of our fluvial fishes, among which the migratory ones represent major commercial and sportive interest, is unquestionable. This dissertation intends to furnish information on the State of the Art in Fish Transponding System, to present native fish habits and needs, to compare hydraulic and structural transponding system types and, last but not least, to introduct a new way of facing and dealing with fish transponding problems, in a contribution to breaking the prevailing retrograde vision. This dissertation shows that international current projects and practices should not be adopted widespread to national reality, as they usually don’t match our fishes habits and needs; the adoption of those practices could lead to a project breakdown, according to some recorded Australian, African, and even Brazilian experiences. The work also presents a brief explanation on: ecological and environmental relations; living specimens, aquatic media and human actions; Fish physical and biological knowledge; history, basic concepts and legislation about FTS; considerations aiming to make feasible standard structures, reduced scale models and further investigations.

A difração de raios X e de elétrons retroespalhados, em escalas distintas, foram aplicadas para acompanhar mudanças microestruturais em dois aços ferríticos baixo carbono (2%Si e ABNT 1006), observando-se o desenvolvimento da textura nas etapas de laminação a frio (skin-pass) e recozimento a 760 oC. Para ambos os aços, os resultados permitiram afirmar que o fenômeno que ocorre após a laminação por skin-pass e tratamento térmico, nas condições deste trabalho, é a recristalização primária. A aplicação do skin-pass criou mais discordâncias em grãos com baixo fator de Taylor por sofrerem mais deformações. Observou-se a nucleação e crescimento de grãos em regiões de grande densidade de células de discordâncias. A presença do silício atrasou a recuperação favorecendo o aumento de subcontornos. Não foi observado o crescimento anormal de grãos, nem em função da presença de grãos Goss. Os contornos CSL não garantiram o crescimento do grão. Núcleos de crescimento de grãos deram origem a grãos com orientações distintas, indicando que o crescimento de grãos não dependeu da existência prévia de grãos com as orientações desenvolvidas, demonstrando que o crescimento anormal de grãos não está relacionado necessariamente com os grãos Goss. / X ray and electron backscattering diffraction, in distinct levels, were applied to evaluate microstructural changes in two low carbon ferritic steels (2%Si and ABNT 1006), observing the texture development in cold lamination step (skin-pass) and in the subsequent annealing at 760 oC. In these two steels, results showed that after the skin-pass and annealing in the conditions of the present work, the observed phenomenon is the primary recrystallization. By applying skin-pass dislocations were introduced mostly in low Taylor factor grains as they are prone to be more deformed. Nucleation and grain growth were observed in high density dislocation cell regions. Silicon presence delayed the recovery favoring the sub-boundaries increase. It was not observed the abnormal grain growth, even in the presence of Gross grains. CSL boundaries did not guarantee the grains growth. Growing nuclei gave rise to grains with distinct orientations, showing that the grain growth was not dependent on the previous presence of grains with the developed orientation. This fact demonstrates that the abnormal grain growth is not necessarily related to the Gross grains.

Cette thèse est consacrée à l’étude de transmission de la politique monétaire dans la zone Euro, en traitant le canal du taux d’intérêt et le canal du crédit. La démarche suivie consiste à combiner des approches théoriques et empiriques de façon à mettre en évidence empiriquement l’hétérogénéité de transmission au sein de la zone euro et l’existence du canal du crédit. Le premier chapitre consiste à étudier le pass-through aux taux bancaires. D’après les résultats, le processus de transmission semble bien influencé par la spécificité des pays de la zone euro. Les niveaux et les vitesses de transmission restent en effet hétérogènes, le niveau du pass-through est incomplet dans la plupart des cas et il a diminué au cours de la période étudiée, en particulier après la crise financière. Le deuxième chapitre est consacré à l’étude des déterminants de la transmission. D’après les résultats, l’hétérogénéité de la transmission se trouve son origine dans les différences des structures des banques et des marchés bancaires et dans les différences de l’intégration bancaire. Le dernier chapitre est consacré à examiner le canal du crédit dans la zone euro en distinguant la réaction des banques sur la bas de la taille, la capitalisation et la diversification bancaires. Les résultats confirment l’existence du canal du crédit dans la zone euro qui s’avère plus important après la crise financière, et montre aussi que la taille et la capitalisation bancaire jouent un rôle important dans la réaction des banques aux chocs monétaires. Cette présente thèse a apporté de nouveaux résultats par rapport à la littérature et elle a montré que le pass-through résultant de l’estimation du modèle MCE en seule étape est supérieur pour certains cas à celui du modèle en deux étapes, ainsi que le canal du crédit semble jouer un rôle plus considérable pendant la période de la crise. / The aim of this thesis is to study the transmission of monetary policy in the Euro Zone, by treating the channels of interest rate and credit. The approach consists of combining theoretical and empirical approaches in order to empirically highlight the heterogeneity of transmission within the Euro Zone and the existence of the credit channel. The first chapter dilates on the study of pass-through through banking rates. According to results, the process of pass-through seems well influenced by the specificity of the countries of Euro Zone. The levels and speeds of transmission remain heterogeneous; the level of pass-through is incomplete in most cases and decreases during the period under study, in particular after the financial crisis. The second chapter is devoted to investigate the determinants of transmission. According to results, the heterogeneity of transmission finds its origin in the differences of the structure of banks, banking markets, and in the differences of banking integration. The final chapter examines the channel of the credit in the Euro Zone by distinguishing the reaction of banks on the basis of size, capitalization, and diversification. The results confirm the existence of credit channel in the Euro Zone, which proves to be even more important after the financial crisis, and also shows that the size and capitalization of the banks play a significant role in the reaction of the banks to the monetary shocks. This thesis produces new results compared to the literature and it shows that the pass-through resulting from the estimate of ECM model in one stage is higher for certain cases, as well as the credit channel seem to play a more considerable role during the period of the crisis.

La thèse explore la transmission des variations du taux de change aux prix d’importation, un phénomène que l’on appelle « pass-through » du taux de change. Ce dernier a été et sera au centre des débats économiques, plus particulièrement en ce qui concerne la politique monétaire, car elle conditionne la propagation des différents chocs au niveau international. Pour ce faire, nous utilisons des données individuelles sur les firmes importatrices françaises qui nous ont été fournies à titre confidentiel par l’Institut National de la statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE) ainsi que de nouveaux indices de prix à l’importation, et non des indices de valeur unitaire, pour plusieurs pays de la zone Euro. A travers différentes approches, à la fois empirique et théorique, nous avançons quelques faits stylisés concernant les prix à l’importation et trouvons que le pass-through du taux de change est incomplet à court terme et complet à long terme. La transmission incomplète à court terme est surtout liée à l’existence du phénomène de rigidité nominale. De plus, nous montrons l’important rôle que joue la monnaie de facturation dans l’étendue du pass-through. En termes de politique monétaire, et à travers un modèle DSGE multi-pays, nous avançons que la rigidité nominale implique que l’impact d’une variation du taux de change sur la variation du prix à l’importation est faible et persistent. Combiné avec l’existence d’un biais de consommation de biens domestiques, l’impact sur la variation du prix à la consommation est fortement réduit, permettant ainsi aux autorités monétaires de poursuivre une politique de stabilisation de l’inflation avec peu d’action. D’autant plus que la stabilisation de l’écart à la loi du prix unique ne peut se faire qu’au détriment de l’écart de production. / The thesis explores the transmission of exchange rate movements into import prices, the phenomenon known as “exchange rate pass-through”. This phenomenon is at the heart of open macroeconomics. For policy makers, it is an important issue when making appropriate decisions in terms of economic policy (in particular monetary policy and exchange rate regime). Analysis of the exchange rate pass-through is conducted using unpublished micro-data of import prices made available to us by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic studies (INSEE) and new database of actual import price data, and not unit value indices, for several Euro-area countries. Using different both empirical and theoretical approaches, we provide some new stylized facts on import prices and show evidence in favor of incomplete pass-through in the short run but complete at the long run. Mainly, we argue that incomplete pass-through is the result of nominal import price rigidity. Moreover, we show the important role of the currency invoicing strategy of firms in determining the extent of exchange rate pass-through. In terms of monetary policy, we argue using a multi-country DSGE model, that nominal rigidity induces a persistent but lower impact of the exchange rate changes on import price inflation, which combined with the home consumption bias imply that the monetary authority could pursue a stable inflation target with less action. This is reinforced by the trade-off between output and law of one price gap stabilization generated by the new independent channel of monetary policy arising from incomplete ERPT assumption.

Cette thèse évalue les interactions entre le système européen d’échange de quotas de CO2 et les marchés de l’électricité sur la période 2005-2012. Elle est réalisée à partir d’instruments économétriques et de modélisation, permettant d’expliquer les évolutions observées des marchés et de dégager des enseignements pour la conduite des politiques futures. L’analyse ex-post de l’introduction d’un prix du carbone sur les marchés électriques en Europe fait apparaître trois types d’interactions : sur la formation des prix de l’électricité ; sur les choix techno-économiques et les émissions de CO2 ; sur la formation des rentes électriques. Les estimations empiriques mettent en évidence que le degré de répercussion du prix du carbone sur les prix de l’électricité n’est généralement pas homogène mais varie selon les périodes et les marchés en fonction d’une combinaison de facteurs. Les impacts du prix du carbone sur le mix technologique et les émissions de CO2 du secteur électrique sont estimés à partir du modèle de simulation ZEPHYR-Elec, qui a pour objet de reproduire l’équilibre de court terme offre-demande d’électricité. Les réductions d’émissions de la production électrique induites par le marché européen des quotas représentent 3% à 5% des émissions contre-factuelles. Depuis 2012, le prix du carbone ne permet plus de compenser le différentiel de prix gaz-charbon en Europe. Les effets distributifs du prix du carbone sur le secteur électrique sont introduits dans le modèle ZEPHYR-Elec à partir d’une représentation analytique de la formation des rentes. Les estimations suggèrent que les profits du secteur électrique sont globalement plus élevés du fait du prix du carbone, y compris en cas d’allocation aux enchères des quotas. / This thesis is an evaluation of the interaction between the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and electricity markets over the period 2005-2012. It rests on econometric and modelling instruments to both explain the development of markets and draw lessons for the conduct of future policies. The ex-post analysis of the introduction of a carbon price into electricity markets in Europe unveils three types of interactions with: the formation of electricity prices; the technical and economic choices and CO2 emissions; the formation of electricity rents. Empirical estimates show that the degree to which the carbon cost is passed on through electricity prices is generally not homogeneous but rather varies over both time and markets, contingent upon a combination of factors. The impacts of the carbon price on both the technological mix and the CO2 emissions from the power sector are estimated using the simulation model ZEPHYR-Elec, which aims at replicating the short-term equilibrium between electricity supply and demand. Emission reductions in the electricity sector induced by the European carbon market amount to between 3% and 5% of counterfactual emissions. From 2012 on, the carbon price has not been high enough to compensate for the gas-to-coal price differential in Europe. Distributional effects of the carbon price on the electricity sector are introduced into the ZEPHYR-Elec model using an analytical representation of the formation of rents. Estimates suggest that profits made by the electricity sector are generally higher with a carbon price in place, including when allowances are auctioned.