Geography of production and incomes? Critical remarks about Laurent DAVEZIES' analyses

The idea that a difference exists between territories supported by the creation of wealth and others more focused on their spending was put forward by Laurent DAVEZIES. This author suggests a noticeable opposition between a geography of production and a geography of incomes. If the underlying transfers of income between these territories are supposed to ensure territorial and social cohesion, they would be a burden likely to decrease the efficiency of the most productive territories. It is therefore necessary, he says, to stop `` incantations on the theme of territorial cohesion `` and to condemn `` discriminating policies in favor of territories creating growth ``. However, these analyzes suffer from conceptual, methodological and statistical weaknesses. This article highlights four major difficulties that lead to rejecting this so-called `` innovative `` approach.