Major adjustments are awaiting the euro zone
By Bruno Ducoudré, Xavier Timbeau and Sébastien Villemot Current account imbalances are at the heart of the process that led to the crisis in the […]
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Is France’s trade deficit entirely structural?
By Eric Heyer The issue at the heart of the debate between those arguing that a lack of supply is behind the low level of […]
France – the sick man of Europe?
by Mathieu Plane – Economist at OFCE (French Economic Observatory – Sciences Po) The year 2014 was marked for France by the risk of European […]
Decline of the euro and competitive disinflation: who’s going to gain the most?
By Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer For nearly two years, between mid-2012 and mid-2014, the euro appreciated against the world’s major currencies. Having reached a level […]
Changes in taxation in Europe from 2000 to 2012: A few analytical points
By Céline Antonin, Félix de Liège and Vincent Touzé There is great diversity to Europe’s tax systems, reflecting the choices of sovereign States with differentiated […]
Competitiveness: danger zone!
By Céline Antonin, Christophe Blot, Sabine Le Bayon and Catherine Mathieu The crisis affecting the euro zone is the result of macroeconomic and financial imbalances […]
20 billion euros in reductions on employer payroll taxes on low-wages. But will it create jobs?
By Eric Heyer and Mathieu Plane Every year the State spends nearly 1 percentage point of GDP, i.e. 20 billion euros, on general reductions in […]
The tax credit to encourage competitiveness and jobs – what impact?
By Mathieu Plane Following the submission to the Prime Minister of the Gallois Report on the pact for encouraging the competitiveness of French industry, the […]
Is nationalization a trap or a tool of industrial policy?
By Jean-Luc Gaffard The closure of the Florange blast furnaces in the Moselle region by ArcelorMittal and the French government’s hunt for a buyer led […]
The dilemma of competitiveness
By Jean-Luc Gaffard The competitiveness of a country is a complex subject. Some people rebel against the very concept on the grounds that it can’t […]