Will Germany be caught up in the recession of its European partners?
Christophe Blot and Sabine Le Bayon Can Germany avoid the recession that is hitting a growing number of countries in the euro zone? While Germany’s […]
Articles by Laurence Duboys Fresney
Taxes on wealth: what kind of reform?
By Guillaume Allègre, Mathieu Plane and Xavier Timbeau Why and how should wealth be taxed? Are France’s wealth taxes fair and efficient? In an article […]
What risks face the Greeks if they return to the drachma?
By Anne-Laure Delatte (associate researcher of the Forecasting Department) The debate about whether the Greeks will stay in the euro zone is intensifying. Christine Lagarde, […]
Japan’s reconstruction: constrained by the deterioration in public finances
By Bruno Ducoudré Following the earthquake that hit Japan in March 2011, the government estimated the cost of the loss at 16.9 trillion yen (3.6 […]
Fiscal reform: Now or never*
By Nicolas Delalande (Centre d’histoire at Sciences Po) While the question of taxation was one of the major economic issues of the presidential election, it […]
Underlying deflation
Christophe Blot, Marion Cochard, Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer A look at the latest statistics on price trends indicates that the risk of deflation seems […]
Less austerity = more growth and less unemployment
Eric Heyer and Xavier Timbeau The European Commission has just released its spring forecast, which anticipates a recession in 2012 for the euro zone (“mild” […]
Let’s negotiate a global carbon price signal – quickly!
By Stéphane Dion [1] and Éloi Laurent Two decades after the Rio Conference, and just as a new climate conference is opening in Bonn on […]
Italy: Mario Monti’s challenge
By Céline Antonin From his arrival in power on 12 November 2011, Mario Monti has explicitly set out his aims, which are structured around three […]
Competitiveness and industrial demand: The difficulties facing the French-German couple
Jean-Luc Gaffard The obsession with competitiveness has returned to centre stage with the election campaign. This reflects the reality that French companies are indeed suffering […]