Lower taxation on business but higher on households
By Mathieu Plane and Raul Sampognaro Following the delivery of the Gallois Report in November 2012, the government decided at the beginning of Francois Hollande’s five-year […]
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2015-2017 forecasts for the French economy
By Mathieu Plane, Bruno Ducoudré, Pierre Madec, Hervé Péléraux and Raul Sampognaro This text summarizes the OFCE’s economic forecast for the French economy for 2015-2017 After a […]
Greece: an agreement, again and again
By Céline Antonin, Raul Sampognaro, Xavier Timbeau, Sébastien Villemot … La même nuit que la nuit d’avant […The same […]
The spirit of the letter of the law … to avoid a “Graccident”
Raul Sampognaro and Xavier Timbeau The noose, in the words of Alexis Tsipras, is getting tighter and tighter around the Greek government. The last tranche […]
Greece on a tightrope
By Céline Antonin, Raul Sampognaro, Xavier Timbeau and Sébastien Villemot This text summarizes the special study, “Greece on a tightrope” Since early 2015, Greece’s new government has […]
The planetary alignment has not always been favourable to the euro zone countries
By Eric Heyer and Raul Sampognaro In 2015, the euro zone economies will benefit from a favourable “planetary alignment” (with the euro and oil prices down […]
France: Recovery … at last!
By Mathieu Plane, Bruno Ducoudré, Pierre Madec, Hervé Péléraux and Raul Sampognaro The OFCE’s forecast for the French economy in 2015-2016 is now available. Not since the […]
Flexibility versus the new fiscal effort – the last word has not been spoken
By Raul Sampognaro On 13 January, the Juncker Commission clarified its position on the flexibility that the Member States have in implementing the Stability and […]
Devaluation through wages in the euro zone: a lose-lose adjustment
by Sabine Le Bayon, Mathieu Plane, Christine Rifflart and Raul Sampognaro Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 and the sovereign debt crisis in […]
On the difficulty of carrying out structural reforms in a period of high unemployment
By Sabine Le Bayon, Mathieu Plane, Christine Rifflart and Raul Sampognaro Structural reforms aimed at developing a more flexible labour market are often attributed all the […]