Working hours and economic performance: What lessons can be drawn from the Coe-Rexecode report?
By Eric Heyer and Mathieu Plane Do people work less in France than in the rest of Europe? Is France the only country to have […]
Month: January 2012
Estonia: a new model for the euro zone?
By Sandrine Levasseur In the wake of the Swedish and German models, should Europe now adopt the Estonian model? Despite Estonia’s success story, the answer […]
“Buy French”: From the slogan to the reality
By Jean-Luc Gaffard, Sarah Guillou, Lionel Nesta The current election campaign is lending weight to simplistic proposals like the slogan “buy French”, which evokes the […]
What employment policy during a crisis?
By Marion Cochard After a lull of only a year, unemployment figures started to rise again in April 2011. We are seeing a replay of […]
In defense of France’s “family quotient”
By Henri Sterdyniak At the start of 2012, some Socialist Party leaders have renewed the claim that the “family quotient” tax-splitting system is unfair because […]
AAA, AA+: much Ado About no+hing?
by Jérôme Creel The loss of France’s AAA rating on Friday the 13th ofJanuary 2012 was a historic event. It poses three questions: should the […]
“Social VAT”: Is it anti-social?
by Jacques Le Cacheux The prospect of a “social” value added tax, which was raised anew by the President of France on December 31 during […]
Monetary policy: Open-Market Operations or Open-Mouth Operations?
By Paul Hubert Can the communications of a central banker influence agents’ expectations in the same way as they change interest rates? To believe Ben […]