“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 […]
The very great recession
Economic outlook updated for the major developed countries in 2012 OFCE Department of Analysis and Forecasting, under the direction of Xavier Timbeau The growth outlook […]
Post-Durban: For a Sino-European axis
By Eloi Laurent The European Union absolutely must stay the course at the Durban conference and afterwards, not only by reaffirming its climate goals but […]
Regaining confidence in the euro: Three pressing issues
By Jérôme Creel In a communication on European economic governance before the European Parliament’s ECON Committee on Monday, 17 October 2011, three pressing issues were […]
From Trichet to Draghi: Results and prospects
By Christophe Blot and Eric Heyer During eight years as head of the ECB, we have seen two Jean-Claude Trichets (JCT): one dogmatic, the other […]