The euro zone quartered
By Céline Antonin, Christophe Blot, Sabine Le Bayon and Danielle Schweisguth This text summarizes the OFCE’s 2013-2014 forecast for the euro zone economy. After six quarters […]
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France: less austerity, more growth
By Eric Heyer This text summarizes the OFCE’s 2013-2014 forecast for the French economy. In 2013, the French economy should experience annual average growth of […]
Is the euro area out of recession?
By Philippe Weil At its meeting on October 9th, the Euro Area Business Cycle Dating Committee of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London […]
Higher taxes – a solution to the crisis?
By Mario Amendola, Jean-Luc Gaffard and Fabrizio Patriarca This question, which may seem provocative, is worth asking provided that consideration is given both to the […]
France-Germany: is there a demographic dividend?
By Vincent Touzé Thanks to a high birth rate, France is aging less quickly than Germany. According to Eurostat, the French population is expected to […]
High-impact economists
By Zakaria Babutsidze and Mark J. McCabe This coming Monday, October 14 2013, as many as three economists will join the elite group of winners […]
Why it’s necessary to read Robert C. Allen: Global Economy History: A Very Short Introduction [1]
By Guillaume Daudin (Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine, Researcher with the OFCE) Robert C. Allen (born in 1947) has been Professor of Economic History […]
Never on Sunday?*
By Xavier Timbeau * Note from the editor: This text was initially published on 10 June 2008 on the OFCE site under the heading “Clair […]
Shut down: America in the spotlight
By Christine Rifflart A State that asks a third of its civil servants to stay home because it can’t pay them is in a critical […]
Social inequality in the face of death*
By Gilles Le Garrec The problem of inequality in the face of death has become an important topic in French public discourse in recent times, […]