Pigeons: how to tax entrepreneurial income? (2/2)
By Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau After having proposed in the 2013 Budget Bill to tax gains from the sale of securities at the progressive […]
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Should households pay for a competitiveness shock?
By Henri Sterdyniak France is suffering from an industrial problem. Its current account balance went from a surplus of 2.6% of GDP in 1997 to […]
Long-term competitiveness based on an environmental tax
By Jacques Le Cacheux “Shock” or “Pact”? The debate over the loss of France’s competitiveness has recently focused on how fast a switchover from employer payroll […]
Pigeons: how to tax capital gains (1/2)
By Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau After having proposed in the 2013 Budget Bill to tax gains from the sale of securities at the progressive […]
Setting expectations carefully
Zakaria Babutsidze We all base certain our decisions on expectations. We buy new products because we expect that they carry certain quality, we vote for […]
The euro zone: confidence won’t be enough
By Céline Antonin, Christophe Blot and Danielle Schweisguth This text summarizes the OFCE’s October 2012 forecasts for the economy of the euro zone. After more […]
France: will the war of the 3% take place?
By Eric Heyer This text summarizes the OFCE’s October 2012 forecasts for the French economy. The French economy is expected to see average annual growth […]
The debacle of austerity
By Xavier Timbeau This text summarizes the OFCE’s October 2012 forecasts. The year 2012 is ending, with hopes for an end to the crisis disappointed. […]
The Insolent health of the luxury sector: a false paradox
By Jean-Luc Gaffard The luxury industry has been spared the spreading crisis, which in the media’s eyes seems to be posing a paradox. This situation […]
The governance of public finances: from the Fiscal pact to France’s Organic law
by Henri Sterdyniak So the French government has had Parliament enact an “Organic law relating to the planning and governance of public finances” (loi organique relative […]