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 […]
Investment behaviour during the crisis: a comparative analysis of the main advanced economies
By Bruno Ducoudré, Mathieu Plane and Sébastien Villemot This text draws on the special study, Équations d’investissement : une comparaison internationale dans la crise [Investment equations : an international comparison […]
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 […]
France – the sick man of Europe?
by Mathieu Plane – Economist at OFCE (French Economic Observatory – Sciences Po) The year 2014 was marked for France by the risk of European […]
Austerity and purchasing power in France
By Mathieu Plane Is France implementing an austerity policy? How can it be measured? Although this question is a subject of ongoing public debate, it […]
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 […]
France: duty-free growth
By Bruno Ducoudré , Éric Heyer, Hervé Péléraux, Mathieu Plane This post summarizes the 2014-2015 outlook for the French economy In early 2011, France was one […]
The strange forecasts of the European Commission for 2014
By Mathieu Plane The figures for French growth for 2014 published by the European Commission (EC) in its last report in May 2013 appear to […]