He who sows austerity reaps recession
By the Department of Analysis and Forecasting, headed by X. Timbeau This article summarizes OFCE note no.16 that gives the outlook on the global economy […]
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A carbon tax at Europe’s borders: Fasten your seat belts!
By Éloi Laurent and Jacques Le Cacheux How can the current deadlock in international climate negotiations be resolved? By an optimal mix of incentives and constraints. […]
Positions of French and German Banks in European interbank lending network
by Zakaria Babutsidze Recent desperate cries for help from French and other European banks raise the question of exactly what type and how much trouble […]
Austerity is not enough
By André Grjebine and Francesco Saraceno It is certainly possible to question whether the role acquired by the rating agencies in the international economy is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]