The French policy mix and support for private R&D: What realities for what results?
By Benjamin Montmartin France can be viewed as a unique experimental laboratory in terms of public support for investment in R&D. Indeed, since the Research […]
Tax issues
What Donald Trump’s economic programme reveals
By Xavier Ragot The US elections are proving to be very revealing. Three different perspectives on the current elections are yielding insights into three areas: […]
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 […]
Croatia under the Excessive Deficit Procedure: which measures should be implemented?
By Sandrine Levasseur How to put public finances on a good track when (almost) all measures regarding spending cuts and tax increases have been already […]
America’s fiscal headache
By Christine Rifflart Before next December 13th, the Budget Conference Committee must present the results of the discussions begun following the shutdown and debt crisis […]
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 […]
What minimum wage for Germany?
By Odile Chagny and Sabine Le Bayon The campaign for the parliamentary elections taking place on 22 September in Germany has engendered a broad debate […]
Pensions: the Moreau report’s poor compromise
By Henri Sterdyniak Under pressure from the financial markets and Europe’s institutions, the government felt obliged to present a new pension reform in 2013. However, […]
A fiscal policy to promote structural reform – lessons from the German case
By Eric Heyer “France should copy Germany’s reforms to thrive”, Gerhard Schröder entitled an opinion piece in the Financial Times on 5 June 2013. As […]
Monetary policy and property booms: dealing with the heterogeneity of the euro zone
By Christophe Blot and Fabien Labondance The transmission of monetary policy to economic activity and inflation takes place through various channels whose role and importance […]