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 […]
Tax issues
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 […]
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 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 […]
Youth “jobs of the future”: What impact on employment and government finances?
Éric Heyer and Mathieu Plane The bill aimed at creating 150,000 “jobs for the future” [emplois d’avenir] for unemployed youth will be submitted to Parliament […]
Rent control: What is the expected impact?
Sabine Le Bayon, Pierre Madec and Christine Rifflart The decree on rent control, which was published in the Journal officiel on 21 July, takes effect […]
Social action, but no end of the crisis
Evaluation of the five-year economic programme (2012-2017) By Eric Heyer, Mathieu Plane, Xavier Timbeau The initial decisions of the five-year programme are coming amidst an […]