Note: The following is a description of the paper and not the actual abstract. It is now generally recognised that stabilisation plans cannot be drawn up without taking potential political reactions into consideration. This has been made inevitable by the unfortunate experience of countries...

[eng] Politico-Econometric Models and Electoral Predictions for May 2007 in France . This paper discusses the question of electoral prediction based on politicoeconometric models. It presents a brief historical sketch of this specific research domain in political economy, and a synthesis of the...

[eng] Political goals and institutional constraints in monetary policy making : an empirical application to the french case (1973.03 - 1993.12). This paper tries to evaluate the weight of political influences in French monetary policy choices for the period preceding the implementation of the...

Many political scandals have erupted in France since the middle of the 80s. Though their degree of seriousness may vary considerably, their high number in itself reveals the existence of a major phenomenon. The first, theoretical section analyzes the question of the equilibrium level of...