Contents: 1. Das Deutsch-Französische Wirtschaftspolitische Forum...1 -- 2. Opening Address, Dominique Strauss-Kahn...2 -- 3. Does EMU Need an Employment Pact? - Klaus-Werner Schatz, Institute of World Economics, Kiel...3 -- 4. Is the Stability Pact an Efficient Agreement? - Patrick Artus,...

In the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have, among other measures, mandated the use of COVID certificates to prove vaccination, recovery or a recent negative test, and have required individuals to show certificates to access shops, restaurants, and education or workplaces. While arguments for and...

The answer to competition from emerging countries with low wage costs must be very different according to the affected sector. We need to draw a distinction between manufacturing industry and services that can be relocated and other sectors: consumer services, retail, construction, most business...

The answer to competition from emerging countries with low wage costs must be very different according to the affected sector. We need to draw a distinction between manufacturing industry and services that can be relocated and other sectors: consumer services, retail, construction, most business...

In the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have, among other measures, mandated the use of COVID certificates to prove vaccination, recovery or a recent negative test, and have required individuals to show certificates to access shops, restaurants, and education or workplaces. While arguments for and...

We analyze the effects of credibility of fiscal policies, first on the levels of the announced and actual deficits, second on the consequences of restrictive fiscal policies. We examine the reasons for which the authorities can have an incentive to announce such policies, and the conditions...

Analyse des effets économiques de la réglementation du temps de travail en France. En particulier des effets de la réglementation des heures supplémentaires et du travail du dimanche. Contient aussi une évaluation des politiques de réduction du temps de travail.

[eng] Domestic and international effects of central bank independance. We analyze the motivations and effets, inside the countries and on the international eco­nomic relationships, of central bank indépendance, i.e. of the separation of policy res-ponsabilities between monetary and fiscal...