This Selected Issues paper reviews developments in health care spending in France and discusses the recent measures to … past reforms, the new measures offer a reasonable hope of containing France’s health expenditures. The paper presents a …

This Selected Issues paper addresses the question of what policy changes in France are needed under European Monetary … stabilizers in France under EMU. The main conclusions is that over the past two and a half decades, fiscal policy operated in a … clear countercyclical way in France, but this reflected essentially the functioning of automatic stabilizers …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes developments and issues in banking and financial markets in France. The paper … sequencing of financial sector modernization. The analysis concludes that, on balance, France has successfully modernized its …

recent cyclical developments in the French economy. A comprehensive reform of the personal income tax has been assessed. This …

recent mortgage market reform is likely to ease these constraints is assessed. Rechargeable mortgages are attractive and …

product markets in France and the other EU countries is discussed, including the size of markups. The paper also looks into …

French government. France has a large and sophisticated financial system, which accounts for 10 percent of the global banking …

This Selected Issues paper for France provides an analytical framework to explain the consequences of the downward … question of fiscal benefits of job-rich growth in France during 1997–2000 …