The 2007-2009 crisis has led public finances in industrial countries to deteriorate strongly due to a fall in tax receipts, the implementation of fiscal recovery plans and rescue packages for the financial sector. The article provides an analysis of public finances latest developments with...

This paper examines the statistical consequences of the rise of vertical trade. It makes usual trade statistics misleading as a measure of the contribution of each industry and each country to the international division of labour. This paper uses input-output tables and trade tables from the...

The first and a half year of term of the new right-wing government in Italy translated neither into the « second economic miracle », announced during the campaign, nor into the reforming momentum impressed by the previous left-wing coalition. The policy-mix counting on keynesian revival of...

Focusing on gender issues, this paper compares old age pension systems in Germany, France and Italy and assesses the recent reforms. General rules for calculating pensions and the incidence of work behaviour and wage levels on the benefit?'s level are described. Entitlements aimed at mitigating...