In this article an overview of the German macroeconomic performance in the last decade is stressed; extraordinary recovery of the German productivity and successes of the foreign trade face depressed domestic demand and a still worrying situation in the labour market. This article attempts to...

In this article an overview of the German macroeconomic performance in the last decade is stressed; extraordinary recovery of the German productivity and successes of the foreign trade face depressed domestic demand and a still worrying situation in the labour market. This article attempts to...

Cet article examine les effets des plans d’épargne salariale sur l’épargne retraite volontaire. Nous construisons un modèle dynamique de maximisation d’utilité, pour déterminer les équations de demande de l’épargne salariale d’une part et de l’épargne classique d’autre...

Le « libéralisme » justifie le nouveau mercantilisme des pays industriels. L’objectif est d’assurer à ces pays le contrôle des marchés mondiaux. Les programmes d’assainissement appliqués aux pays en développement révèlent que la mise en conformité des économies fragile avec les...

In this article, as part of the symposium on total factor productivity, Richard G. Lipsey of Simon Fraser University and Kenneth Carlaw of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand provide a trenchant critique of the concept of total factor productivity. They conclude that "the degree of...

This paper characterizes the short- and long-run effects of overtime de-taxation. A dynamic general equilibrium with overtime hours is first developed and calibrated to French data. A fiscal shock consisting of a complete de-taxation of overtime hours is then implemented in the model. Several...