Les déséquilibres mondiaux sont au coeur des préoccupations de la présidence française du G20 et ont été l’objet du VIe colloque international de la Banque de France qui a rassemblé un panel exceptionnel d’intervenants. William R. White (OCDE) en a fait la synthèse.

The aim of this study is to assess the exchange rate risk associated with the Tunisian public debt portfolio through Value-at-Risk (VaR) methodology. We use daily spot exchange rates of the Tunisian dinar against the three main debt currencies, the dollar, the euro and the yen. Our period of...

Cette étude s’inscrit dans la littérature récente sur les déterminants de la croissance selon la position des pays par rapport à la frontière technologique. Outre les effets additifs de l’éducation et des régulations sur les marchés des biens et du travail, elle explore une possible...

In connection with a surge in the "new economy" that is statistically difficult to measure, doubts have been cast both on European growth and its comparability with that of the United States. This article explores measurement problems in the French case. The data at current prices seem to be...

The key factors influencing foreign firms’ decisions to locate in developing economies are now rather well documented by empirical studies, and a growing number of countries have implemented similar reforms to promote political and macroeconomic stability and microeconomic incentives. But...

On oppose souvent l’interventionnisme étatique français à l’autonomie tarifaire allemande dans l’analyse des systèmes de relations professionnelles. Le rapport au politique des acteurs de cette sphère, notamment telle qu’il émerge d’une comparaison des dynamiques...

Dirk Pilat and Paul Schreyer of the OECD discuss the new OECD Productivity Database. The database covers 26 OECD countries for labour productivity estimates, as well as 14 countries for multifactor productivity estimates. While the database represents the most comparable productivity estimates...

Since 2000, productivity growth in Canada and the United States have followed markedly different paths. In the second article, Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards finds that the remarkable productivity growth experienced in the United States in the past two years is...

Both ICT-producing and ICT-using industries have contributed disproportionately to labour productivity growth in the 1990s. In this article, Bart van Ark, Robert Inklaar from the University of Groningen and Robert H. McGuckin of the U.S. Conference Board compare Canada, the United States and...