This study identifies and estimates various categories of intangible investments that are currently processed as intermediate consumption items or are not classified separately in national accounting. Our valuation thus paves the way for their gradual integration into the national accounts

The paper evaluates the empirical effects of labor market institutions (LMI) on foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions using an individual dataset describing French firms’ expansion strategies in OECD countries over 1992–2002. First, we provide evidence that labor market institutions do...

Cet article propose une evaluation comptable de la croissance de la productivite horaire en comparaison internationale. Au niveau macro-economique, les resultats indiquent une contribution des TIC environ deux fois plus elevee dans les pays anglo-saxons qu'en France ou en Allemagne, alors que...

This paper quantifies the contribution of information technology (IT) to growth in France at the macro-level. On the labour side, the paper also provides evidence of the role played by hours worked, by stressing the contributions of various factors to labour quality and the way they affected...