This paper estimates a simple consumption-smoothing model of the French current account, and examines its capacity to predict recent developments in France’s external performance. The model views the current account as a buffer through which private agents can smooth consumption over time in...

[eng] Foreign Penetration of the French Market : Twenty Years Plus One - Since the middle of 1978, the proportion of imports in the supply of industrial products has increased considerably. Can this trend be analyzed on the basis of the customary determinants of the sharing of the domestic...