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Trésor-Economics No. 234 - The change in the labour share in value added in advanced economies

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 17 janvier 2019

Analysis of how the value added is shared between production factors provides insight into trends in inequalities and private consumption. The division reflects both relative changes in the volumes of capital and labour, and the relative trends in compensation per unit of capital and labour. "Distributable surplus" is a helpful concept for studying the division of value added; it is the share of r... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 232 - Competition and market concentration in the United States

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 05 décembre 2018

In most sectors, market concentration in the United States has been on the rise for the past two decades. Major companies have a larger market share than before, fuelling a renewed antitrust debate.This increase may be attributed to several phenomena, but it is difficult to disentangle their respective contributions. Reallocating production to highly productive and profitable companies (the so-cal... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 230 - Investigating France's shrinking agricultural and agri-food trade surplus

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 16 octobre 2018

The agricultural and agri-food sector is one of France's strongest export performers. Its trade surplus – €5.5bn in 2017 – is the third largest, on the heels of the aerospace and chemicals sectors. A large proportion of this surplus is attributable to a small number of products, beverages and cereals in particular.Since the beginning of the 2010s, this surplus has gradually declined. The increased... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 229 - The New Silk Road

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 11 octobre 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature "One Belt, One Road" policy, also known as the "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI) or the "New Silk Road", was officially launched in 2013. The initiative has now become a cornerstone of the economic development and trade strategy of the world's second-largest economy.The BRI seeks to provide a response to the infrastructure needs of more than 60 developing co... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 228 - Labour market reforms in Italy

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 02 octobre 2018

In 2015, the Renzi government adopted a labour market reform, the "Jobs Act", in response to a relatively low labour force participation rate and a high degree of dualism in the labour market, . In addition and unlike its trading partners, productivity gains have stalled in Italy, which is becoming less competitive.Building on the 2012 Fornero reforms, the Jobs Act relaxed protections for employee... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 227 - Global outlook in autumn 2018: growth still robust despite headwinds

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 11 septembre 2018

After a sharp climb to 3.7% in 2017, the strength of global growth is set to last throughout 2018 and 2019 (3.8%), driven by an acceleration of economic activity in the United States and many emerging countries, in spite of a downturn in the other major advanced countries.In the United States, the pace of growth is expected to pick up markedly in 2018 on the back of fiscal stimulus, prior to a mod... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 226 - A tentative evaluation of some macroeconomic effects of the PACTE bill

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 05 septembre 2018

The Business Growth and Transformation Bill, known by its French acronym PACTE, was presented at a Cabinet meeting on 18 June 2018. This bill includes provisions targeting business creations and growth, corporate financing and insolvency procedures, innovation, and profit-sharing. An ex ante evaluation of measures whose effects have already been covered in the economic literature, based on economi... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 225 - Is the productivity slowdown in emerging countries here to stay?

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 31 juillet 2018

Growth in emerging countries has been on the decline since 2010, with average annual rates of 5.0% between 2011 and 2016, after 6.6% between 2000 and 2007. This slowdown, common to all emerging regions, is more marked in Latin America and Asia.A fall-off in total factor productivity (TFP) growth explains a large part of the decline in growth in these countries. This slowdown came after a rapid tec... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 224 - Lessons from foreign urban charging schemes

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 04 juillet 2018

Car use generates costs for society in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, traffic jams and air pollution. In order to ensure economic efficiency, the cost of driving for car users should reflect these external costs alongside private costs (car purchase, repairs and fuel). This is currently not the case in France where, most of the time, car users do not pay for the social cost of their rides. Thi... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 223 - What do business surveys tell us about the position of the economy in the business cycle?

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 13 juin 2018

Knowing the position of the economy in the business cycle is important for implementing economic policy. It makes it possible, for example, to draw up a medium-term growth scenario: an overheating economy is likely to slow down whereas a demand deficient economy could beat its potential growth rate. Similarly, it makes it possible to identify the structural component of the general government bala... Lire la suite