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

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 13 novembre 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 23 octobre 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 15 octobre 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

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Trésor-Economics No. 222 - Renewable energy sources for heating

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 05 juin 2018

In France, energy consumption for heating accounts for nearly half of final energy consumption. Energy for heating still largely comes from fossil fuel sources (with more than 60% of energy for heating coming from natural gas, fuel oil and coal), making this sector a crucial battleground for decarbonising the economy.Fuelwood, mainly used to produce heat, is currently the leading renewable energy... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 220 - Is higher wage growth on the horizon in Japan?

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 25 avril 2018

After the 1997 economic crisis, Japanese companies were burdened by high levels of debt. They attempted to deleverage by lowering their wage bill, through both job cuts and wage restraint. Japan's unemployment rate, which had been below 3.5% until 1997, then rose significantly to peak at 5.5% in June 2002. Average per capita wages declined by 0.7% p.a. between 1998 and 2013, keeping Japan in defla... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 219 - The efficiency of the French public research system

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 12 avril 2018

In 2015, France was in fifth place amongst major OECD countries for public R&D spending. Including defence-related R&D, this spending accounted for 0.86% of GDP, putting France above the OECD average but leaving it trailing the leading pack (Nordic countries, South Korea and Germany) and below the Lisbon Strategy target of 1% of GDP.Specific features characterise the organisational structure and g... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 218 - World economic outlook in spring 2018: growth still strong

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 29 mars 2018

After a sharp acceleration to 3.7% in 2017, world GDP growth is set to maintain a similar pace in 2018 and 2019 (3.8% p.a.), driven by both advanced and emerging countries.In the United States, growth is expected to gather pace thanks to expansionary fiscal measures (tax reform and budget agreement in Congress leading to higher public spending). Conversely, growth is likely to slow in Japan (albei... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 217 - The persistence of informal employment in the South Asian economies

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 13 mars 2018

Amongst major emerging regions, South Asia stands out in terms of the sheer size of the informal sector which is estimated to cover nearly 275 million non-farming jobs, or four out of five positions. If farming jobs are taken into account, its share rises to more than nine jobs in ten.While familiar to labour economists, the phenomenon of informality remains difficult to quantify accurately and ca... Lire la suite

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Trésor-Economics No. 216 - The shift in US wage share

Rédigé par : DG Trésor 21 février 2018

The share of wages in value added was stable for decades in the United States, before it started diminishing in the 2000s. The wage share historically fluctuated around an average 63 percent, before declining by nearly 6 percentage points from its 1948-2001 level. Similarly, the wage share has fallen in most advanced and emerging countries, with the exception of France.The decline of the aggregate... Lire la suite