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Presentation of the French Macroeconometric Model AMADEUS #(in French)
AMADEUS is the macro-econometric model used at INSEE. This model describes, in a neo-keynesian framework, the interactions in the economy that lead to the equilibrium between supply and demand. In the...
February 1998 - N° G9801
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If nominal wages are downward rigid, a trade-off in the long run between inflation and unemployment could appear at low inflations, while it is now commonly considered that such a trade-off does not e...
December 1997 - N° G9715
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Credibility, independence and monetary policy: A review of the literature #(in French)
This paper sums up the main results developed by the literature about independance and credibility of the monetary policy. According to this literature, a non-credible governement who aims at the same...
October 1997 - N° G9721
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Mesuring the influence of the tax system on firms' location #(in French)
This paper models the location choice of a firm and the choice of the tax rate by local authorities. Methods to estimate the sensibility of location to tax are derived and applied to the 36,000 differ...
October 1997 - N° G9720
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Retirement age: incentives from the general pension scheme #(in French)
This paper examines the decision to retire among French wage earners, assuming that this choice is free of constraint from the labor demand side. We first describe institutional provisions in the wage...
September 1997 - N° G9718
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Appropriation strategy and the motivations to use the patent system : an econometric analysis at the firm level in French manufacturing This paper studies the determinants of both the percentage of in...
September 1997 - N° G9717
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Research productivity and economies of scale in the pharmaceutical industry #(in French)
We examine the research productivity in the pharmaceutical industry. To do so, we measure the elasticities of the number of new products launched and of the sales obtained by these products to the siz...
September 1997 - N° G9716
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Does the French Consumer Price Index Overstate Inflation?
Les débats autour des problèmes de mesure de l'inflation sont revenus récemment dans l'actualité avec la publication du rapport « Boskin » qui affirme que l'indice des prix à la consommation (IPC) amé...
August 1997 - N° G9714
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Formalizing the Transition Process: Scenarios for Capital Accumulation
We are building a small macroeconomic model for a transition country, based when possible on econometric estimations. We have elected the Czech Republic, as the most promising case. Using strong assu...
May 1997 - N° G9710
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Analyzing a Small French ECM Model
We have used the structure of a preexisting small model of the French economy,and adapted it to an ECM format. The new model should - present more explicit formulations - have better stabilized proper...
May 1997 - N° G9709
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The rise in long term real interest rates that occured in the eighties is often ascribed to either a decline in the ex-ante saving rate, both private and public, or to a surge in ex-ante investment de...
April 1997 - N° G9712
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The youth labor market and the overeducation process #(in French)
This paper focuses on one of the aspects of the adjustment between supply and demand on the labor market, through the overeducation process, which is defined for a young as having a school level highe...
April 1997 - N° G9711
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Technological bias: an econometric analysis on individual data#(in French)
Over the last 20 years the structure of firms' employment has moved towards more skilled personnel while unskilled workers have faced a high and persistent unemployment. The purpose of this paper is t...
April 1997 - N° G9708
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International firms in France : an analysis based on individual data #(in French)
For the past twenty years, both inward and outward direct investment has developed in France due to financial liberalization. In this study, we first review the main features of French firm direct inv...
April 1997 - N° G9706
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R & D Investment, Patent Life and Patent Value: An Econometric Analysis #at the Firm Level
Numerous papers on innovation output are based on the patent-R&D relationship (Griliches, 1990). This paper incidentally questions whether the number of patents is a good measure of innovation. Previo...
March 1997 - N° G9705
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Two contributions on dependence and equity #(in French)
What can we learn from the new theories of equity for public policy ? The case of the policy for disabled elderly. Post-welfarist theories of equity deal at length with how to fairly compensate for ha...
March 1997 - N° G9704
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Train or Pay: Does it Reduce Inequalities to Encourage Firms to Train #their Workers ?
Using data from the French survey on Education and Qualifications (hereafter: FQP), we describe the incidence and outcomes of firm-provided training received by workers in France between 1988 and 1993...
March 1997 - N° G9703
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Transition and political stability of a redistributive system #(in French)
In a simple overlapping generation model, transitional effects play a crucial part in the way a democracy chooses the level of income redistribution. This help rationalize some apparent inconsistencie...
February 1997 - N° G9702
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La taxe professionnelle: éléments de cadrage économique#(in French)
This paper provides a description of how the "taxe professionnelle" works. After a short reminding of the changes that affected it throughout the last twenty years, it gives some international compari...
February 1997 - N° G9701
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Myths and realities about employment and the growth of SMEs: the role of Groups (1984-1992)
The Eighties were marked by growth of the percentage of employees of SMEs in the total workforce of the productive sector. This study tries to interpret this phenomenon. To conclude from it that only ...
February 1997 - N° E9702
The working documents present the first results of studies of a technical nature. They are put online for discussion and to gather reactions before final publication. This collection also contains the results of detailed statistical studies not available in other formats.
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