The goal of the conference is to gather researchers working on competitiveness to focus on the French case. The Banque de France has been participated in several initiatives aiming to develop new competitiveness indicators, including a joint work with the World Bank and the active participation...

Sessions and covered topics: International macroeconomics: - Exchange rates (nominal and real exchange rates, equilibrium exchange rates), exchange-rate policies and exchange-rate regimes; - Economic growth, business cycles and economic policies; - Transmission of commodity price shocks; -...