Martin, Edouard; Yakadina, Irina; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper analyzes past fiscal consolidation plans and their outcomes in France. It covers the early attempts at … fiscal consolidation in the 1970s and the 1980s (Plan Barre and Virage de la Rigueur), the first episode of medium …-term fiscal consolidation in 1994-97 ahead of joining the European Economic and Monetary Union, and the fiscal consolidation under …