[eng] Pensions and demographics in France : the transition Thierry Chauveau and Rahim Loufir Since the end of the sixties, the fertility rate has drastically decreased in France as in most OECD countries. In the next decades, this demographic transition wili imply, if the current public pension...

[eng] Contemporary Theories of Economic Growth Pierre-Alain Muet This paper presents a survey of contemporary theories of economic growth, ranging from the works of Harrod and Domar to the theory of endogenous growth developed more recently. What was to become the basic model behind growth...

[eng] Falling back on cash-flow Forecasts for 1993-1994 Département des diagnostics Industrial production has probably reached a trough in the OCDE zone during the first quarter or 1 993. Unfortunately for France, this does not mean that its international environment will become a driving...

[eng] The Common Agricultural Policy: Simply a Market Orientation Policy The European common agricultural policy (CAP) for a long time was the main common policy of the European community. Conceived as soon as 1 957 she was often reformed ever since. But a profound reform occured last may 1 992....

[fre] La décennie quatre-vingt a été le théâtre aux Etats-Unis d'une phase de croissance particulièrement longue. Ce phénomène inhabituel a relancé un débat récurrent sur le processus de stabilisation de l'économie américaine, dont la fin de la deuxième guerre mondiale avait...

[eng] Optimal Financing Of Housing By The Lifecycle Theory André Babeau, François Charpin The purpose of this article is to study the optimal way to finance an housing investment using the lifecycle theory. For a given amount of purchase, we determine the optimal date of purchase, the...

[eng] Elements for an Endogenous Approach of Recessions and Revivals Jacques Adda, Philippe Sigogne Today cycles are most frequently assumed to be the outcome of the propagation of exogenous shocks through the economic system. We assume here alternatively that cycles are primarily due to the...

[eng] The European Industrial Policy Europe's industrial policy first appeared as a sectorial one when the European Coal and Steel Community was put in place. This highly interventionist institution proved efficient in managing the « life-cycle » of the coal and steel industries. It very...

[eng] Real Business Cycle, VAR Representation and the Openness of the French Economy Catherine Bruno, Franck Portier Two fruitful extensions of the RBC paradigm were recently developed. The first one concerns the open economy and is motivated by some empirical regularities in key international...

[eng] French economic growth by the end of the century: high unemployment or reduction in weekly hours of work? Eric Confais, Gérard Cornilleau, Alain Gubian, Catherine Mathieu By the end of the century, the French economy would succeed in maintaining both a low inflation rate and balanced...