[eng] During the 70s, the share of wages in value added has increased almost everywhere, while there has been a substantial increment in social expenditures — and social contributions — following the slowdown in economic activity in the aftermath of the first oil shock. From 1970 to 1981,...

[fre] Les théories de la croissance connaissent depuis quelques années une ferveur nouvelle. Loin de s'en tenir aux deux grands courants — néoclassique et post-keynésien — de la théorie de la croissance des années soixante, ce regain d'intérêt a donné lieu à des développements...

[eng] According to the « Ricardian equivalence » hypothesis, when making their current spending and saving decisions, consumers take into account the taxes they will have to pay in the future, notably to service the existing stock of public debt : in other words, there is « tax-discounting...

[eng] The article presents the evolution of the French oil taxation over the last twenty years, before comparing it to the national taxations within the EC. Even if the French taxation appears to be one of the heaviest in Europe, it could be up-leveled in respect with the last propositions of...

[eng] The revival of the increasing returns hypothesis is, after cyclical growth, the second major theme of the recent issues in growth theory. Amazingly it is shared by two very opposite theoretic streams, namely the French « regulation school » and the so-called endogenous growth theory. The...

[eng] Central and Eastern Europe's foreign trade is subject to a period of radical changes. The sudden vanishing of the former exchange conditions contributes to the disintegration of a whole trade net within the CMEA, while some countries could unexpectedly improve their export performance on...