[fre] Household Wealth in West Germany Renatě H. Draus Over the last thirty years, the household share of total saving in the Federal Republic of Germany has expanded from 26 to 83 per cent. The counterpart has been a fall in the shares both of public administration and of private business. The...

[eng] Why the American recovery of the years 1983 and 1984 did not produce recovery in Europe ? Why unemployment on this side of the Ocean has continued rising to reach in 1985 levels that have not been seen since the Great Depression ? Why finally the prospect of recovery which follows the fall...

[eng] In Search of a New Start Thanks to the European Dynamics Roland Colin Spain's entry into the European Community on 1st January 1986 was the result of lengthy negotiations involving the proponents and opponents of integration. Now, after a year of experience, evidence on some of the issues...

[eng] Brazil : The squaring of the circle Jacques Adda In March 1986 the Brazilian authorities launched the Cruzado plan aimed at fighting inflation by deindexing the economy. Differing radically from demand management policies that have proved clearly ineffective in the first part of the...

[eng] Portugal joined the European Economic Community on January 1, 1986. In order to clarify the stakes of this new situation, the historical background must be taken into account. A very ancient colonial history came to an end with the drama of liberation wars, causing a national start and the...

[fre] L'étude de la compétitivité internationale d'une économie est notoirement délicate, en ce qu'elle doit prendre en considération à la fois des éléments que l'on peut considérer comme exogènes à l'entreprise — tels que les taux de change et les coûts de production — et, dans...

[fre] Bientôt les comptes nationaux en base 1980 seront disponibles. Ce changement de base devenait indispensable. En effet l'ancienneté de la base des comptes peut être très gênante dans un contexte où les prix relatifs de certains biens varient fortement. Depuis 1970 le prix du pétrole...

[eng] Fluctuations and Trends Among Values and Ideologies Henri Mendras Is it possible, some twenty years after 1968, to assess the that have affected the values, beliefs and ideologies in the World ? In some fields, opinions have changed more than whereas in others behaviour has changed while...

[eng] The Reaction Functions of the German, French and English Monetary Authorities Virginie Coudert, Sanvi-Avouyi Dovi, Michel Boutillier, Richard Topol In the achievement of economic policy objectives, one of the key instruments of the national monetary authorities is the setting of the rate...

[eng] For twenty years in France, specific investment grants, such as tax allowances or modifications of depreciation rules have been implemented at different times. This paper presents the various measures and their impact on firms' investment. The results of the econometric study show a...