This paper analyzes the economic impact of the French 2008 research tax credit reform (crédit d?impôt recherche). The reform is expected to have large effects on private investment in R&D, economic activity and firms? demand for researchers. The macro-economic effects of the reform are...

This paper provides new evidence on the linkages between a large array of institutional arrangements (on product, labour and financial markets) and employment performance. Our analysis includes unemployment, inactivity and jobless rates, thus allowing us to control for possible substitution...