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[fre] Cet article présente une analyse comparée de la formation des salaires dans les pays industrialisés. Une équation de salaire avec rigidités nominales est estimée sur un panel de 16 pays en recourant à une méthodologie spécifique fondée sur les moments généralisés et...
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This paper empirically investigates the relationship between surges in capital inflows and the probability of subsequent banking, currency and balance-of-payment crises. Using a panel of developed and emerging economies from 1970 to 2007, it shows that a large capital inflow episode increases...
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This paper provides an empirical investigation of the medium-term determinants of international investment positions for a large sample of advanced and emerging economies. In addition to the usually considered drivers of foreign assets and liabilities, the analysis focuses on the role of...
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Au moment où la Communauté s'apprête à définir les règles du futur pacte de stabilité, il est utile de recevoir sur l'ensemble du dispositif qui régira la politique économique dans l'Union monétaire. Tel qu'il se dessine actuellement, dans le cadre d'une union restreinte aux pays les...
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La comparaison des institutions du marché du travail dans les pays de l’Union européenne fait ressortir une grande diversité de fonctionnement et de régulation. Celle-ci constitue une source potentielle de divergence entre pays européens. À ce titre, elle pourrait être un obstacle au...
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Portugal’s fiscal policy has failed to durably reduce the deficit below the Stability and Growth Pact threshold of 3% of GDP and was submitted to the excessive deficit procedure of the EU Commission for a second time in 2005. The paper describes fiscal developments in Portugal over the past...
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This paper constructs a broad measure of financial conditions for the United States which suggests that since the onset of the credit crisis there has been a marked tightening in financial conditions, despite a substantial easing of policy rates and a depreciation of the dollar. This measure of...
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An ambitious reform to increase efficiency of the Portuguese health care system was launched in 2002. In contrast to previous attempts of gradual reforms, which were never fully implemented, the strategy has been to create a big bang in the health sector, making changes essentially irreversible....
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