This paper is concerned with the effect of the unemployment insurance system and of training programs on unemployment outflow rates disaggregated by sex and two unemployment duration categories. The model is based on a matching function and includes a simple representation of the competition...

This paper tries to bridge the gap between the theoretical and empirical analyses of the aggregate impacts of labor market policies (LMPs). Contrary to previous empirical studies, we conduct an econometric analysis based on sound theoretical foundations. The specification is based on an...

This paper is concerned with the general equilibrium effects of active labor market programs and the unemployment insurance system (the replacement ratio and the level of sanctions). It develops an equilibrium job matching model where active programs and the rate of sanctions have an amiguous...

This paper attempts to model the relationship between monetary policy and financial asset prices. We develop an aggregative model under forward-looking rational expectations to analyse the optimal monetary policy response to stock prices and exchange rates shocks. We first demonstrate that a...

This paper deals with some issues that recently arised from the puzzling evolution of Stock Markets during the nineties, in particular from the sharp increase of equity prices on the Nasdaq. We examine the hypothesis according to which such a bullish market could be explained by investors'...

Si la conjoncture mondiale continue à se dégrader, et d’après nos nouvelles estimations, les pertes totales des banques depuis le début de la crise pourraient s’élever à 4508 milliards de dollars sur des actifs originaires des Etats-Unis, et 898 milliards de dollars sur des actifs...