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France: Selected Background Issues
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International Monetary Fund
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IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 1995: Issue 141
Language:
English
Publication Date:
02 Jan 1996
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451813470.002
ISBN:
9781451813470
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
95
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; cost; competitiveness; unemployment rate; output gap estimate; competitiveness indicator; trend participation rate; output gap in France; inflation in France; Employment; Output gap; Labor markets; Capacity utilization; Europe
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This paper analyzes a broad range of price and nonprice indicators to assess developments in the international competitiveness of the French economy during the 1980s and early 1990s. The paper provides a brief review of conceptual issues concerning the competitiveness indicators used in this study. Developments in conventional price- and cost-based indicators, both at the aggregate and bilateral levels, are reported. The paper discusses additional price- and quantity-based measures of competitiveness, and also examines the labor market dynamics and economic policy of France.
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1934-7685
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