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France: Selected Issues
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International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
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IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2013: Issue 003
Language:
English
Publication Date:
08 Jan 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475576290.002
ISBN:
9781475576290
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
79
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; bank; France; IMF WEO; merchandise export; IMF staff calculation; services deregulation; fiscal consolidation; Export performance; Services sector; Productivity; Foreign banks; Exports; Global; Europe
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The paper identifies France’s structural reforms that would yield the largest competitiveness gains based on macro-empirical evidence, and reviews signs of potential gains from a deregulation of the services sector. It is expected that completing deregulation in the services sector would benefit the entire French economy, by boosting productivity and exports. Econometric results have estimated the impact of reducing the labor taxation and labor market rigidities and of increasing innovation to the average level of other advanced countries.
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