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The Working Paper Series showcases research work being conducted at the Banque de France on the development of analytical tools for use in macroeconomic forecasting, monetary policy conduct and the safeguarding of financial stability. The papers do not necessarily reflect the position of the Banque de France or the Eurosystem.

December

Publication Working Paper Series no. 310:
Bigger, Stronger, Farther… Relative performances of French exporting firms. (in French)
By Crozet Matthieu, Méjean Isabelle, Zignago Soledad
  • Published on 12/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (340.9 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 307:
Inattentive professional forecasters
By Andrade Philippe, Le Bihan Hervé
  • Published on 12/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (852.51 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 304:
Pension entitlements of French and American households: a first comparison. (in French)
  • Published on 12/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (309.79 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 311:
Predicting Financial Distress in a High-Stress Financial World: The Role of Option Prices as Bank Risk Metrics
By Coffinet Jérôme, Pop Adrian, Tiesset Muriel
  • Published on 12/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (617.25 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 306:
Stress testing banks' profitability: the case of French banks
By Coffinet Jérôme, Lin Surong
  • Published on 12/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (554.44 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 309:
The changing role of house price dynamics over the business cycle
By Dufrénot Gilles, Sheheryar Malik
  • Published on 12/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (363.06 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 308:
To be or not to be in monetary union: A synthesis
By Clerc Laurent, Dellas Harris, Loisel Olivier
  • Published on 12/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (322.86 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 305:
Wage and price joint dynamics at the firm level: an empirical analysis
  • Published on 12/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (601.85 KB)

November

Publication Working Paper Series no. 303:
Does Inflation Targeting decrease Exchange Rate Pass-through in Emerging Countries?
By Coulibaly Dramane, Kempf Hubert
  • Published on 11/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (340.23 KB)

October

Publication Working Paper Series no. 300:
The Case for a Financial Approach to Money Demand

The distribution of money across households is much more similar to the distribution of financial assets than to that of consumption levels. This is a puzzle for theories which directly link money demand to consumption. This paper shows that the joint...

By Ragot Xavier
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • 44 pages
  • EN
  • PDF (354.52 KB)

October

Publication Working Paper Series no. 294:
Compensation in the Financial Sector: Are all Bankers Superstars?
By Célérier Claire
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (1.35 MB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 296:
Did Tax Policies mitigate US Business Cycles?
By Ferroni Filippo
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (400.55 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 299:
Endogenizing leadership in tax competition: a timing game perspective
By Kempf Hubert, Rota Graziiosi Grégoire
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (459.32 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 292:
Fiscal developments in the euro area beyond the crisis: some lessons drawn from fiscal reaction functions
By Dufrénot Gilles, Paul Laurent
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (546.04 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 297:
Fiscal Policy in a Tractable Liquidity-Constrained Economy
By Challe Edouard, Ragot Xavier
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (846.53 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 301:
Incomplete markets, liquidation risk, and the term structure of interest rates
By Challe Edouard, Le Grand François, Ragot Xavier
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (517.37 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 293:
Insulation impossible: monetary policy and regional fiscal spillovers in a federation
By Russell Cooper, Kempf Hubert, Peled Dan
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (318.7 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 295:
Is there Evidence of Shift-Contagion in International Housing Markets?
By De Bandt Olivier, Sheheryar Malik
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (381.6 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 302:
Prices and volumes of options: A simple theory of risk sharing when markets are incomplete
By Le Grand François, Ragot Xavier
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (713.42 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 298:
Produce or speculate? Asset bubbles, occupational choice and efficiency
By Cahuc Pierre, Challe Edouard
  • Published on 10/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (402.73 KB)

September

Publication Working Paper Series no. 291:
Banks' financial conditions and the transmission of monetary policy: a FAVAR approach
  • Published on 09/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (357.85 KB)

August

Publication Working Paper Series no. 290:
The art of central banking of the ECB and the separation principle
By Bordes Christian, Clerc Laurent
  • Published on 08/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (2.41 MB)

July

Publication Working Paper Series no. 286:
Are the effects of fiscal changes different in times of crisis and non-crisis? The French Case
By Bouthevillain Carine, Dufrénot Gilles
  • Published on 07/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (489.07 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 288:
Distance Selling, Internet and Price Dynamics (in French)
By Askenazy Philippe, Célérier Claire, Irac Delphine
  • Published on 07/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (651.53 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 289:
The French Regions’ Borrowing Behaviours. How heterogeneous are they?
By Dufrénot Gilles, Frouté Philippe, Schalck Christophe
  • Published on 07/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (232.81 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 285:
The Growth-Volatility Relationship: New Evidence Based on Stochastic Volatility in Mean Models
By Lemoine Matthieu, Mougin Christophe
  • Published on 07/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (772.72 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 287:
Wage rigidity, collective bargaining and the minimum wage: evidence from French agreement data
By Avouyi-Dovi Sanvi, Fougère Denis, Gautier Erwan
  • Published on 07/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (910.49 KB)

June

Publication Working Paper Series no. 283:
Do product market regulations in upstream sectors curb productivity growth? Panel data evidence for OECD countries.
By Bourlès Renaud, Lopez Jimmy, Mairesse Jacques, Nicoletti Giuseppe
  • Published on 06/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (988.16 KB)

May

Publication Working Paper Series no. 284:
Innovation and Advertising: Theory and Evidence
By Askenazy Philippe, Breda Thomas, Irac Delphine
  • Published on 05/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (759.86 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 281:
Price, Wage and Employment Response to Shocks: Evidence from the WDN Survey
By Bertola Giuseppe, Dabusinskas Aurelijus, Hoeberichts Marco, Izquierdo Marco, Kwapil Claudia, Montornès Jérémi, Radowski Daniel
  • Published on 05/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (594.23 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 282:
Wage-setting Behavior in France: Additional Evidence from an Ad-hoc Survey.
By Montornès Jérémi, Sauner-Leroy Jacques-Bernard
  • Published on 05/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (923.32 KB)

April

Publication Working Paper Series no. 280:
Pension entitlements of French and American households: a first comparison. (in French)
By Durant Dominique, Frey Laure
  • Published on 04/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (260.49 KB)

March

Publication Working Paper Series no. 277:
Financial Shocks and Optimal Policy
By Dellas Harris, Diba Behzad, Loisel Olivier
  • Published on 03/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (449.35 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 279:
Liquidity problems in the FX liquid market: Ask for the "BIL"
By Borgy Vladimir, Idier Julien, Le Fol Gaëlle
  • Published on 03/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (1.9 MB)

January

Publication Working Paper Series no. 278:
Central bank liquidity and market liquidity: the role of collateral provision on the French government debt securities market
By Avouyi-Dovi Sanvi, Idier Julien
  • Published on 01/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (1.66 MB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 275:
Common business and housing market cycles in the Euro area from a multivariate decomposition
By Ferrara Laurent, Koopman Siem jan
  • Published on 01/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (303.87 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 273:
Costs, demand, and producer price changes
By Loupias Claire, Sevestre Patrick
  • Published on 01/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (295.13 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 272:
National borders matter... where one draws the lines too
By Lavallée Emmanuelle, Vicard Vincent
  • Published on 01/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (464.29 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 271:
Productivity Growth and Levels in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the Twentieth Century
By Kocoglu Yussuf, Mairesse Jacques
  • Published on 01/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (272.34 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 274:
The international transmission of house price shocks
By De Bandt Olivier, Barhoumi Karim, Bruneau Catherine
  • Published on 01/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (422.81 KB)
Publication Working Paper Series no. 276:
Wealth effects: the French case
By Chauvin Valérie, Damette Olivier
  • Published on 01/01/2010
  • EN
  • PDF (391.26 KB)