Stabilization Policy in France and the Federal Republic of Germany

Content: 
Contributions to Economic Analysis
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Introduction to the series
Page v

Preface
Pages vii-ix
Georges de Ménil, Uwe Westphal

Aims and methods of an international macroeconomic comparison
Pages 1-17
GEORGES DE MÉNIL, UWE WESTPHAL

Introduction
Pages 21-22

Chapter 1 - Transfer policies, income, and employment in France
Pages 23-58
GEORGES DE MÉNIL, JOSÉ SASTRE

Chapter 2 - Transfer policies, income, and employment in Germany
Pages 59-96
WOLF-DIETER NEUTMANN, UWE SANDER

Comparative summary
Pages 97-101

Chapter 3 - Tax incentives, monetary policy, and investment in France and Germany
Pages 105-141
PATRICK ARTUS, PIERRE-ALAIN MUET, PETER PALINKAS, PETER PAULY

Introduction
Pages 145-146

Chapter 4 - Exchange rates, prices, wages, and the current account in France
Pages 147-180
PATRICK ARTUS, PHILIPPE NASSE

Chapter 5 - Exchange rates, prices, wages, and the current account in Germany
Pages 181-218
JÜRGEN KRÖGER, PETER PAULY

Comparative summary
Pages 219-222

Introduction
Pages 225-226

Chapter 6 - Monetary mechanisms and exchange rates in France
Pages 227-262
MATHIEU FEROLDI

Chapter 7 - Monetary mechanisms, government deficits, and external constraints in Germany
Pages 263-297
MARIANNE SCHULZE-GHATTAS, UWE WESTPHAL

Comparative summary
Pages 299-300

Chapter 8 - The dilemmas of economic policy in France and Germany: Trade-offs between inflation, unemployment, and the current account
Pages 303-347
CLAUDE BISMUT, JÜRGEN KRÖGER

Chapter 9 - The transmission of international disturbances to the French and German economies, 1972–1980
Pages 349-379
GEORGES DE MÉNIL, UWE WESTPHAL