01636cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003883 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451813654 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. France : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (70 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper analyzes the recent French inflation behavior. The paper demonstrates that the recent change in French headline inflation behavior resulted from a few idiosyncratic, id est, transient, factors. The paper describes the model setup and calibration of some crucial economic relations and parameters. The level of competition in labor and product markets in France and the other EU countries is discussed, including the size of markups. The paper also looks into the economic impact of increasing competition in each market separately and the advantages of coordinating reforms within the euro area. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2005/397 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2005/397/002.2005.issue-397-en.xml IMF e-Library