01575cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013280 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475576290 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. European Dept. France : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (79 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 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. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2013/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2013/003/002.2013.issue-003-en.xml IMF e-Library