Lionel Fontagné

@lionel-fontagne.bsky.social

Chaired Professor at Paris School of Economics, Director of the Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies (i-MIP) Personal page : http://www.lionel-fontagne.eu/

“One continent, one market”: reliable disaggregated data and proven empirical methods confirm that EU membership has, on average, almost doubled trade between its members, which is much more than with third countries. Read our briefing note and stay tuned! shorturl.at/qeSA3 @yotoyotov.bsky.social

On the Impact and Resilience of the European Union - i-MIP

At an informal summit held at Alden Biesen Castle in Belgium on February 12, 2026, the heads of state and government of the European Union (EU) member countries relaunched the […]

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📖 Since “Liberation Day”, the US administration has created an exceptional level of uncertainty in trade policy, culminating in the July 9 ultimatum to negotiators. Such uncertainty destroys jobs and leads to recession, as the previous trade war shows. i-mip.eu/en/publicati...

Trade policy uncertainty: a threat to employment - i-MIP

Since “Liberation Day” on April 2, 2025, the U.S. administration has issued a rapid succession of decisions to raise customs duties, as well as announcements of postponements or temporary suspensions. […]

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📖 How can the French pension system adapt to meet the financing needs created by life expectancy rising by at least 5 years in the next decades? To shed light on this question, i-MIP has calculated the impact in terms of consumption of three reform levers. i-mip.eu/en/publicati...

Macroeconomic and distributional effects of French pension reforms - i-MIP

In the next sixty years, life expectancy in France could increase by 5 to 10 years. For the pension system, this creates a funding need that can be resolved if: […]

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