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Lionel Fontagné

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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/

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Lionel Fontagné @lionel-fontagne.bsky.social · Aug 21

In this chaotic international environment, value chains are bound to be reorganised: be the first to read the published version of this research in the Journal of Economic Behavior, September 2025: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

Redirecting

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i-MIP Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies @i-mip.bsky.social · Jul 8

📖 On the eve of the end of the truce on reciprocal tariffs, the i-MIP and CEPII identified 412 product categories on which Europe, dependent on the USA, should not retaliate. Of the remaining 4,605, 1,064 could be subject to effective retaliation.
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The cost of retaliation against US protectionism - i-MIP

The new US administration’s many trade protection announcements are creating considerable uncertainty, particularly for European exporters. Notwithstanding the exemptions that may be granted for certain products, the new tariffs are […]

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i-MIP Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies @i-mip.bsky.social · Jul 7

📖 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.
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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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i-MIP Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies @i-mip.bsky.social · Jul 2

📖 On the eve of the end of the truce on July 9, the i-MIP institute has quantified the sectoral and macroeconomic impacts on the French economy of the trade war initiated by the United States.
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Impact of US tariffs on the French economy: sectoral and macroeconomic issues - i-MIP

What will be the consequences of the US trade war for the French economy? While it is difficult to predict the trade situation that will emerge at the end of […]

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Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social · Jun 2

🏆 @deivyhoueix.bsky.social (PhD student, @mit.edu) is the winner of the Daniel Cohen Award 2025
The ENS - PSL and PSE are delighted to welcome Deivy for the award ceremony and warmly congratulate him on his work and on winning this prize.
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Deivy Houeix (PhD student, MIT), winner of the Daniel Cohen Award 2025 - Paris School of Economics

The Daniel Cohen Award aims to perpetuate Daniel Cohen’s commitment to putting economics at the service of public debate and decision-making.

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i-MIP Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies @i-mip.bsky.social · May 13

📖 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.
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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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i-MIP Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies @i-mip.bsky.social · May 12

🌍 [Conference] Globalization 2.0: Navigating the challenges of international trade conference
Co-organized by @adb.org, @wto.org & the World Bank Group.

📆 May 21 to 23, 2025
📍 Bangkok: 991, 9 Rama I Rd, Pathum Wan 10330

👇Info: https://i-mip.eu/en/2025/05/12/conference-glob...

Conference: Globalization 2.0: Navigating the challenges of international trade - i-MIP

The Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies (i-MIP) is pleased to co-organize the the “Globalization 2.0: Navigating the challenges of international trade” conference. Background The global economy is facing risks […]

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Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social · May 12

📅June 18, 2025: AI & Labor Reallocation
PSE & the @cepr.org invite you to lectures by Barbara Petrongolo (@ox.ac.uk) & @davidautor.bsky.social (@mit.edu) during the PSE-CEPR Policy Forum
📋Registration: httpshorturl.at/bcWOE...

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Lionel Fontagné @lionel-fontagne.bsky.social · May 9

Tariffs, retaliation: it's all a question of trade elasticity!
These elasticities are available at product and sector level here:
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Trade Elasticity

Product-Level Trade Elasticity

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Lionel Fontagné @lionel-fontagne.bsky.social · May 5

A timely paper and conference. Where macro and trade meet.

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Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social · May 5

The Paris School of Economics is glad to invite you to a lecture by Oleg Itskhoki (@harvard.edu) organized by the International Macroeconomics Chair and @i-mip.bsky.social.
📆 Thursday, May 15
📍 Paris School of Economics
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A macroeconomic analysis of import tariffs - Paris School of Economics

The International Macroeconomics Chair and the i-MIP have the pleasure to invite you to a lecture given by Oleg Itskhoki (Harvard University).

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Lionel Fontagné @lionel-fontagne.bsky.social · Apr 25

Managerial intensive firms have larger exporter price elasticity to real exchange rate variations. Happy to share that our paper with Maria Bas, Irene Iodice and Gianluca Orefice, in the Journal of International Economics, is now available.

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