National audienceThis paper explores the existence of a bounce-back effect in inventory investment using the European Community opinion survey on stocks of finished products in manufacturing. A threshold autoregression allowing for a transitory strong recovery phasis is estimated for French, German and European aggregate data from 1985q1 to 2011q4. The results support the existence of a high recovery episode for inventory investment during the quarters immediately following the recessions. This could in turn explain the real GDP growth rate bounce-back pointed out in previous empirical studies.Cet article explore empiriquement l’existence d’un effet rebond en sortie de crise dans les variations de stocks. Le modèle auto-régressif à seuil re...