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  • Guntram Wolff appointed Director of Bruegel

    Publication Guntram Wolff appointed Director of Bruegel

    Posted within Bruegel News 18th June 2013

    Bruegel’s members yesterday confirmed the decision of its Board of 13 May 2013 to appoint Guntram Wolff as Director. Dr. Wolff replaces Jean Pisani-Ferry, who left Bruegel at the end of April to take up a position in the French government.

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  • EU-IMF assistance to euro area countries: an early assessment

    Publication EU-IMF assistance to euro area countries: an early assessment

    17th June 2013 by Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, Guntram B. Wolff

    This study provides an early evaluation of the assistance programmes implemented by the Troika in Greece, Ireland and Portugal. The study assesses the economic impact of the programmes and the consequences of their particular institutional set-up.

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  • Bank versus non-bank credit in the United States, Europe and China

    Publication Bank versus non-bank credit in the United States, Europe and China

    5th June 2013 by Nicolas Véron

    In the wake of recent crisis developments in the US and Europe, non-bank credit channels have often been portrayed as 'shadow banking' and have been considered primarily through the lens of the risks they may pose to financial stability. However, the debate about financial system structures remains immature, in large part due to lack of reliable and comparable data.

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  • Do European Union fines deter price-fixing?

    Publication Do European Union fines deter price-fixing?

    22nd May 2013 by Mario Mariniello

    The issue: Anti-cartel enforcement is the least controversial of competition policy themes. Agreements to restrict competition such as price fixing or market sharing have obvious negative effects on welfare.

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  • Bruegel launches mobile website (BETA)

    Publication Bruegel launches mobile website (BETA)

    Posted within Bruegel News 30th April 2013

    Bruegel launches m.bruegel.org – making all content easily available on all smartphones and tablets.

  • Deleveraging and global growth

    Publication Deleveraging and global growth

    25th April 2013 by Jean Pisani-Ferry, Sébastien Jean, Helmut Hauschild, Masahiro Kawai, He Fan, Yung Chul Park

    Paper based on the Asia Europe Economic Forum conference of 21-22 January 2013.

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    • Backloading – An ineffective economic measure for a good political reason?

      19th June 2013

      Wednesday afternoon will see the fourth vote in the European Parliament (this time again in the environment committee) on a scheme to temporarily reduce the number…

    • Euribor and the limits of antitrust

      17th June 2013

      The European Commission is investigating a suspected banking industry cartel, one of the many consequences of the opening of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor)…

    • Abenomics: Is Shinzo aiming in the right directions?

      14th June 2013

      Japan’s stock markets have seen an unusual fluctuation these weeks. The Nikkei 225 has dropped by 20% after it hit this year’s highest on 23…

    • Blogs review: Tackling youth unemployment

      14th June 2013

      What’s at stake: The latest unemployment figures for the 15 to 24 years old age group have made big waves in the media and made…

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    • Antitrust Damages: the European Commission’s proposal

      Competition Policy Lab

      20th June 2013

      On 11 June 2013 the European Commission adopted a long awaited legislative proposal on the treatment of damage claims in…

    • Removing Barriers to Venture Capital Investment in Europe: facilitating the growth of innovative internet and ICT firms

      Debate

      25th June 2013

      Financing innovative young firms is an increasing challenge in Europe. Data on venture capital investment in Europe consistently shows a…

    • The future of health spending and the implications for policy

      Panel discussion

      26th June 2013

      Health care expenditures are on the rise for numerous reasons. At the same time short term austerity measures and long-term…

    • Border carbon adjustment: a trade perspective

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      28th June 2013

      In the absence of an international climate agreement, the European Union unilaterally introduced in 2005 the European Emissions Trading Scheme…

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      17th June 2013

      Free trade agreements for the 21st century
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      5th June 2013

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      31st May 2013

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      22nd May 2013

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      16th May 2013

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