Ignazio Angeloni believes that the increase in financial interdependence in recent decades has not been matched by sufficient progress in the international coordination among regulatory…
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Testing times for global financial governance
19th October 2008
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Asia-Europe: The Third Link
12th October 2008
Jean Pisani-Ferry and Jérémie Cohen Setton provide an overview of the relative weight of Europe and East Asia in the context of the world economy…
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Divisions of labour: rethinking Europe's migration policy
8th October 2008
This Blueprint examines why and how Europes migration challenge should be urgently addressed. Jakob von Weizsäcker identifies three priority areas for EU policy action and concrete policy suggestions which could fit with the immigration agenda of the French presidency. -
The London Agreement and the cost of patenting in Europe
1st October 2008
Bruno van Pottelsberghe analyses the potential consequences of the recently ratified London Agreement, which reduces the patent translation requirements in 15 out of 34 EPC…
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Portrait of the Union as a player on the world stage
24th September 2008
In this Chapter, Jean Pisani-Ferry challenges the EU's purpose based on economic and political integration between its Member States. The author believes it is time…
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The new corporation in Europe
2nd September 2008
This Policy Brief examines how Europe‘s corporations are changing the way they do business since the 2004 EU Enlargement. Dalia Marin argues that firms are…
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The new food equation: do EU policies add up?
19th July 2008
This policy brief, Juan Delgado and Indhira Santos look at how EU policies should be adjusted to the higher food prices. The brief makes three…
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Europe's R&D: Missing the Wrong Targets?
15th July 2008
Bruno van Pottelsberghe advocates for more resources dedicated to higher education research activities if the EU wishes to see academic research as a provider of…
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Empower users of financial information as the IASC Foundation‘s stakeholders
10th July 2008
Nicolas Véron comments on the proposal for governance reform (constitution review‘) published in May 2008 by the IASC Foundation, the private-sector body which oversees the…
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The demographics of global corporate champions
30th June 2008
This Working Paper presents a novel dataset documenting the demographics of the world‘s 500 largest companies by market capitalisation.The data illustrate a stark contrast between…
