In this Policy Brief, Bruno van Pottelsbergh addresses two challenges: First, Europe is failing to live up to the target set in the Lisbon agenda…

In this article published in the February issue of Europe's World, a Brussels-based quarterly, I try to draw tentative lessons from the first few months of the still unfolding financial crisis.

This policy brief deals with the link between corporate finance and growth. The discussions about structural reform in Europe, including the EU‘s Lisbon strategy, put…

This report surveys the economic performance of the euro area and gives recommendations about six policy challenges of major importance for the future of EMU.

In this Policy Contribution, Jean Pisani-Ferry observes the lack of European interest towards China‘s exchange policy rate. He believes that Europeans, compared to Americans, are…

Contrary to what is generally pictured, this policy brief shows that when considering the export mix, Europe is more vulnerable to carbon pricing schemes than…

The 2007 report from the research network European Firms and International Markets (EFIM) is the first systematic, cross-country, firm-level research of the features of European firms that compete in international markets.

In this paper, presented to the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Nicolas Véron discusses whether the EU should adopt the controversial…

Based on a survey of European universities, this policy brief states that despite the good performance of some countries, Europe as a whole trails the…

The European Union is the world‘s largest economic entity, with half a billion people and a gross domestic product slightly larger than the United States.…