The issue: The European Union's emissions trading system (ETS), introduced in 2005, is the centerpiece of EU decarbonisation efforts and the biggest emissions trading scheme…
Competition, Innovation and Sustainable Growth
Coordinator: Reinhilde Veugelers
Contributors: Zsolt Darvas, Mario Mariniello, Benedicta Marzinotto, André Sapir, Nicolas Véron, Reinhilde Veugelers, Georg Zachmann, Philippe Aghion, Carlo Altomonte, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Lars-Hendrik Röller
External contributors: Mark Huberty (Berkeley), Knud Munk (University of Leuven), EFIGE project team
While many governments are struggling with their public budget deficit and debt position, attention is more and more shifting towards the structural underpinnings of economic performance, competitiveness and growth. This was the topic for important policy discussions before the crisis and it has only gained importance as a consequence of it. Accordingly, Bruegel plans to devote increasing resources to its “competition, innovation and sustainable growth” research area.
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You'd better bet on the ETS
9th April 2013
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Electricity infrastructure: More border crossings or a borderless Europe?
22nd February 2013
Being able to transport electricity seamlessly across borders is essential for achieving three major European Union energy policy goals: (1) enabling competition between national energy companies, (2)…
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European antitrust control and standard setting
6th February 2013
Standards reduce production costs and increase products’ value to consumers. Standards however entail risks of anti-competitive abuse... -
Standard-setting abuse: the case for antitrust control
6th February 2013
Standards reduce production costs and increase the value of products to consumers; ultimately they significantly contribute to economic development. Standards however entail risks of anti-competitive…
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The World innovation landscape: Asia rising?
1st February 2013
Growth in research and development spending globally has been vigorous, averaging nearly eight percent annually during the last five years. An ever-larger group of governments…
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Smart choices for growth
28th November 2012
Recovery in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain is held back in part by structural barriers. Overcoming these requires structural reform and public investment. Given the…
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The EU-EFIGE/Bruegel-Unicredit dataset
4th October 2012
This paper describes the EU-EFIGE/Bruegel-UniCredit dataset (in short the EFIGE dataset), a database recently collected within the EFIGE project (European Firms in a Global Economy:…
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New ICT sectors: Platforms for European growth?
29th August 2012
Europe's failure to specialise in new ICT sectors and firms is likely to hold back Europe’s post-crisis recovery. Europe lacks in particular leading platform providers,…
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Breaking down the barriers to firmgrowth in Europe The fourth EFIGE policy report
28th August 2012
This report is the sixth and last in a series devoted to the firm-level determinants of export and economic performance. The series started in 2007…
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Golden Growth: Restoring the lustre of the European economic model
20th July 2012
The report documents the impressive achievements of the European growth model over the last 50 years. Accounting for the stresses it is experiencing and assessing…
