Publication

The latest edition of Economic Policy, edited by Georges De Menil, Richard Portes and Hans-Werner Sinn, includes four papers that draw attention to pertinent policies related to governance of universities, the reforms and re-elections in OECD countries, the effects of employment protection legislation and financial market imperfections on investment and the drugs policy related to cannabis. The four papers were first presented as drafts at a panel meeting in the European Commission in Brussels in April 2009.

Bruegel Senior Fellow André Sapir along with Non-resident Scholar Philippe Aghion , Mathias Dewatripont, Caroline Hoxby and Andreu Mas-Colell  make a comparitive analysis of governance and performance of universities between Europe and the US. The authors conclude that European universities can benefit from greater autonomy and accountability.