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  • The Euro crisis and the new impossible trinity
  • Fiscal federalism: US history for architects of Europe's fiscal union
  • What kind of fiscal union?
  • Don’t let the euro-area crisis go east

    Don’t let the euro-area crisis go east

    3rd February 2012 by Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, He Fan, Masahiro Kawai, Tae Joon Kim, Yung Chul Park, Jean Pisani-Ferry, David Vines, Yongding Yu

    On Thursday 2 February Chinese premier Wen Jiabao signalled intention to move towards helping the euro area extricate from its trouble and declared that China was “investigating and evaluating concrete ways in which it can, via the IMF, get more deeply involved in the European debt problem”. Why is China, and more generally Asia, taking this stance? A new paper by Jean Pisani-Ferry together with European and Asian colleagues from the Asia-Europe Economic Forum (AEEF) discusses the implications of the euro crisis for Asia, reasons for Asia-Europe cooperation in solving it, and obstacles on the way to this cooperation.

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  • Cutting carbon, not the economy

    Cutting carbon, not the economy

    2nd February 2012 by Georg Zachmann

    A drastic change in the way we produce and consume energy is necessary to contain the risk of global environmental catastrophe. For its part, the EU has set agreed to a greenhouse gas reduction target of 80-95 percent by 2050, compared to 1990. This Policy Contribution largely draws on research conducted for The great transformation: decarbonising Europe’s energy and transport systems.

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  • The great transformation: decarbonising Europe’s energy and transport systems

    The great transformation: decarbonising Europe’s energy and transport systems

    2nd February 2012 by Georg Zachmann

    Economic growth in Europe will be affected by the costs of this transition from the current energy and transport system. A smooth transition towards a low-carbon energy and transport system could come at comparatively modest cost. Bruegel is contributing to this debate with this report, which is based on research that received funding from the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.

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  • The eurozone’s strategy of pain

    The eurozone’s strategy of pain

    1st February 2012 by Jean Pisani-Ferry

    For the third year in a row, the eurozone is the weakest link in the world economy. In 2010, attention was focused on responses to the crisis on the eurozone periphery – Greece, Portugal, and Ireland.

  • Europe’s growth challenge

    Europe’s growth challenge

    31st January 2012 by Benedicta Marzinotto

    The strategy for addressing the euro debt crisis evolved last summer, as European leaders put economic growth right in the policy agenda. It was an important commitment. Yet, at this juncture, action is required, and for at least two reasons.

  • The debt challenge in Europe

    The debt challenge in Europe

    31st January 2012 by Alan Ahearne, Guntram B. Wolff

    The euro area faces a double challenge: debt overhang and the need for price adjustment. This paper reviews the debt challenges in the household and corporate sectors and maps out some policy options. In particular, we document the increase in private debt prior to the crisis and consider how the corporate and household sectors have adjusted their balance sheets during the crisis.

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Upcoming events

  • Stepping-up the role of the ETS in EU energy sector decarbonisation

    Debate

    8th February 2012

    This seminar will be jointly organised by IDDRI and Bruegel on policy instruments to incentivise long-term investments in decarbonising the…

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  • How economics shapes science

    Lunchtalk/Debate

    15th February 2012

    With countries struggling to build their post-crisis knowledge based growth strategies, there is an increased interest in understanding science to…

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  • A sceptic's solution to the euro crisis?

    Lunchtalk/Debate

    16th February 2012

    Having been an early supporter of the euro, Hans-Olaf Henkel now considers his engagement to be the biggest professional mistake…

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  • Official launch of the 2011 EEAG Report on the European Economy

    Debate

    27th February 2012

    This event, jointly organised by Bruegel and the European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG) at CESifo, marks the the launch of…

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Benedicta Marzinotto

Benedicta Marzinotto
“Benedicta Marzinotto joined Bruegel in 2010 as a Resident Fellow. She is also a Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Udine and Visiting…”

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