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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
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18 July 2019
Croatia’s path into the banking union
Croatia seems a suitable candidate for euro area accession: there is a tight peg to the euro, high public debt is coming down, and the banking sector
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18 July 2019
Talking about Europe: Die Zeit and Der Spiegel 1940s-2010s
An on-going research project is seeking to quantify and analyse printed media discourses about Europe over the decades since the end of the Second Wor
Blog post
17 July 2019
Libra: possible risks in Facebook's pursuit of a 'stablecoin'
Facebook’s new cryptocurrency has the potential to be both widely accessible and attractive to those countries that do not have strong sovereign curre
Blog post
15 July 2019
How should the relationship between competition policy and industrial policy evolve in the European Union?
Competition policy aims to ensure that market practices and strategies do not reduce consumer welfare. Industrial policy, meanwhile, aims at securing
Blog post
09 July 2019
Opening speech by Bruno Le Maire
Bruno Le Maire, minister of the economy and finance, delivered the opening speech at Bruegel's event “The Eurozone agreement – a mini revolution?”, 8
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08 July 2019
‘Lo spread’: The collateral damage of Italy’s confrontation with the EU
The authors assess whether the European Commission's actions towards Italy since September 2018 have had a visible impact on the spread between Italia
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08 July 2019
It’s hard to live in the city: Berlin’s rent freeze and the economics of rent control
A proposal in Berlin to ban increases in rent for the next five years sparked intense debate in Germany. Similar policies to the Mietendeckel are curr
Blog post
01 July 2019
The breakdown of the covered interest rate parity condition
A textbook condition of international finance breaks down. Economic research identifies the interplay between divergent monetary policies and new fina
Blog post
27 June 2019
The evolution of the ECB governing council's decision-making
Before it is decided who will chair the governing council for the next eight years, the authors look back and examine precisely how decisions have bee
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25 June 2019
Where Brexit goes, the law shall follow
How the financial industry and the law firms that support it are preparing for what comes next
Blog post
24 June 2019
The June Eurogroup meeting: Reflections on BICC
The Eurogroup met on June 13th to discuss the deepening of the economic and monetary union (EMU) and prepare the discussions for the Euro Summit. From
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18 June 2019
GNI-per-head rankings: The sad stories of Greece and Italy
No other country lost as many positions as Greece and Italy in the rankings of European countries by Gross National Income per head, between 1990 and
Blog post
17 June 2019
Uncertainty over output gap and structural-balance estimates remains elevated
The EU fiscal framework strongly relies on the structural budget balance indicator, which aims to measure the ‘underlying’ position of the budget. But
Blog post
17 June 2019
The campaign against ‘nonsense’ output gaps
A campaign against “nonsense” consensus output gaps has been launched on social media. It has triggered responses focusing on the implications of outp
Blog post
11 June 2019
The inverted yield curve
Longer-term yields falling below shorter-term yields have historically preceded recessions. Last week, the US 10-year yield was 21 basis points below
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03 June 2019
A European atlas of economic success and failure
Economic growth was diverse across EU regions, yet it is crucial to control for region-specific factors in assessing growth performance. We find that
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