Marie-Sophie Lappe
Marie-Sophie is a Research Analyst at Bruegel. She specialises in macroeconomic and capital market policy.
Her research examines the role of pension funds in the economy, focusing on their role in unlocking household savings. She has also contributed to research on the European Union budget. More generally, she is interested in the interplay between financial markets and the macroeconomy.
She speaks German and English.
She holds a master’s degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Tübingen. In her master thesis, she explored the modelling and estimation of rare disaster risk in Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models. Before joining Bruegel, she worked at the European Central Bank in the International Policy analysis division. She worked on commodity markets, ranging from analysis on geopolitical risk in oil markets to the effects of El Niño on food commodity prices. She also has experience analysing international financial markets, where she was involved on monitoring developments in bond and equity markets.
Featured work
Double tax – why women pay it and what to do about it
Fixing gender inequality could reap big gains for the entire economy
Russian foreign trade tracker
Tracking Russian trade using data from the EU, China, the US, South Korea, Japan, India, the UK, Turkey, Switzerland, Norway, Brazil and Kazakhstan
What are governments buying?
How does the European Union manage public-sector procurement, and is there room for environmental goals?
European Green Industrial Policy at a Crossroads? A Pilot Set of Conjoint Experiments Among Policy Experts
All work
Podcast
05 November 2025
Double tax – why women pay it and what to do about it
Fixing gender inequality could reap big gains for the entire economy
Dataset
29 October 2025
Russian foreign trade tracker
Tracking Russian trade using data from the EU, China, the US, South Korea, Japan, India, the UK, Turkey, Switzerland, Norway, Brazil and Kazakhstan
Podcast
22 October 2025
What are governments buying?
How does the European Union manage public-sector procurement, and is there room for environmental goals?
External publication
28 September 2025
Working paper
24 September 2025
Advantages and pitfalls of green public procurement as a European strategic tool
Green public procurement supports EU climate goals but may conflict with other objectives, creating trade-offs that challenge its effectiveness
First Glance
11 September 2025
Europe’s savings debate should focus on the bigger picture
Contrary to common belief, savings do not flee Europe for the United States, but the EU could still do more to put its savings to work domestically
Working paper
28 August 2025
Plugging Europe’s investment gap: understanding the potential of leveraging institutional investors
Expanding funded pensions via auto-enrolment could boost long-term investment and saver security, allowing the EU to address its investment gap
First Glance
22 July 2025
CORE concerns: why a turnover-based levy is wrong for the EU budget
A plan to raise EU revenues from companies benefitting from the single market would create risks and distortions, and should be withdrawn
Podcast
16 July 2025
Where do insurance firms and pension funds invest?
Europe needs long-term, patient capital to meet its investment needs. Where is the money going and how can policymakers help?
Blueprint
10 July 2025