Publications

How much research talent could Europe grab from the US?

Up to a fifth of researchers in top US universities have previously studied in Europe; they might be persuaded to return

Mario Mariniello and Nina Ruer

Understanding Serbian youth discontent through the lens of the labour market

As young Serbians arrive in Brussels to highlight the changes they want to see in Serbia, the EU should show stronger support for their demands

Nina Ruer and Nina Vujanović

Lessons for the European Central Bank from the 2021-2023 inflationary episode

This paper reflects on these developments ahead of the ECB’s 2025 monetary policy review

Pablo Hernández de Cos

Make finance part of the EU-UK post-Brexit reset

The EU and UK should address issues with the clearing and settlement industry and letterbox firms

Jesper Berg, Rebecca Christie, Hans Geeroms and Francesco Papadia

Defence and climate: seven points for a common agenda

Beyond the debated public spending trade-off between defence and climate goals lie converging interests

Simone Tagliapietra

Performance-based Instruments: How could their design be improved?

Zsolt Darvas, Michal Krystyanczuk, Kamil Sekut and Anna Fiore

Germany's fiscal rules dilemma

Without further reform, European Union fiscal rules could stop Germany from using the new fiscal space it has freed up for itself

Armin Steinbach and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Who should be charged? Principles for fair allocation of electricity system costs

This Policy Brief sets out four principles for pricing electricity fairly

Conall Heussaff, Eva Jüngling, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

The proposed European Defence Mechanism: questions and answers

Answering ten questions on the proposed EDM

Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Armin Steinbach and Guntram B. Wolff

The economic impact of Trump’s tariffs on Europe: an initial assessment

It is likely that Trump’s tariffs will be a limited hit to Europe, though some regions and industries could suffer and may need protective measures

Madalena Barata da Rocha, Nicolas Boivin and Niclas Poitiers

Climate change could trigger debt crises, with adaptation providing only partial relief

Climate change is likely to significantly undermine sovereign debt sustainability, especially from the mid-2040s

Matteo Calcaterra, Andrea Consiglio, Vincenzo Martorana, Massimo Tavoni and Stavros Zenios

The quickly fading memory of why and when bank capital is important

Deregulation should not be equated with lowering capital requirements in the EU

Jesper Berg, Nicolas Boivin and Hans Geeroms

Ending European Union imports of Russian uranium

Continuing to do business with Rosatom, the company responsible for the commercial relationship on uranium with the EU, raises four issues

Olena Lapenko, Ben McWilliams, Roman Nitsovych and Georg Zachmann

Green intersections: the global embedding of climate change in policy

Ketan Ahuja, Rim Berahab, Margherita Bianchi, Jason Bordoff, Mauricio Cárdenas, Ruud De Mooij, Karim El Aynaoui, Vitor Gaspar, Heather Grabbe, Ricardo Hausmann, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Wensheng Peng, Avinash Persaud, Simone Tagliapietra, Nathalie Tocci and Xiaochuan Zhou

The governance and funding of European rearmament

Europe must accelerate rearmament through deeper cooperation and innovative governance to counter Russia’s aggression and shifting US policies

Guntram B. Wolff, Armin Steinbach and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Making the best of the new EU Social Climate Fund

Governments should employ good practices in tackling building and transport emissions whilst protecting the most vulnerable

Eva Jüngling, Giovanni Sgaravatti, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann