Working papers
Long-form research papers that employ original methodologies to provide the academic foundations for policy debates
Working papers

A quantitative evaluation of the European Commission’s fiscal governance proposal
This paper focuses on the fiscal adjustment that the first regulation would require of countries with debt above the treaty benchmarks.

European Union debt financing: leeway and barriers from a legal perspective
The paper investigates the legal feasibility of the EU borrowing on the capital market to finance European public goods.

Competition in generative artificial intelligence foundation models
This working paper examines how competition in foundation models (FMs) works.

Globalisation and automation as sources of labour-market competition, and support for European Union unemployment insurance

The Ukrainian war economy
This paper analyses Ukraine’s war economy management and performance, according to information available in June 2023.
Working paper
18 September 2023
A quantitative evaluation of the European Commission’s fiscal governance proposal
This paper focuses on the fiscal adjustment that the first regulation would require of countries with debt above the treaty benchmarks.
Working paper
12 September 2023
European Union debt financing: leeway and barriers from a legal perspective
The paper investigates the legal feasibility of the EU borrowing on the capital market to finance European public goods.
Working paper
18 July 2023
Competition in generative artificial intelligence foundation models
This working paper examines how competition in foundation models (FMs) works.
Working paper
17 July 2023
Working paper
11 July 2023
The Ukrainian war economy
This paper analyses Ukraine’s war economy management and performance, according to information available in June 2023.
Working paper
10 July 2023
Section 232 reloaded: the false promise of the transatlantic ‘climate club’ for steel and aluminium
This paper sets out the EU and US perspectives on the ongoing negotiations and evaluates their initial negotiation proposals.
Working paper
06 July 2023
What should be done about Google’s quasi-monopoly in search? Mandatory data sharing versus AI-driven technological competition
This paper explores the crucial role of search engines in modern digital economies and their impact on user welfare.
Working paper
29 June 2023
What would Europeans want a European defence union to look like?
This working paper explores public support for European defence union, revealing preferred policy features and the impact of political feasibility.
Working paper
21 June 2023
China’s quest for innovation: progress and bottlenecks
We identify three potential bottlenecks that might be hindering the translation of China’s innovation efforts into productivity growth.
Working paper
13 June 2023
Antitrust issues raised by answer engines
This paper outlines some early antitrust issues related to answer engines and the response competition authorities should adopt.
Working paper
01 June 2023
A new measure of aggregate trade restrictions: cyclical drivers and macro effects
In this paper, we present a new measure of aggregate trade restrictions.
Working paper
30 May 2023
Employer perspectives on employee work location: collaboration, culture and control
Employee surveys across different countries indicate that employees prefer working remotely and do not want to return to the office full time.
Working paper
25 April 2023
Global trends in countries‘ perceptions of the Belt and Road Initiative
In this paper, we have analysed the sentiment towards the Belt and Road Initiative in the world using a large open-access dataset, namely GDELT.
Working paper
16 March 2023
Artificial intelligence adoption in the public sector: a case study
This case study illustrates the drivers of and barriers to AI adoption by organisations, and acceptance of AI by workers in the public sector.
Working paper
23 January 2023
The hidden inequalities of digitalisation in the post-pandemic context
Digital automation has affected working conditions quite broadly, beyond job loss, in several other important ways.
Working paper
09 January 2023
Pro- and anti-competitive provisions in the proposed European Union Data Act
This paper explores several pro- and anti-competitive provisions included the proposed EU Data Act.
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