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Recent publications
A European circular single market for economic security and competitiveness
This Policy Brief gives an overview of the environmental and economic cases for Europe to improve resource efficiency
The three pillars of effective European Union competition policy
This Policy Brief clarifies the relationship between competition and industrial policy, and shows that there is in fact no tension
Memo to the commissioner responsible for digital affairs
Memo to the commissioner responsible for tax policy
Publication list
Policy brief
02 July 2024
How to finance the European Union’s building decarbonisation plan
This policy brief discusses the challenges of meeting EPBD targets and introducing ETS2 smoothly
Analysis
27 June 2024
Debt financing European air defence
A case can be made for financing European air defence through issuance of EU debt
Policy brief
27 June 2024
Re-energising Europe’s global green reach
EU’s green reach strategy will need to use a broad range of levers to build equitable partnerships that will help partners make deeper emissions cuts
Book
25 June 2024
Europe’s Banking union at ten: unfinished yet transformative
Nicolas Véron offers the first comprehensive exploration of the genesis, implementation and possible future completion of the banking union
Analysis
24 June 2024
How to harvest the windfall profits from Russian assets in Europe
The challenge still remains of crafting a syndicated loan for Ukraine backed by G7 members that strikes a fair deal on burden sharing
Policy brief
20 June 2024
The implications of the European Union’s new fiscal rules
This policy brief summarises the main features of the new European Union fiscal framework
Working paper
20 June 2024
How much does Europe pay for clean air?
Despite major progress, the cost of air pollution is still huge for the European Union
Analysis
12 June 2024
The European Central Bank must adapt to an environment of inflation volatility
The ECB must adapt its strategy to a new era of supply disruptions
Policy brief
11 June 2024
The economic case for climate finance at scale
This policy brief examines the economic case for advanced-country financial support for replacement of coal with renewable energy sources in EMDEs
Analysis
06 June 2024
Twenty years of European east-west household income convergence
While average household income is lower than GDP per capita, the poor have especially benefitted from income gains in central and eastern EU members
Working paper
30 May 2024
A conceptual framework for the identification and governance of European public goods
How to find institutional arrangements for public-good provision, to maximise the benefits of public goods for EU members?
Working paper
27 May 2024
Navigating the treacherous political economy of structural reform
In setting economic policy, politicians should pay attention to the latest economic data and to when they next need to face voters at the polls
Working paper
23 May 2024
Instruments of economic security
The challenge of improving European economic security has grown in importance, with various relevant policy measures introduced at EU level
Analysis
23 May 2024
Research, innovation and data: a fifth freedom in the EU single market?
Research and innovation should be at the top of the EU economic policy agenda, but cannot over-rely on public investment
Analysis
23 May 2024
Lessons from the European Union’s inaugural Hydrogen Bank auction
The EU’s first subsidy auction for renewable hydrogen went about as well as could have been hoped
Policy brief
16 May 2024
Three risks that must be addressed for new European Union fiscal rules to succeed
The reform, completed in April 2024, left implementation unaddressed, or at least open to very different potential outcomes
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