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The impact on the European Union of Ukraine’s potential future accession
This report evaluates the impact on the EU of a possible EU accession of Ukraine, focusing on economic consequences and institutional developments.
Inclusive digital economy: a round-up of project research
The rise of automation, remote employment and a diversifying workforce will necessitate a shift in how we interact with new technology
Economic arguments in favour of reducing copyright protection for generative AI inputs and outputs
The licensing of training inputs slows down economic growth compared to what it could be with competitive and high-quality GenAI
The rocky road to EU accession for Western Balkan countries: obstacles and lessons from the Eastern Partnership
The three eastern European states had practically no waiting time before being accepted as candidate countries right after application
Emerging countries have replaced most of Russia’s lost trade with advanced economies
Russian trade overall seems to have suffered little from sanctions; meanwhile, medicine and food trade continues with sanctioning countries
Publication list
Blog post
24 March 2020
Banks in pandemic turmoil
The banking system is critical to society and requires attention and support. In doing so, however, tough love is preferable to complacency.
Blog post
23 March 2020
Artificial intelligence in the fight against COVID-19
Artificial intelligence can help fight the coronavirus through applications including population screening, notifications of when to seek medical help
Blog post
23 March 2020
Big data versus COVID-19: opportunities and privacy challenges
All available resources need to be brought to bear on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. To what extent can digital technology help? What risks are there
Blog post
19 March 2020
COVID-19 and broken Collusion: the oil price collapse is one more warning for Russia
In the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, the sharp collapse in the oil price has received little attention. Brent fell by 30% on 9 March, the largest fa
Blog post
18 March 2020
What should be done to reduce euro-area spreads?
Spreads are rising again in the euro-area at the worst possible time, when fiscal policy is needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic and the related e
Blog post
18 March 2020
The case for a derivative market programme
The implementation of a Derivative Market Programme could reaffirm the ECB’s credibility and strong commitment to price stability.
Blog post
17 March 2020
Be bold now: coronavirus, the Eurogroup and fiscal safety nets
This blog post sketches two scenarios: one in which countries provide a large fiscal safety net to companies and another in which they do not. Both le
Policy brief
12 March 2020
An effective economic response to the Coronavirus in Europe
'Whatever it takes' needs to be the motto to preserve lives and reduce the impact on the economy of the epidemic.
Blog post
10 March 2020
Three macroeconomic issues and Covid-19
COVID-19 raises a number of serious issues of a sanitary, social and economic nature. While recognizing the difficulty of giving definitive answers at
Blog post
09 March 2020
The cost of coronavirus in terms of interrupted global value chains
The coronavirus is slowly morphing itself into an important shock. While the extent and cost of this pandemic are unknown, we do know that global supp
Policy brief
05 March 2020
A European carbon border tax: much pain, little gain
The European Commission should not make the implementation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism into a must-have element of its climate policy. The
Blog post
04 March 2020
The European Green Deal must cut hidden fossil fuel subsidies
Brussels should ensure that fossil fuels do not get direct or indirect support from governments
Blog post
03 March 2020
What can the EU learn from the China-Switzerland free trade agreement?
The US-China trade war has placed EU trade relations with China under the microscope. Should the EU challenge China’s trade practices and employ trade
Blog post
03 March 2020
To save the Italian economy from the Coronavirus, Rome prescribes a stimulus
Faced with a difficult prognosis, the Italian government has prescribed a three-step strategy to treat the worse economic symptoms of the Coronavirus.
Blog post
02 March 2020
Europeans take the Euro for granted
We compared an analysis of the media with the preliminary findings of a qualitative research project. The results confirm national differences, but hi
Blog post
27 February 2020
As the Coronavirus spreads, can the EU afford to close its borders?
In 2018, 320 million trips were made between EU countries and almost 2 million people crossed Schengen borders to go to work. Stopping them would cau
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