Blog post
06 December 2017
Promoting intra-regional trade in the south of the Mediterranean
Regional integration is still a sure way for economies in development to achieve economic growth on the global market. The south of the Mediterranean
Macroeconomic policy and governance
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Blog post
06 December 2017
The eurozone medley: a collection of recent papers on the future of euro-area governance
Our scholars Grégory Claeys, André Sapir, Dirk Schoenmaker, Nicolas Veron and Guntram B. Wolff, explore the next steps needed to create a more functio
Blog post
06 December 2017
How the EU has become an immigration area
Natural change of EU28 population (the balance of live births and deaths) has fallen from high positive values in the 1960s to essentially zero recent
Blog post
05 December 2017
The European Union with the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean: where do we stand?
Latin American and Caribbean countries have deep historical, political, cultural, and economic ties with Europe, and cooperation between the two regio
Opinion piece
05 December 2017
EU should pay member states to get rid of coal
The European Union should act to ensure the continued transformation of its energy system, and encourage member states to overcome their dependence on
Event
04 December 2017
Flexicurity and labour market reforms in Europe
This event will discuss the potential of the flexicurity model as employment strategy and the way it could be implemented in European countries to be
Opinion piece
04 December 2017
The European Commission should drop its ill-designed idea of a finance minister
Beyond the opposing ideas of Jean-Claude Juncker and Wolfgang Schäuble for future euro-area governance, Guntram Wolff explores how alternatives such a
Blog post
01 December 2017
Why US investors earn more on their foreign assets than Germans
The United States benefits from large yields on its foreign assets relative to foreign liabilities, while in most continental European countries forei
Policy brief
01 December 2017
Beyond the Juncker and Schäuble visions of euro-area governance
Two diametrically opposed visions of the euro-area architecture have been put forward. Departing from both Juncker’s and Schäuble’s proposals, the aut
Opinion piece
01 December 2017
Brexit: When the banks leave
More than a tenth of the City’s business is now bound to go, but how much worse could things get?
Event
30 November 2017
Responsibility to reform Europe
At this event, we will host Vice President of the European Commission Jyrki Katainen and the President of Nea Demokratia and Opposition Leader in Gree
Blog post
29 November 2017
German wages, the Phillips curve and migration in the euro area
This post studies why wages in Germany have not borne strong increases despite a relatively strong labour market. I list four reasons why announcing t
Working paper
29 November 2017
Returns on foreign assets and liabilities: exorbitant privileges and stabilising adjustments
Large stock of foreign assets and liabilities could foster international risk diversification. US, British and Japanese investors earn high yields on
Event
28 November 2017
Sustainable growth in transition countries
This event will feature a presentation of the EBRD Transition Report 2017-18.
Blog post
27 November 2017
The Republican Tax Plan
As the Trump administration’s tax plan continues its way through the legislature, we review economists’ and commentators’ recent opinions on the matte
Policy brief
23 November 2017
How should the European Central Bank ‘normalise’ its monetary policy?
During the crisis, the ECB resorted to a number of unconventional monetary tools. This paper discusses how to phase out these policies and what the ‘n