Event
28 November 2017
Sustainable growth in transition countries
This event will feature a presentation of the EBRD Transition Report 2017-18.
Macroeconomic policy and governance
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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
Policy brief
23 November 2017
Beyond coal: facilitating the transition in Europe
Europe has a dirty energy secret: coal is producing a quarter of the electricity, but three-quarters of the emissions. The EU should propose that its
Blog post
21 November 2017
The impact of Brexit on the Irish energy system – pragmatism vs. principles
Brexit promises pain for Ireland that could be cut off from the EU internal market and be left exposed to market instability in the UK. Georg Zachmann
Blog post
21 November 2017
Has the Phillips curve disappeared?
The Phillips curve prescribes a negative trade-off between inflation and unemployment. Economists have been recently debating on whether the curve has
Article
20 November 2017
After the crisis: what new lessons for euro adoption?
Key learning for euro adoption lies within the experience of southern euro member states and the macroeconomic performance of euro ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ am
External publication
17 November 2017
Sovereign Concentration Charges: A New Regime for Banks’ Sovereign Exposures
Europe’s banking union has been central to the resolution of the euro-area crisis. It has had an encouraging start but remains unfinished business. If
Blog post
15 November 2017
A slightly tighter ECB
The ECB’s recent decision on QE was somewhat on the dovish side. Francesco Papadia gives his view on why it is time to start a discussion about reduci
Event
14 November 2017
Vision Europe Summit 2017
The 2017 Vision Summit is titled "The Winners and Losers of Globalisation"
External publication
14 November 2017
The economic effects of refugee return and policy implications
This paper looks at the question of returning asylum seekers and refugees from the economic perspective in the advanced countries that receive refugee
External publication
14 November 2017
Central Asia—twenty-five years after the breakup of the USSR
Central Asia consists of five culturally and ethnically diverse countries that have followed different paths to political and economic transformation
Blog post
13 November 2017
Accounting for true worth: the economics of IFRS9
The introduction in 2018 of forward-looking provisioning for credit losses in EU banks delivers on a key objective in the post-crisis regulatory agend
Blog post
13 November 2017
Powell's Federal Reserve
With the appointment of Jerome Powell as the next Fed’s chairman, President Trump break a tradition of bipartisan re-nomination and chooses someone wh
Policy brief
13 November 2017
A ‘twin peaks’ vision for Europe
The organisation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) is based on a sectoral approach with one ESA for each sector, with separate authoritie
Blog post
07 November 2017
European worries about isolationist trends
Populist shocks in the UK and US threaten the multilateral order on which the EU depends. What lies behind these earthquakes, and what does it mean fo