Microeconomic policies

28th regime: tool or branding?

Rebecca Christie

How to secure the benefits of an EU-wide incorporation regime

An EU Inc. plan for a common company regime should become more targeted and be underpinned by better system infrastructure

Fiona M. Scott Morton and Reinhilde Veugelers

Chips Act 2.0 and beyond: Indispensability, not self-sufficiency

Tillman Schenk

Europe needs a strategy to close the artificial intelligence compute gap

In its bid to compete with the US on AI, Europe could learn from both China and from the classic Airbus industrial policy case

Alicia García-Herrero and Bertin Martens

Revamping Europe’s chips strategy: indispensability, not self-sufficiency

In revising the European Chips Act, the EU should seek to make itself an indispensable partner in the semiconductor value chain

Niclas Poitiers and Tillman Schenk

What the heck is a 28th Regime?

The European Commission’s new plan for business law, in context

Rebecca Christie, Fiona M. Scott Morton, Reinhilde Veugelers and Tobias Tröger

Deregulating artificial intelligence will not boost EU tech markets

European plans to weaken AI users’ rights are unlikely to help achieve convergence in performance between the EU and US tech markets

Mario Mariniello

Life Expectancy, Retirement Age, and Pension Wealth

Miguel Sousa Duarte, Svend E. Hougaard Jensen and Tim D. Maurer

The case for a European Union digital enforcement authority

The European Union's digital rulebook could be better enforced by delegating some of the European Commission's powers to an independent agency

Mario Mariniello

How can a political European Commission be an effective digital watchdog?

Mario Mariniello

Where can Europe be independent?

Vestager and Brasso Sørensen discuss competitiveness, tech and the EU

Rebecca Christie, Margrethe Vestager and Ditte Brasso Sørensen

Europe’s artificial intelligence strategy should be built on European strengths

Europe can gain most from AI not through development but through sound regulation and adoption of the best the world has to offer

Mario Mariniello

Europe needs a regulated market for personal data

Data markets would provide a middle ground between shutting down many online services and unchecked exploitation of users

Fiona M. Scott Morton

Europeans should be allowed to trade personal data

Well-designed data markets could curb gatekeeper power, protect privacy and pay users for sharing data, while preserving ad-supported digital services

Paul Heidhues, Nick Jacobson, Giorgio Monti and Fiona M. Scott Morton