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Blog post
18 November 2021
Fiscal arithmetic and risk of sovereign insolvency
The record-high debt levels in advanced economies increase the risk of sovereign insolvency. Governments should start fiscal consolidation soon in an
Blog post
18 November 2021
Goodbye Glasgow: what’s next for global climate action?
After COP26, and as the debate on whether Glasgow represents a success or a failure dies down, what next for global climate action?
Policy brief
17 November 2021
Biometric technologies at work: a proposed use-based taxonomy
We define biometric technologies as AI technologies that rely on biometric data to derive inferences about the individual whose data is collected.
Book
12 November 2021
Instruments of a strategic foreign economic policy
Study for the German Federal Foreign Office produced by Bruegel, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and DIW Berlin.
Working paper
10 November 2021
Towards efficient information sharing in network markets
In this paper, we turn our attention to market failure due to information asymmetry between platforms and their users and between competing platforms.
Policy brief
10 November 2021
Next Generation EU borrowing: a first assessment
What is new about NGEU is not just the increase in the EU’s borrowing power, but also the nature of the expenditure.
Blog post
08 November 2021
A new economic geography of decarbonisation?
Energy transitions manifest themselves across space and time. While necessary targets for decarbonisation are apparent, the accompanying shifts in spa
Blog post
04 November 2021
What to make of the EU-US deal on steel and aluminium?
The tariffs affected at least $7.2 billion imports of the relevant steel and aluminium products from the EU into the US in 2017.
Policy brief
04 November 2021
COVID-19 financial aid and productivity: has support been well spent?
In the EU, this support has prevented the emergence of unemployment and has kept average employment high.
Working paper
04 November 2021
Does money growth tell us anything about inflation?
The view of one of the authors of this paper about the relationship between money and inflation can be summarised in two anecdotes.
Blog post
03 November 2021
The socioeconomic effects of COVID-19 on women
The pandemic has disproportionately affected women both professionally and at home. Although the gender gap in labour force participation since the on
Blog post
02 November 2021
Is the risk of stagflation real?
Most economic forecasts predict a return, in the medium-term, to pre-pandemic growth and inflation. Nevertheless, the European Central Bank and fiscal
Blog post
29 October 2021
Strong, balanced, sustainable and inclusive growth? The G20 and the pandemic
The G20 is not doing enough to support strong, balanced, sustainable and inclusive growth in the wake of COVID-19, with the poorest countries left beh
Blog post
21 October 2021
Concentration of artificial intelligence and other frontier IT skills
Online job postings indicate that demand from top tech firms for frontier IT skills is about double their demand for other IT skills.
Blog post
21 October 2021
Germany’s post-pandemic current account surplus
The pandemic has increased the net lending position of the German corporate sector. By incentivising private investment, policymakers could trigger a
Blog post
18 October 2021
Better sustainability data is still needed to accelerate the low-carbon transition in capital markets
Investors need more trustworthy sustainability data. Regulators should leave space for better products to emerge.