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Blog post
15 November 2018
What the 2018 EBA stress tests (don’t) tell you about Italy
The results of the latest European Banking Authority stress tests were eagerly awaited for their results on the four biggest Italian banks. At first s
Policy brief
15 November 2018
The G20 turns ten: what’s past is prologue
This Policy Contribution assesses the performance of the G20 since its first summit held in November 2008 to understand what could lie ahead for the i
Blog post
14 November 2018
Is this time different? Reflections on recent emerging-market turbulence
Since the beginning of 2018, currencies of two large emerging-market economies – Argentina and Turkey – suffered from substantial depreciation. Other
Book
14 November 2018
The distributional effects of climate policies
The distributional consequences are likely to be a major driver of future climate policies. Policymakers will not accept forceful decarbonisation poli
Blog post
12 November 2018
US mid-term elections and the global economy
Democrats won control of the House and Republicans held onto the Senate in the most consequential US mid-term elections in decades. Bowen Call reviews
Blog post
07 November 2018
Post-Brexit transfers of personal data: The clock is ticking
The UK government would like to keep EU-UK data transfers largely the same following the country's separation from the EU. But talks have yet to even
Blog post
06 November 2018
The consequences of Italy’s increasing dependence on domestic debt-holders
Bruegel’s updated data set of sovereign bond holdings illustrates how a rising share of Italian debt is held by domestic investors – a development wi
Blog post
05 November 2018
Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidential elections after a highly polarising campaign. We review economists’ and scholars’ vi
Blog post
03 November 2018
How could voter turnout influence US elections outcome?
Voting is a central pillar of democracy. The US consistently scores lower than other Western democracies in voter turnout. The authors analyse the po
Article
02 November 2018
Transatlantic Relations
Testimony at the Committee for External Relations of the Belgium Federal Parliament
Blog post
29 October 2018
The rise of 'ethical' investing
We are used to think about the value of investment as measured by financial return. But investing with an eye to environmental or social issues and, m
Policy brief
25 October 2018
A better European Union architecture to fight money laundering
A series of banking scandals in multiple EU countries has underlined the shortcomings of Europe's anti-money laundering regime. The impact of these sh
Policy brief
24 October 2018
European fiscal rules require a major overhaul
In this Policy Contribution prepared for the French Conseil d’Analyse Économique, the authors assess current European fiscal rules and propose a major
Policy brief
23 October 2018
Should we give up on global governance?
The pervasive gridlock affecting the traditional global governance approach calls into question the idea of broadening its scope beyond its core remit
Blog post
22 October 2018
The United States-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement (USMCA)
While final ratification of the USMCA (also known as Nafta 2.0) is pending, we review economists’ assessment of the agreement.
Policy brief
16 October 2018
The Euro-Mediterranean energy relationship: a fresh perspective
The author analyses the current renewable energy development in Southern Mediterranean countries (SMCs) and proposes a climate financing strategy that