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Blog post
28 June 2018
Trading invisibles: Exposure of countries to GDPR
This blog post identifies provisions of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that affect foreign companies, and discusses implications f
Policy brief
28 June 2018
Cryptocurrencies and monetary policy
Can cryptocurrencies acquire the role of money? And what are the implications for central banks and monetary policy? Read the policy contribution to u
Blog post
27 June 2018
China’s strategic investments in Europe: The case of maritime ports
The EU is currently working on a new framework for screening foreign direct investments (FDI). Maritime ports represent the cornerstone of the EU trad
Article
27 June 2018
The potential impact of Brexit on ICT policy
Testimony before the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).
Blog post
26 June 2018
The European Union must defend Andreas Georgiou
Andreas Georgiou’s case raises disturbing questions about the integrity of European statistical processes. Forceful action by EU authorities on Mr Geo
Blog post
25 June 2018
The Meseberg declaration and euro-zone reform
The recent Franco-German Meseberg declaration will set the scene for next week’s summit. We review opinions on this important agreement.
Blog post
21 June 2018
European bank mergers: domestic or cross-border?
As the European economy recovers from the global financial crisis, bank mergers are back on the agenda. While cross-border mergers have been predicted
Working paper
21 June 2018
EU financial services policy since 2007: crisis, responses and prospects
This paper presents a holistic overview and assessment of the European Union (EU)’s financial services policy since the start of its financial crisis
Blog post
19 June 2018
Understanding (the lack of) German public investment
An array of data suggests that there is a general lack of investment by all branches of the German government, despite running budget surpluses for se
Blog post
18 June 2018
Demographics and Long Run Growth
Scholars have been investigating the relationship between demographics and long term growth, in the context of the secular stagnation hypothesis. We r
Blog post
15 June 2018
Robots, ICT and EU employment
Disruptive technologies based on ICT, robots, and artificial intelligence have transformed labour markets through their important effects on employmen
Blog post
13 June 2018
The G7 is dead, long live the G7
The summit in Charlevoix left behind a Group of Seven in complete disarray. The authors think that the G-group, in its current formulation, no longer
Policy brief
13 June 2018
Is the European Semester effective and useful?
The authors study whether and to what extent EU countries implement recommendations on macroeconomic imbalances given by the EU in the so-called Europ
Blog post
11 June 2018
Enhancing the ESM lending toolkit through a precautionary credit line
Strengthening the ESM can help to prevent crises and enhance deeper financial integration in the euro area. Yet, mislabelling the ESM as “European Mon
Blog post
11 June 2018
The Italian mini-BOT debate
Talks of parallel currency are not new in Italy. But one of the proposals – the so called mini-BOT – has made it into the government contract that und
Blog post
08 June 2018
Is the ECB collateral framework compromising the safe-asset status of euro-area sovereign bonds?
Central banks’ collateral frameworks play an important role in defining what is considered as a safe asset. However, the ECB’s framework is unsatisfac