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Blog post
21 March 2019
The shadow of Brexit: Guessing the economic damage to the UK
Under a set of assumptions, this post concludes that UK real income and investment would have been 4% and 6% larger respectively had it not been for t
Blog post
20 March 2019
Talking about Europe: Le Monde 1944-2018
An ongoing research project is seeking to quantify and analyse national printed media discourses about Europe over the decades since the end of the se
Policy brief
14 March 2019
The European Union’s response to the trade crisis
The global trading system is under attack on various fronts. In this Policy Contribution, the authors examine the root causes of the current problems,
Blog post
11 March 2019
The Alstom-Siemens merger and the need for European champions
What’s at stake: The European Commission blocked the merger between Alstom and Siemens, triggering the ire of the French and German governments. A Fra
Blog post
06 March 2019
Russia's foreign policy does not help its economic modernisation
In the highly interdependent modern world, a country’s economy and its foreign policy are strongly linked. A country’s foreign-policy ambitions should
Blog post
04 March 2019
The possible Chinese-US trade deal
The future of Sino-American relations after the incoming end of trade talks between Beijing and Washington. We review opinions in the English-speaking
Blog post
26 February 2019
What to look out for in the latest European Semester package
Implementation of the European Commission’s country-specific policy recommendations (CSRs) is at a low rate overall. Whether this trend has continued,
Blog post
26 February 2019
The European Union must change its supervisory architecture to fight money laundering
Money laundering scandals at EU banks have become pervasive. The authors here detail the weaknesses the current AML architecture's fundamental weaknes
Blog post
25 February 2019
The Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends and the Green New Deal
In the last month two prominent policy proposals that aim to combat climate change have been presented in the United States. The Green New Deal calls
Blog post
21 February 2019
Reforming decision-making for EU taxation policy
Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, spoke at a Bruegel event on February 21, 2019.
Blog post
21 February 2019
Greening monetary policy: An alternative to the ECB’s market-neutral approach
The ECB’s market-neutral approach to monetary policy undermines the general aim of the EU to achieve a low-carbon economy. An alternative tilting appr
Working paper
19 February 2019
Greening monetary policy
The author proposes a tilting approach to steer the allocation of the Eurosystem’s assets and collateral towards low-carbon sectors, which would reduc
Blog post
18 February 2019
Universal basic income and the Finnish experiment
The preliminary results on the Universal Basic Income (UBI) experiment in Finland, and what they mean for the long-standing questions over the potenti
Blog post
13 February 2019
How the EU could transform the energy market: The case for a euro crude-oil benchmark
There is a strong case for an oil benchmark in euros. Trading energy markets in more than one currency is not unprecedented, and indeed used to be the
Blog post
11 February 2019
On Modern Monetary Theory
An old debate is back with a kick. The discussion around modern monetary theory first gained traction in the economic blogosphere around 2012. Recent
Policy brief
07 February 2019
Russia's growth problem
After the 2014-2016 currency crisis, Russia’s economy has returned to growth, albeit at a slow pace. In this Policy Contribution, the authors analyse