Blog Post
After Brexit, several major cities across the EU27 are looking to take over London's financial activity. While there are plenty of benefits in hosting a major financial centre, it also comes with significant risks and responsibilities.
Blog Post
Public discourse on social media was already in favour of Brexit by early summer 2015, and stayed that way until the referendum. An analysis of more than 890 000 tweets posted since 2012 reveals clear trends in the mood of online discussion. Our new methodology captures something that betting odds and opinion polls were not able to reveal – but will it be useful in future elections?
Policy Contribution
One of the consequences of the global financial crisis has been rapid growth in public debt in most advanced economies. This Policy Contribution assesses the size of public debt in advanced economies and considers the potential consequences of sovereign insolvency.
Blueprint
This Blueprint offers an in-depth analysis of inequalities of income and wealth in the EU, as well as their causes and consequences. How evenly are the benefits of growth distributed in our economies, and what does this mean for fairness and social mobility? How could and should policymakers react?
Parliamentary Testimony
Georgios Petropoulos was invited to speak at a workshop on collaborative economy organised by the Internal Market Committee (IMCO) of the European Parliament on November 8.
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RT @_tim_burke: Here's @Bruegel_org's take on what European cities would need to do to steal London's financial crown after Brexit https://…
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RT @adna_sci: Twitter pulse is a better predictor then classic polling according to this fresh @Bruegel_org piece on #brexit https://t.co/…
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On Nov 24, we will discuss the integration of stress tests in Basel III. Join us & book your seat:… https://t.co/ZMNIeDpgFb
Parliamentary Testimony
Georgios Petropoulos attended a meeting of IMCO Working Group on the Digital Single Market on November 14.
Parliamentary Testimony
Guntram Wolff attended a panel debate on Brexit, organised by the EFTA Parliamentary Committee.
Upcoming Event
The banking sector is currently in the spotlight due to the recent economic crisis. At this event, will discuss the connection between competition and stability of the banking sector.
Blog Post
Italians are being called to the ballot boxes on 4 December to either confirm or reject Constitutional amendments put forward by the government. Alessio Terzi constructed a probabilistic model based on poll data to assess the likelihood of such an event.
Upcoming Event
The 2016 Vision Europe Summit is titled "Redesigning European Migration and Refugee Policy" and will be held in Lisbon on 21-22 November 2016.
Working Paper
This Working Paper reviews recent developments in the EU’s financial supervisory and regulatory architecture with a view to draw out lessons for regional financial regulatory architecture in Asia.
Upcoming Event
How can we integrate supervisory stress tests with the Basel III framework in a macroprudentially coherent and transparent manner?
Upcoming Event
At this event the European Commissioner for Climate Action & Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, will present an important energy package.
External Publication
The European European financial system is too strongly bank-based. How can it be rebalanced to become favourable to growth and employment again? (This paper is only available in French).
