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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
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16 July 2018
Economy of Intangibles
Economists have been discussing the implications of the rise of the intangible economy in relation to the secular stagnation hypothesis, and looking m
Blog post
09 July 2018
World Cup Economics
As we approach the final rounds of the tournament, here are some recent contributions about the economics and economic impact of the World Cup.
Blog post
05 July 2018
EU income inequality decline: Views from an income shares perspective
Over the past decade, the income share of low earners has increased in the EU while that of top earners has slightly declined. Although the upward con
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04 July 2018
Beyond Nord Stream 2: a look at Russia’s Turk Stream project
Since 2015, Nord Stream 2 has been at the centre of all European discussions concerning the EU-Russia relations. But as endless political discussions
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04 July 2018
Ukraine: The struggle for reforms continues
The modernisation of the Ukrainian economy and state continues to develop at an unsatisfactory pace due to a lack of pro-reform political consensus. T
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02 July 2018
US tariffs and China's holding of Treasuries
China has the biggest bilateral trade surplus vis-à-vis the US but is also a top holder of US government bonds. While China has started to counteract
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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