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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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28 August 2017
Africa and Chinese rebalancing
What’s at stake: China and Africa have developed close economic ties over the past 20 years. The need to rebalance the China-Africa relationship was a
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24 August 2017
Low carbon technology exports: the race is still open
A country’s relative strength in exporting a certain product is likely to persist. But it is easier to gain a comparative advantage in exporting low c
Blog post
24 August 2017
The issue of U.S. prescription drug prices
What’s at stake: Americans spend a lot on prescription drugs, more per capita than any other country by far. Individual cases of sharp price increases
Blog post
31 July 2017
The US Antitrust Counter-Revolution
Plenty of recent research has highlighted a rise in concentration in the US economy, across different sectors. Economists are now wondering to what ex
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26 July 2017
Italian economic growth and the Euro
While the Euro has frequently been blamed for the poor growth performance of Italy over the years, a long-term analysis shows deteriorating growth bef
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24 July 2017
The international effects of ECB’s monetary policy
What’s at stake: the literature on monetary policy spillovers is abundant of studies investigating the impact of the US Federal Reserve’s monetary pol
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18 July 2017
Building positive incentives: the potential of coalitions for sustainable finance
We need to move towards more sustainable, long-term thinking in the corporate and financial worlds. Coalitions of willing actors could play a role in
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17 July 2017
The US retail crisis
What’s at stake: America is undergoing a retail sector crisis, partly related to the increase of competition from online commerce. We review recent co
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12 July 2017
How to make finance a force for sustainability
Traditional finance focuses on financial return, considering the financial sector separate from both society and the environment. In contrast, sustain
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10 July 2017
The forward guidance paradox
What’s at stake: the term “forward guidance” is used in economic jargon to describe central bank communications about the likely future path of policy
Blog post
03 July 2017
Cryptoeconomics – the opportunities and challenges of blockchain
While the activities using the peer-to-peer cryptocurrency Bitcoin swing between legal and illegal, the attention has been increasingly shifting to th
Blog post
29 June 2017
Eurozone or EU budget? Confronting a complex political question
This week’s European Commission reflection paper is the latest document to ponder a distinction between EU and euro-area budgets. But do we need to sp
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26 June 2017
A tangled tale of bank liquidation in Venice
What can we learn about the Italian banking sector from the decision to liquidate Veneto Banca and Banca Popolare di Vicenza? Silvia Merler sees a ten
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26 June 2017
The US 100% renewables dispute
What’s at stake: Two years ago, a debate started on whether it would be feasible for the US to achieve 100% renewable energy power. The arguments on b
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22 June 2017
Raising the inflation target: a question of robustness
In an unexpected move, the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has recently brought up the issue of raising the inflation target. This blog argues that
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22 June 2017
Can EU actors keep using common law after Brexit?
English common law is the choice of law for financial contracts, even for parties in EU members with civil law systems. This creates a lucrative legal
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