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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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15 November 2016
Trump, NATO and European defence spending
US President-Elect Donald Trump made critical statements about low European defence spending during the election campaign - signaling an expectation t
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14 November 2016
Brexit and the law
What’s at stake: last week, the UK High Court ruled that the triggering of Article 50 - and therefore the Brexit process - should involve the UK Parli
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10 November 2016
Income convergence during the crisis: did EU funds provide a buffer?
Did EU funds play an important role in limiting the hit of the crisis on regional income?
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09 November 2016
Income inequality boosted Trump vote
Our early econometric analysis shows that Donald Trump performed more strongly in states with higher income inequality. He also did better in states w
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09 November 2016
President Trump: what next for global climate action?
The new Trump presidency might now signal a U-turn in the United States’ international climate policies.
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08 November 2016
Review of the EU Macro-Prudential Framework
The European Commission held a public hearing on the review of the eu macro-prudential framework on 7 November 2016.
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07 November 2016
Monetary policy at the time of elections
What’s at stake: At this week’s meeting, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. While this was largely expected, the economic blogosphere
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03 November 2016
Not so low: A review of Paul Blustein’s book on the IMF and the euro area crisis
"Laid Low" is an important addition to the burgeoning literature on the euro-area crisis and its main contribution is to assemble essential factual ma
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31 October 2016
The Wallonian Resistance
What's at stake: this week has been filled with news that the small Belgian region of Wallonia intended to veto CETA (the Canada-EU trade agreement).
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27 October 2016
Private sector debt matters, and better data means better policy
Private debt is emerging as a central concern in EU policy. However, the Commission’s regular country reports still give more attention to sovereign t
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24 October 2016
Should we rethink fiscal policy?
What’s at stake: there has been quite some discussion recently on whether we should rethink the framework of fiscal policy in order to make it more ap
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24 October 2016
India’s economic journey: why should Europe care?
Which political and economic policy domains link India and Europe? Which key issues, challenges and debates are engaging the Modi government half-way
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22 October 2016
Why have export-oriented units in India failed to deliver?
In 1980, the Export Oriented Unit (EOU) Scheme was launched in India to boost exports and increase production. Though a number of provisions and exemp
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22 October 2016
Opening of the Indian economy to foreign investors: opportunities for Europe
The latest changes in foreign direct investment norms in India have made entry and control of foreign investors in a lot of sectors easier.
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21 October 2016
Beyond hard, soft and no Brexit
There is still a certain degree of fuzziness about what the different degrees of Brexit entail. We attempt to fill this gap by setting out the options
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20 October 2016
Maple syrup on Belgian waffles: EU-Canada trade
Wallonia recently voted against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which aims to eliminate 98% of tariffs between Canada and EU. W
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