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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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13 February 2014
Blogs review: The emerging market turmoil
What’s at stake: Last week was a volatile week in financial markets, with many emerging markets assets experiencing a strong correction. As emerg
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13 February 2014
Blogs review: The labor market effects of Obamacare
What’s at stake: This week’s controversy came from an 11-page appendix published on Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), w
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13 February 2014
Does Europe need a renewables target?
The discussion on whether the EU needs a new renewables target beyond 2020 is gaining traction. The proponents argue that a target for 2030 would give
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13 February 2014
Blogs review: More inequality, same mobility
What’s at stake: As President Barack Obama finalizes his sixth State of the Union address – which is expected to focus on “the problem […] that a
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13 February 2014
In sickness and in health: protecting and supporting public investment in Europe
While the long term decline in gross public investment in core EU countries is generally in line with developments in other advanced countries, recent
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24 January 2014
Bruegel recognised in think-tank ranking
For the second year in a row, Bruegel is placed second in the category of “Top Think Tanks Worldwide (non-US)" and number two for “Top
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14 January 2014
Blogs review: The popularity of Randomized Control Trials
What’s at stake: The popularity of Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) in academia has led to an impressive increase in the amounts governments and inter
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13 January 2014
Reversing a year of stagflation
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised markets by holding its policy interest rate steady. And the RBI governor,Raghuram Rajan, came forward to exp
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09 January 2014
The year in antitrust and competition policy
To start 2014, Bruegel's Mario Mariniello shares his thoughts on antitrust and competition policy in the year just passed and the one ahead.
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08 January 2014
Home-(Sweet Home)-Bias and other stories
Behind the relative calm that now seems to reign on the financial markets, fragmentation is still there. And if you see it charted, it is actually qui
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08 January 2014
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08 January 2014
Italy must expand its online franchise
To successfully use emerging technologies to enhance its democracy, Italy must expand the online franchise, by improving broadband access and bringing
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08 January 2014
Blogs review: Understanding New-Keynesian models
What’s at stake: Many academics and policymakers have felt uncomfortable with the bold and often paradoxical predictions of New-Keynesian models at th
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08 January 2014
Addressing competitiveness or financial fragmentation?
In explaining competitiveness developments in the EU, use is being made of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Indicator. However, in its
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08 January 2014
Europe rightly pursues the road to a single resolution mechanism
European leaders continue to negotiate the most desirable structure of a single resolution mechanism. Making significant progress on that front is of
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08 January 2014
Blogs review: The natural interest rate framework
What’s at stake: The natural rate of interest is a key ingredient in the recent discussion of secular stagnation, and more generally in 
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