Publications
Our publications aim to provide in-depth information on issues that are at the forefront of the European agenda, including commentary, research, and policy recommendations.
LEAP produces policy briefs, working papers, five bullets and a monthly newsletter. All publications are available online.
Policy Briefs
L. Codogno, M. Monti: Taking stock of Christine Lagarde’s challenges at the ECB
Christine Lagarde’s reign at the European Central Bank (ECB) has heralded a shift not in the monetary policy field, bu...
January 14, 2020
C. Bastasin: The Year of “Eufouria”
The resolve of a self-professed geopolitical European Commission will be severely tested in the coming months. President...
January 14, 2020
L. Bini Smaghi: Is the ECB at risk of becoming an underachiever?
Over the past eight years the European Central Bank has systematically failed to achieve its primary objective of price ...
January 10, 2020
C. Bastasin: German political earthquake may have consequences on the banking union and the ESM
A change of leadership in the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the junior partner in the German coalition government, may ...
November 28, 2019
L. Codogno – The fiscal stimulus that is not: why there is no fiscal expansion in sight for the eurozone
As in Peter Pan’s fictional island of Neverland, people in Euroland refuse to grow up and face reality. The “never-n...
November 13, 2019
C. Bastasin: The strange reasons why Europe will have a “Golden Rule” in 2020
As recently as the beginning of 2018, the International Monetary Fund issued one of its most upbeat economic forecasts i...
October 23, 2019
L. Carpentieri, S. Micossi, P. Parascandolo: Overhauling corporate taxation in the digital economy
Is the corporate income tax (CIT) still an efficient system for taxing companies today? The CIT was introduced when econ...
October 22, 2019
P. C. Padoan: Public Debt Reduction in Uncertain Times – With a View to Europe
We live in uncertain times both economically – growth remains weak, especially in the fundamentals – and in ...
September 16, 2019
S. Micossi: A new drive for the Capital Markets Union
For two decades, the lack of private investment has been one of Europe’s biggest economic weaknesses, undermining prod...
September 13, 2019
Working Papers
G. Bruzzone, M. Cassella, S. Micossi: The EU Regulatory Framework for Bank Resolution
The financial crisis of 2008-09 and the ensuing sovereign debt and banking crises within the eurozone exposed the presen...
October 31, 2015
F. Balassone, M. Committeri – Europe and the IMF: nec sine te, nec tecum …
As the sovereign debt crisis burst in 2010, the European Union lacked both the instruments and the expertise to manage t...
June 21, 2015
P. Benigno, S. Nisticò: Non-Neutrality of Open-Market Operations
Unconventional open-market operations can have consequences for inflation and out- put because of income losses on centr...
June 15, 2015
S. Micossi: The Monetary policy of the European Central Bank (2002 t0 2015)
This paper examines the policies pursued by the European Central Bank (ECB) since the inception of the euro. The ECB was...
June 10, 2015
P. Esposito: Trade (dis)Integration and Imbalances in the EMU
The aim of this paper is to assess the role of competitiveness and financial integration on trade flows for countries be...
May 30, 2015
C. Gianetti: Debt Concentration of European Firms
This paper investigates the level of debt specialization across European firms relying on a cross-country comparable sam...
March 31, 2015
C. Fassio: Export-Led Innovation Among European Firms
This paper investigates the effect of exporting activities on the innovation strategies of European firms in France, Ger...
March 14, 2015
A. Boitani, R. Tamborini – Fiscal Policy Coordination: A Necessary Step for the Eurozone Recovery
The prolonged recession in the Eurozone is mainly due to austerity policies, which are based on faulty theoretical found...
February 21, 2015
C. Brescia Morra: From the Single Supervisory Mechanism to the Banking Union
The agreement on the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) is an important step to create an integrated banking system in E...
June 25, 2014
Monthly Briefs
Five Bullets
Europe: Facts & Docs
This section contains policy documents, meeting summaries and news that come directly from the EU institutions.
ECB Press Conference – October 27
President Christine Lagarde and Vice-President Luis de Guindos explained the Governing Council’s latest monetary polic...
October 31, 2022
European Council, 20-21 October 2022 – Main Results
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October 25, 2022
Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on the preparation of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022
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October 19, 2022
Statement by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the forty-sixth meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee – October 14, 2022
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October 19, 2022
Speech by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the EU Ambassadors Conference 2022 – October 12
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October 14, 2022
Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament – September 26, 2022
Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of t...
September 28, 2022
Monetary policy in the euro area – Lecture by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, organised by Frankfurter Gesellschaft für Handel, Industrie und Wissenschaft – September 20, 2022
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September 21, 2022
Energy prices: Commission proposes emergency market intervention to reduce bills for Europeans – September 14, 2022
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September 14, 2022
2022 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen – September 14, 2022
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September 14, 2022
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