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.

The center 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

F. Landini, A. Arrighetti, A. Lasagni – Economic Crisis and Firm Exit: Do Intangibles Matter?

The crisis in the Euro area has caused several business closures, especially in the EMU periphery. In this paper we use ...

November 15, 2015

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

Monthly Briefs

Five Bullets

Europe: Facts & Docs

This section contains policy documents, meeting summaries and news that come directly from the EU institutions.

Monetary policy and the economic outlook – Interview with ECB Chief Economist Philip R. Lane – December 6, 2022

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December 6, 2022

Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates) – December 2, 2022

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December 6, 2022

Conference on the Future of Europe: citizens demand more from the EU – December 2, 2022

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December 5, 2022

Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament – November 28

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November 29, 2022

European Commission – Building an economic governance framework fit for the challenges ahead, November 9

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November 21, 2022

Monetary policy in a new environment – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the European Banking Congress, November 18

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November 21, 2022

Statement by Commission President von der Leyen at the G20 Summit session on food and energy security, November 15

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November 16, 2022

ECB Financial Stability Review, November 2022

The Financial Stability Review provides an overview of potential risks to financial stability in the euro area. It aims ...

November 16, 2022

COP27: EU calls on all Parties to take concrete steps to limit global warming to 1.5°C and respect the Paris Agreement – November 4

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November 9, 2022

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