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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
A. Bassanetti, C. Cottarelli, A. Presbitero – Lost and Found: Market Access and Public Debt Dynamics
The empirical literature on sovereign debt crises identifies the level of public debt (measured as a share of GDP) as a ...
December 11, 2016
F. Landini: Distortions in Firm Selection During Recessions
Recent evidence documents the weakness of market selection based on productivity differentials and the absence of cleans...
October 15, 2016
P. Esposito, M. Messori: IMPROVED STRUCTURAL COMPETITIVENESS OR DEEP RECESSION?
One of the main problems facing the European Monetary Union is the macroeconomic imbalances between ‘core’ and ‘pe...
March 21, 2016
A. Cardaci, F. Saraceno: Inequality, Financialisation and Credit Booms: a Model of Two Crises
We develop a macroeconomic model with an agent-based household sector and a stock-flow consistent structure, in order to...
February 11, 2016
F. Saraceno, R. Tamborini: How can it work? On the impact of Quantitative Easing in the Eurozone
How can the quantitative easing (QE) programme launched in March 2015 by the ECB be successful in the Eurozone (EZ)? Wha...
February 1, 2016
P. Schlosser – ‘Tightening the knot’: strengthening fiscal surveillance in EMU during the euro crisis
One of the key regularities which appeared to hold so far in European integration is that the closer a policy issue lies...
November 30, 2015
P. Canofari, M. Messori: Exit Risks and Contagion in the Euro Area
This paper aims to assess the possible impact that the depreciation of a common currency can have on the stability of th...
November 20, 2015
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
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 – February 2, 2023
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February 6, 2023
New challenges in a changing world – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – January 23, 2023
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January 25, 2023
European Commission – Special Address by President von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum, January 17, 2023
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January 18, 2023
Monetary policy tightening and the green transition – Speech by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB – January 10, 2023
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January 11, 2023
Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank – December 31, 2022
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December 31, 2022
Conclusions from the European Council – December 16, 2022
On the first of two days of meetings, the European Council adopted conclusions on Ukraine/Russia, energy, economy, secur...
December 19, 2022
ECB Press Conference – December 15, 2022
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December 15, 2022
Taxation: Embracing the digital transition to help fight VAT fraud and support EU businesses – December 8, 2022
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December 13, 2022
Monetary policy and the economic outlook – Interview with Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB – December 6, 2022
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December 13, 2022
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