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

C. Bastasin: Italy and Germany in Trump’s cross hairs

While the US and China trade rift is settling down, President Trump is setting his sights on Europe and, surprisingly, I...

January 17, 2020

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

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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

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Monthly Briefs

Five Bullets

Europe: Facts & Docs

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

Winter 2023 Economic Forecast: EU economy set to avoid recession, but headwinds persist – February 13, 2023

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February 13, 2023

Opening remarks by President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with President Michel following the special meeting of the European Council of 9 February 2023

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February 10, 2023

The battle against inflation is not over yet – Interview with Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB – February 8, 2023

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February 9, 2023

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