E. Poli, A. Wolf, R. Boccia: Mapping the EU-Africa Trade Diplomacy through crises

The aim of this policy brief is to map the evolution of trade relations between the EU and Africa since the early 2000s ...

June 24, 2025

R. Perissich – Europe and Trump: How to avoid the apocalypse and manage chaos

This paper examines the (voluntary) unpredictability of Trump’s policies and their ramifications on Europe and tra...

May 28, 2025

R. Coletti, A. Filippetti – The recent reforms of Cohesion Policy in Italy: Some considerations and implications

This paper examines the recent reforms of Cohesion Policy in Italy. It discusses a number of arrangements that have been...

May 26, 2025

C. Bastasin: Per quale ragione Trump detesta l’Europa?

In soli quattro mesi, la nuova Amministrazione americana presieduta da Donald Trump ha prodotto più sconvolgimenti all�...

May 26, 2025

E. Poli, A. Wolf, R. Boccia: Mapping the EU-North America Trade Diplomacy through crises

This paper analyses the evolution of trade diplomacy between the European Union (EU) and North America (the United State...

May 8, 2025

C. Bastasin: The political-economic motivations of the German fiscal turning point

In March 2025, the German Parliament approved two spending measures that surprised Germany’s European partners and int...

April 16, 2025

G. Zazzerini, L. Adinolfi, A. Barlas, V. Bellou, V. Brimpou, Y. Stamboulis: Policy Recommendations for an Interconnected European DeepTech Ecosystem

The EU’s DeepTech sector has the potential to significantly boost Europe’s global competitiveness, but startups face...

February 17, 2025

E. Poli, A. Wolf, E. Bertollini: Mapping the EU LAC Trade Diplomacy through crises

The aim of this policy brief is to map the evolution of trade relations between the EU and Latin America since the early...

February 10, 2025

R. Perissich: L’UE dal Trump immaginario a quello reale

Dopo aver passato alcuni mesi a discutere di un Trump 2 immaginario, gli europei sono ora confrontati a quello reale. No...

February 3, 2025

S. Cosci, L. Mirra, G. Terzo – Cooperative banks, innovative entrepreneurship, and trust: insights from Italian history

We investigate the role of the historical presence of cooperative banks on current levels of new business formation in i...

October 14, 2025

L. Moretti, U. Marengo – Designing industrial policy: Key questions and a policy menu for policymakers

The process of rethinking Italian industrial policy requires policymakers to identify new intellectual and practical too...

October 14, 2025

F. Bontadini, V. Meliciani, R. Urbani, A. Wirkierman – Reshaping global value chains: Nearshoring and re-shoring in emerging markets

This paper investigates the ongoing transformation of global value chains (GVCs), focusing on nearshoring and re-shoring...

September 29, 2025

J. Cova: Parliamentary debates on Italy’s industrial policy (1948-2022)

This paper provides an overview of how Italian policymakers have discussed industrial policy from the post-war period to...

September 8, 2025

M. Gentile, A. Giuffrida, L. Moretti, M. Pini: The micro-foundations of Italy’s existing and latent comparative advantages

This paper investigates the firm-level foundations of Italy’s international competitiveness by analysing both export p...

July 14, 2025

F. Bloise, C. Fiorelli, V. Meliciani – Predicting AI patenting of European firms: A Machine Learning approach

This paper investigates the firm-level predictors of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation in Europe using a machine l...

June 25, 2025

I. Gronchi, A. Ughi: Reviewing Italy’s industrial policy (2006-2024)

Focusing on the period from 2006 to 2024, this paper provides a synthetic overview of Italy’s industrial policy. It dr...

June 3, 2025

Looking at EU strategic technologies through the lens of patents: measuring, impact on productivity, and technological interdependencies

Authors: Marco Gentile, Alessio Bumbea, Debora Giannini, Annamaria Giuffrida, Lucrezia Macigno, Davide Mariz, Andrea Maz...

May 12, 2025

M. Scherleitner, E. Traversa – EU corporate tax policy to decarbonize EU industry: Three policy options

This working paper examines how EU corporate tax policy can support industrial decarbonization amid significant funding ...

May 7, 2025

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – November 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 11/11 MPs present around 4,500 amendments to the budget bill, which includes also a controversial pr...

December 16, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – October 2024

Last Month in Brief 2 October: The European Commission adopts a Communication on building sustainable international part...

November 19, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – October 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 02/10 Italy’s CDP Venture Capital and OpenAI sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the ...

November 6, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – September 2024

Last Month in Brief 3 September: The European Court of Justice issues a ruling on the Illumina/Grail case clarifying the...

October 15, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – September 2024

17/09 The Council of Ministers approves the decree for the partial privatisation of Poste Italiane, in the first signifi...

October 8, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – June 2024

Last Month in Brief 10 June: The European Commission opens an in-depth investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulat...

July 12, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – June 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 13-15/06 Italy hosts in Apulia the key event of the G7 featuring all the political leaders of the pa...

July 10, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – May 2024

6 May: French President Emmanuel Macron and President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen meet with Chinese ...

June 19, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – May 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 06/05 The Council of Ministers approves a Decree to support the farming and fishing sectors, includi...

June 10, 2024

M. Messori: Loans or “gifts”? What the Italian economy needs from Europe

According to the recent Economic and Financial Document (DEF) drafted by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), in 2...

April 28, 2020

C. Bastasin: The rationale behind the Italian-German rift

• Acrimony among European states is harsher today than during the euro-crisis a decade ago, jeopardizing the integrity...

March 31, 2020

C. Bastasin: The EU budget’s bad start concerns the euro area as well

• February’s special Council meeting on the 2021-2027 EU budget ended without an agreement. When EU leaders left...

February 28, 2020

C. Bastasin: A Unique Opportunity for New Ideas on EU Fiscal Rules

• On February 5, the European Commission presented the outlines of its review of the euro-area’s fiscal rules. A sim...

February 7, 2020

C. Bastasin: Italy’s debt causes resistance to new “green” fiscal flexibility

• Brussels is about to start a debate on waivers for green investments from the EU’s budget-deficit rules. However, ...

February 5, 2020

C. Bastasin: ON THE EU COMMISSION’S HARD-NOSED LETTER TO ITALY

• In a strongly worded letter, EU Commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis and Pierre Moscovici have accused Italy of planning...

October 22, 2018

C. Bastasin: ITALY’S IS NOT A POPULIST GOVERNMENT

● Italy’s government is not just another populist government, more or less similar to the Greek, the British or even...

October 1, 2018

C. Bastasin: Regarding the Letter of the Eight Finance Ministers

● European ministers of finance discussed the future of the EMU on several occasions over the last couple of months. U...

March 13, 2018

M. Messori: ON THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM DEUTSCHE BANK

DEUTSCHE BANK’S DIFFICULTIES, which exploded due to a multi-billion dollar fine required by the U.S. Department of Jus...

October 4, 2016