C. Bastasin, L. Bini Smaghi, M. Messori, S. Micossi, F. Passacantando, F. Saccomanni, G. Toniolo – ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EUROPEAN BARGAINS: WHY ITALY SHOULD DECREASE ITS GOVERNMENT DEBT

The election of Emmanuel Macron as president of the French Republic and the acquisition of a parliamentary majority by h...

July 27, 2017

C. Bastasin: PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VESTED INTEREST IN A STRONG EURO-AREA

The recent forecasts on global trade of goods and services highlight the persistency of the US trade deficit. The Americ...

June 22, 2017

C. Bastasin: INVENTING EUROPE’S SOFT AND HARD POWERS

President Trump’s election was received in the Western world – Europe in particular – with a sense of apprehen...

May 29, 2017

V. Termini: A STRATEGIC VISION FOR GAS: ITALY IN THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN REGION

In a climate of general distraction, a historic agreement for the EastMed, a gas pipeline that will connect the eastern ...

May 12, 2017

C. Bastasin, L.Bini Smaghi, M. Messori, S.Micossi, F. Saccomanni, G. Toniolo: COMPLETING THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION AND THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF ITALY

This note argues that the Five Presidents’ Report outlines an ideal roadmap for the completion of the EMU since it ide...

March 24, 2017

C. Bastasin: STORM? WHICH STORM?: ITALY’S WEAK GOVERNABILITY CAN LEAD TO A NEW CRISIS

Rarely has Italy’s governability been this complex. Every day, within the political community, people are relentle...

March 6, 2017

E. Gaffeo, R. Mazzocchi – “THE PRICE IS RIGHT”: USING AUCTION THEORY TO ENHANCE COMPETITION IN THE NPL MARKET

Almost a decade after the onset of the global financial crisis, a huge stock of non-performing loans (NPLs) still repres...

March 2, 2017

B. Rosa, L. Caracciolo – EUROPE IN THE BREXIT & TRUMP ERA: DIS-INTEGRATION AND RE-GROUPING

Europe borders with Chaosland, a part of the world overwhelmed by great instability factors; war, terrorism, widespread ...

March 2, 2017

L. Codogno, G. Galli: Italiexit is not a solution for Italy’s problems

The rise of no-euro and anti-establishment movements in Italy came along with claims that exiting the euro, i.e. Italexi...

February 23, 2017