F. Saraceno: BREXIT AND THE HOPE FOR A PROGRESSIVE EUROPEAN FUTURE

Much has already been said on Brexit. More will be said in the hours, days, weeks, months, and even years to come. For t...

July 7, 2016

M. Messori – Ways forward: Solving the problem of Italian banks

The phase of Quantitative Easing (QE3) announced last March by the European Central Bank (ECB), and the linked new serie...

July 7, 2016

S. Micossi: A FRESH START FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION AFTER BREXIT

I am still trying to process the shock of the UK referendum, which has dealt a historical blow to the European Union and...

June 30, 2016

L. Codogno: The long-term economic implications of a Brexit might not be as negative as many studies suggest

The long-term economic implications of a Brexit might not be as negative as many studies suggest. The UK government coul...

June 15, 2016

R. Tamborini: FINANCIAL POPULISM IN GERMANY

IN MAY 2015, the European Central Bank published a working paper by U. Bindseil, C. Domnick, and J. Zeuner titled “...

May 31, 2016

F. Papadia: UNTIL WHEN WILL THE US AND THE EURO-AREA BE AWASH WITH CENTRAL BANK LIQUIDITY?

If you are patient, my tentative answer to the question in the title is: 2022 for the US and 2028 for the Euro-area, mea...

May 30, 2016

C. Bastasin: SHOULD INEQUALITY BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR EUROPE’S POLITICAL ECONOMY?

During a speech in April, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble famously attacked the ECB’s expansive monetary p...

April 28, 2016

C. Bastasin: A MID-SPRING EUROPEAN NIGHTMARE AFTER THE AUSTRIAN VOTE

Migration, inequality, middle class decline, the euro-crisis, mistrust of the establishment— there is no shortage of e...

April 27, 2016

S. Micossi, G. Bruzzone, M. Cassella: FINE-TUNING THE USE OF BAIL-IN TO PROMOTE A STRONGER EU FINANCIAL SYSTEM

This paper discusses the application of the new European rules for burden-sharing and bail-in in the banking sector, in ...

April 22, 2016