C. Bastasin: WILL MERKEL CALL FOR EUROBONDS?

Quite unexpectedly, the next months might provide new momentum for Eurobonds. Although political coordination in the eur...

September 25, 2014

C. Bastasin: GERMANS’ FEAR OF PAYING THE DEBTS OF OTHER EUROPEANS

A poll conducted by a German insurance company (R+V Versicherung) revealed that for two out of three Germans, the worst ...

September 19, 2014

G. Majone – EUROPEAN UNION: THE LIMITS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION AND COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP

While a number of political leaders, as well as some scholars and opinion makers, argue that the current crisis of EU-st...

September 9, 2014

P. Bofinger, J.-P. Fitoussi, E. Giovannini, J.Stiglitz: THE EXISTENTIAL DILEMMA OF EUROPE

Europe seemingly is facing an existential dilemma: the rules of the EU and the Eurozone were established by democratic g...

August 6, 2014

S. Micossi, F. Peirce – FLEXIBILITY CLAUSES IN THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT: NO NEED FOR REVISION

This Policy Brief offers an in-depth review of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) and looks at whether the margins of f...

July 24, 2014

C. Bastasin: GERMAN INVESTORS RESHAPING EUROPE

Accumulating further current account surpluses, the German industry will be able to shape the Euro- area productions acc...

June 29, 2014

M. Messori – The frying pan burns less than the fire: Why Italy should not go out of the euro

Leaving the euro or staying in the area is not an alternative that offers symmetrical advantages and disadvantages to It...

May 30, 2014

C. Bastasin: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LETTA AND RENZI

The dynamics of the Euro-crisis can help explain the sudden changes of language and protagonists in Italian politics. On...

May 15, 2014