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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.

LEAP produces policy briefs, working papers, five bullets and a monthly newsletter. All publications are available online.

Policy Briefs

F. Bontadini, V. Meliciani, M. Savona, A. Wirkierman: Nearshoring and Farsharing in Europe within the Global Economy

Has the world economy really entered a phase of de-globalisation or deceleration in globalisation after the great recess...

June 10, 2022

C. Bastasin: Europe should not encourage the “China vs the US” bipolarity

Deglobalization does not forcedly mean less multilateralism. This is how Europe should think about the likely coming bip...

May 10, 2022

C. Bastasin: Post-war global supply chains – Europe must defend economic cooperation

The European Union is the most open trading area in the world. Changes in the flows of imports and exports have a more p...

April 10, 2022

C. Bastasin: How Italy was about to be excluded from the euro – A behind-the-scenes reconstruction of a historical event

Helmut Kohl’s request, even before saying goodbye, took me completely by surprise: “Tell me about your famil...

March 29, 2022

C. Bastasin: A critical assessment of German Rearmament

If it was not for the events in Ukraine, at any other time Germany’s rearmament, announced by surprise on February 27 ...

March 14, 2022

L. Bini Smaghi – La Riforma del Patto di Stabilità e Crescita: Ce n’è veramente bisogno?

Con la graduale uscita dall’emergenza pandemica e il consolidamento della ripresa economica si avvicina la fine del pe...

February 24, 2022

S. Micossi – Managing sovereign debts held by the ESCB: operational and legal constraints

Following the proposal by Avgouleas and Micossi (2021) and Micossi (2021), several authors (Amato and Saraceno 2022, Bag...

February 23, 2022

M. Messori – Italy’s national Recovery and Resilience Plan: Efficient use of resources and social well-being

The extraordinary funds made available by Next Generation-EU (NGEU), and – in particular – by its most impor...

February 14, 2022

C. De Vincenti – The “do no significant harm” principle: Two possible interpretations

With the European Commission’s recent draft document that includes, albeit under restrictive conditions, gas and ...

February 2, 2022

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Working Papers

P. Nicolaides – The Dispute-Settlement Provisions of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Are they Adequate for the Task?

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom has established new institutions a...

September 23, 2021

A. Erce, E. Mallucci, M. Picarelli: A Journey in the History of Sovereign Defaults on Domestic Law Public Debt

We introduce a novel database on sovereign defaults that involve public debt in- struments governed by domestic law. By ...

September 22, 2021

P. Della Posta, R. Tamborini: The existential trilemma of the EMU in a fiscal target-zone model

The lesson we draw from the EMU crisis of the 2010s, and from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, is that the EMU, wh...

September 8, 2021

F. Bontadini, R. Evangelista, V. Meliciani, M. Savona: Patterns of integration in global value chains and the changing structure of employment in Europe

This paper aims at revisiting the empirical evidence on the recent trends of countries’ integration in global value ch...

September 1, 2021

J. Bonchi – Asset Price Bubbles and Monetary Policy: Revisiting the Nexus at the Zero Lower Bound

Asset price bubbles are a major source of macroeconomic instability, but can they play a different role in a low interes...

June 18, 2021

T. Asonuma, M. Chamon, A. Erce, A. Sasahara – Costs of Sovereign Defaults: Restructuring Strategies and Financial Intermediation

Sovereign debt restructurings are associated with declines in the growth of GDP, invest- ment, bank credit to the privat...

May 31, 2021

A. Wirkierman, T. Ciarli, M. Savona: A Taxonomy of European Innovation Clubs

The paper provides a novel, empirically grounded map of innovation ‘clubs’ in the EU, based on a unique analysis of ...

May 18, 2021

C.De Vincenti, P. Bonaretti: Mercato dei farmaci e governance regolatoria

L’attuale assetto di regolazione del mercato farmaceutico nel nostro Paese è segnato da due elementi costitutivi del...

May 12, 2021

C. Oldani, B. Giannini – Sustainability of public debt in Europe: the use of swaps

This study contributes to the literature on public debt sustainability and investigates whether European countries manag...

April 28, 2021

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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.

2023 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen – September 13, 2023

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September 14, 2023

ECB Press Conference – September 14, 2023

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September 14, 2023

Communication and monetary policy – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, September 4, 2023

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September 5, 2023

Europe needs to think bigger to build its capital markets union – Fabio Panetta, member of the ECB’s Executive Board – August 30, 2023

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August 31, 2023

Policymaking in an age of shifts and breaks – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – August 25, 2023

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August 28, 2023

ECB Press Conference – July 27, 2023

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July 27, 2023

Strengthening resilience in a changing geopolitical landscape – Welcome address by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the 9th ECB conference on central, eastern and south-eastern European countries – July 17, 2023

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July 17, 2023

Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – July 7, 2023

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July 10, 2023

2023 Strategic Foresight Report: sustainability and wellbeing at the heart of Europe’s Open Strategic Autonomy – July 6, 2023

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July 10, 2023

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