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
V. Meliciani, M. Pini – Digitalization and productivity in Italy: Opportunities and risks of the NRRP
Next Generation EU is an important opportunity for Italy to relaunch its growth and productivity in discontinuity with t...
July 28, 2021
L. Bini Smaghi – The new ECB Strategy: What will change?
On 8 July 2021 the ECB published its new Monetary Policy Strategy. Following the announcement, it is legitimate to ask w...
July 26, 2021
S. Micossi: La riforma del Patto di stabilità e crescita
Queste brevi note offrono qualche spunto che spero utile sulla discussione in corso sulla revisione del Patto di stabili...
June 16, 2021
C. Bastasin, L. Bini Smaghi, S. De Nardis, C. De Vincenti, V. Meliciani, M. Messori, S. Micossi, P. C. Padoan, G. Toniolo: Three conditions for the Italian reforms’ success
The Italian government’s programs for changing the inertia of the country’s economy are well founded. After thir...
June 14, 2021
C. Bastasin: A rearview mirror mentality wrapped in a small-country syndrome
A year ago, the European Union reached its Hamiltonian moment. The sense of human solidarity in the face of death and th...
May 31, 2021
F. Passacantando: Could a digital currency strengthen the euro?
The introduction of a digital euro could transform not only the way European citizens will make pay- ments in the future...
May 5, 2021
V. Termini – The risk of inflation cannot be our priority: The effect’s of Biden’s economic policy
Today we are going through a deep economic crisis, different from the ones that we were accustomed to. It was brought on...
April 22, 2021
G. L. Tosato – Common debt: NextGeneration is not the first case
The feared judges in Karlsruhe will soon have to rule on the constitutionality in Germany of the planned issue of Eurobo...
April 11, 2021
C. Bastasin – The Draghi Government: The Europe factor in investor choices
The start of the Draghi government is surrounded by a high level of uncertainty. The climate in which the economic polic...
March 29, 2021
Working Papers
P. Benigno, P. Canofari, G. Di Bartolomeo, M. Messori: The ECB’s Measures in Support of the COVID-19 Crisis
This paper illustrates and discusses the monetary policies activated in response to the COVID-19 crisis. We argue that t...
March 4, 2021
D. Di Cagno, A. Fabrizi, M. Marini, V. Meliciani: Knowledge networks in joint research projects, innovation and economic growth across European regions
This paper investigates the role played by the position of European regions in research networks on their rate of innova...
January 31, 2021
A. Franconi – Opening the Black Box of Austerity: Evidence from Fiscal Consolidation Plans
This paper explores the effects of austerity measures on labour markets and on income inequality and finds evidence of a...
January 20, 2021
C. Battiati, C. Jona-Lasinio, E. Marvasi, S. Sopranzetti – Market power and productivity trends in the European economies: A macroeconomic perspective
Recent empirical investigations have documented an upward trend in profit rates, markups, and concentration over the las...
January 18, 2021
J. Bonchi, F. S. Lucidi – Asset Price Bubbles with Low Interest Rates: Not All Bubbles are Likely to Emerge
Leveraged asset price bubbles, i.e., boom-bust phases in asset prices accompanied by credit overhangs, are more harmful ...
December 5, 2020
L. Codogno, P. van den Noord: Assessing Next Generation EU
The unprecedented fiscal package adopted by the European Council in the summer of 2020 ―dubbed Next Generation EU―is...
November 30, 2020
P. Benigno, P. Canofari, G. Di Bartolomeo, M.Messori: Uncertainty and the Pandemic Shocks
The COVID-19 pandemic shocks are a significant source of uncertainty in several aspects. In particular, these shocks inf...
November 11, 2020
G. Ascari, J. Bonchi: (Dis)Solving the Zero Lower Bound Equilibrium through Income Policy
We investigate the possibility to reflate an economy experiencing a long-lasting zero lower bound episode with subdued o...
October 23, 2020
C. De Vincenti, S. Facciolini: Mercati postali, servizio universale, regolazione
Quali sono le caratteristiche strutturali del mercato dei servizi postali rilevanti per la definizione del quadro normat...
October 12, 2020
Monthly Briefs
Five Bullets
Europe: Facts & Docs
This section contains policy documents, meeting summaries and news that come directly from the EU institutions.
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
Single Currency Package: new proposals to support the use of cash and to propose a framework for a digital euro – June 28, 2023
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July 5, 2023
Breaking the persistence of inflation – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the ECB Forum on Central Banking 2023 on “Macroeconomic stabilisation in a volatile inflation environment” in Sintra, Portugal – June 27, 2023
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June 28, 2023
EU budget: Commission proposes to reinforce long-term EU budget to face most urgent challenges – June 20, 2023
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June 26, 2023
European Semester 2023: country-specific recommendations agreed – June 16, 2023
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June 19, 2023
ECB Press Conference – June 15, 2023
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June 19, 2023
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