Assessing the ECB’s Monetary Policy Stance by Comparing Tightening Cycles At the peak of the latest tightening cycle, the ECB monetary policy stance was no more restrictive than it was at the peak of the two preceding ones; actually, probably less. A paper by Ignazio Angeloni Who’s Afraid of ‘Tariff Man’? A second term for Donald Trump could structurally intensify the trend toward trade fragmentation, heightening tensions, particularly between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies. A commentary by Carlo Altomonte, and Giorgio Presidente What Trump’s Re-Election Reveals about the Nature of the European Union The narrative of the EU as a peace project is that it allowed Europeans to reject military investments on the basis of the excuse that we were living in a post-war society. This is not true. A commentary by Catherine de Vries How the Politics of Illusions Threatens Democracy The Honorary President of the IEP@BU opened the international conference "Democracy Today," organized by the Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation in Athens, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Greece's transition to democracy. A Keynote Speech by Mario Monti Inflation, the Fed and the US Elections The fact that prices have risen considerably compared to four years ago will matter more to most voters when voting, and not that they have caused growth to slow. A commentary by Franco Bruni IEP@BU Events LIBRERIA EGEA - SALA DI LETTURA, VIALE BLIGNY 22, MILANO 05/12/2024, 18:00 - 05/12/2024, 19:00 Geopolitics of Climate A few weeks after the pivotal COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, we will examine the implications of the conference’s outcomes and their geopolitical impact. With Serena Fatica (European Commission's Joint Research Centre), Silvia Merler (Algebris and IEP@BU), Roberto Schaeffer (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Partha Sen (New Delhi School of Economics), and Stefano Feltri (IEP@BU) Aula Manfredini - via Sarfatti 25 28/11/2024, 16:30 - 28/11/2024, 18:00 Much Money, Little Capital, and Few Reforms - The 2023 Banking Turmoil While past reforms have helped, more are needed to ensure financial stability in a rapidly changing economic environment, with a focus on preventing future crises through better regulation, supervision, and coordination of monetary and financial stability policies. @ROME 22/11/2024, 12:00 - 22/11/2024, 14:30 The Interplay of Technology and Geopolitics: How will AI shape the Future World? A new meeting of the series of Working Lunch organized by IEP@BU and ECFR. With Gaia Rubera and Giorgos Verdi. Room N02 - Groundfloor Velodromo - Piazza Sraffa 13 21/11/2024, 18:00 - 21/11/2024, 19:30 Public debt. How it works, how to reduce it. Public debt has crucial economic consequences. With a focus on Italy in the European context, we will discuss the origins of public debt, its consequences for citizens and the economy, the future perspectives and the false myths about government debt. IEP@BU Fellows Image Senem Aydin-Düzgit Non-Resident Fellow Senem is a Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabancı University and Senior Scholar and Research and A... Image Nicola Pavoni Fellow BA in Economics, University of Verona, Italy. Ph.D. in Mathematics for Economic Decisions, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy. Ph.D. in Economics, ... Image Lanny Martin Fellow He is a Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University, in Milan, Italy. He is also a research fellow in the Politics and Institutions unit... Image Arianna Vedaschi Fellow Arianna Vedaschi is Full Professor of Comparative Public Law at Bocconi University. Her research focuses on national security, counter-terrorism, and... Image Thomas Le Barbanchon Fellow Thomas Le Barbanchon is associate professor of economics at Bocconi. He received a PhD in Economics from Ecole Polytechnique in 2012. Before 2012, he ... Image Pier Carlo Padoan Non-Resident Fellow Pier Carlo Padoan has been Chairman of UniCredit since April 2021.He was Minister of Economy and Finance from February 2014 to May 2018 and Member of ... Image Amanda Cercas Curry Fellow Amanda is a researcher in Natural Language Processing (NLP) but her interests span interdisciplinary research, human-computer interaction and AI ethic... Image Gianluigi Riva Fellow After work experience in different fields (Military, HR, Sales, Legal, Startup, Consulting) Gianluigi Riva applied his skills in Legal Strategy for Bu... Image Alberto Manconi Fellow Alberto Manconi joined the Finance Department at Bocconi University in 2016. From 2010 to 2016, he was Assistant Professor and later Associate Profess... Image Ignazio Angeloni Non-Resident Fellow Ignazio Angeloni is a part-time professor at the European University Institute in Florence and a Senior Policy Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Fin... Image Massimo Amato Fellow Massimo Amato earned his degree in Economic and Social Sciences and his PhD in Social and Economic History from Università Bocconi. He is researcher i... Image Annita Florou Fellow Annita Florou is Professor of Accounting at Bocconi University. Prior to this, she held academic positions at London Business School, Queen Mary Unive... Image Muxin Li Fellow Muxin is a postdoc at IGIER - Università Bocconi. Her primary research interest is Industrial Organization, with a special focus on the digital econom... Image Pietro Galeone Post Doctoral Fellow Pietro Galeone is a researcher at IEP@BU and lecturer at Bocconi University. His research currently focuses on education and labor economics, youth po... Image Anna Omarini Fellow Anna Omarini’s expertise is in bank strategy and management, retail banking, digital business, FinTech, open banking and finance, payments. She is Re... Image Andrea Colli Fellow As an historian, his research interests range from economic, business and global history subjects, included the history of international relations and... Image Paola Profeta Fellow Paola Profeta is Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability and full professor of public economics. She is also the Director of the AXA Res... Image Kerim Kavakli Fellow Kerim Kavakli is an assistant professor of Political Science at Bocconi University. He earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of Roch... Image Corrado Botta Fellow Corrado's research primarily focuses on financial risk management, financial econometrics, and commodity market dynamics. He has been conducting in-de... Image Maurizio Ferrera Non-resident Fellow Maurizio Ferrera is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milano, as well as founder ... prev next DIBATTITI di GEOPOLITICA - WATCH THE FIFTH EVENT OF THE SERIES Remote video URL The US Presidential Elections and the Future of EU Strategic Autonomy IEP@BU - EU Defense Industry and Policy Policy Brief: Defense Expenditure in EU Countries Much more work would be needed to quantify the potential savings from joint defense initiatives at the EU level. The available estimates, ranging from 20 to 100 billion, are not at all reliable. A Policy Brief by Carlo Cottarelli, and Lelouca Virgadamo Does the EU and its Member States try Harder than We Think? Cooperation between EU member states on issues of joint production and procurement is arguably less limited than IEP@BU Policy Brief by Cottarelli and Virgadamo suggests. A commentary by Stephanie C. Hofmann Why Need to Have a Clear Strategy When We Discuss Defense Expenditure Identifying the appropriate level of spending is difficult and there is not really any science about this. This is because different considerations play a role, including military strategy to political psychology. Andrea Gilli, and Mauro Gilli react to the recent IEP@BU Policy Brief Defense Expenditure in EU Countries The New Commission Needs a Strategy to Trump-Proof European Security If Trump is elected in November 2024, the security outlook of Europe could deteriorate very fast. It is therefore essential that the Commission and the forthcoming Defence Commissioner begin the policy planning and design well in advance. A commentary by Francesco Nicoli The Real Problem With the European Defense Industry The EU aerospace and defense companies invest in R&D as much as their US counterparts, with the primary difference being the size of the market, Daniel Gros, Philipp-Leo Mengel, Giorgio Presidente, and Jean Tirole argues Enrico Letta: Financing Europe's Leap Towards Defence Integration The European Union can only adequately tackle the intricate challenges of modernising its defence capabilities by exploring diverse financing mechanisms and integrating both public and private resources, Enrico Letta argues in his Much More than a Market report Time for a Real European Defense? Survey data suggest that recently announced EU Commission plans for a European Defence Strategy might lack ambition: western Europeans are unlikely to be enthused by half-backed compromises, Francesco Nicoli writes in a commentary A new website shows the roll-call votes in European Parliament by MEP, MEP, group, and country, going back to 2004. You can also download the data for free. By Simon Hix and Abdul Noury IEP@BU Newsletter Subscribe to receive IEP@BU updates, and participate in policy discussions Subscribe now Trade and Technology Relations Between China and the EU Hybrid meeting IEP@BU - Fudan University: Download all the presentations We are hiring! We have open opportunities for researchers to collaborate with IEP@BU fellows. OPEN POSITIONS
