Events
Upcoming IEP@BU Events
The June 2024 European Elections will see once again a competition between mainstream parties and populist, or nativist movements. Laurenz Guenther finds that, while policymaking represents the economic attitudes of citizens relatively well, there exist large representation gaps on cultural issues in nearly all European countries.
With Laurenz Guenther (IEP@BU), Stephanie Hofmann (EUI and IEP@BU), and Stefano Feltri (IEP@BU).
The Florence School of Banking and Finance Annual Conference, co-organized this year with the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University, will examine the Banking Union’s “mature” phase against the background of the early state and goals.
A pochi giorni dalle elezioni europee dell’8 e 9 giugno, in questo nuovo appuntamento dei dibattiti di geopolitica promossi dall’Institute for European policymaking at Bocconi e dalla rivista Il Grand Continent si discuterà delle ripercussioni globali di un voto cruciale.
Con Marco Bassini, Andrea Colli, Maurizio Ferrera, Mara Morini, Beda Romano, Stefano Feltri
Past Events
The tragedy of the war also gives Ukraine an opportunity to build back better, to modernize the country along many dimensions, and to be ready to withstand possible further Russian aggression and become an important element of the NATO security system. A CEPR report makes a series of proposals on reforms and policies necessary to achieve these goals.
Le strategie economiche europee danno grande rilevanza al de-risking dalla Cina, ovvero alla riduzione delle dipendenze nei settori strategici, rifiutando però una più ampia separazione delle economie, data l’importanza dei rapporti economici con Pechino, soprattutto per alcuni paesi. Con Agathe Demarais (ECFR), Daniel Gros (IEP@BU), and Stefano Feltri (IEP@BU)
As Europe prepares for the 2024 elections to the European Parliament in June, this panel brings together European thought leaders to discuss the implications of the elections for the EU's future.
With: Catherine De Vries, Sylvie Goulard, Isabell Hoffmann, Eleanor Spaventa.
The end of the Cold War marked the beginning of a phase of borderless hyperglobalization. Recently, a profound shift has begun to take place. "Slowbalization" and "De-globalization" are neologisms well describing the present situation. Supply chains are disrupted, Russia has been expelled from the global economy after its invasion of Ukraine, China and the US. are confronting each other in the logic of a war fought with the "grammar of commerce" . Given these pressures, what will the future of our world economy look like?
In 2022-23, the Model Rules of Pillar Two have been approved by the OECD and at EU level through a Directive, introducing a 15% global minimum tax (GMT). Pillar Two is now fully operative and binding in the EU. Who bears the costs? Who gets the benefits? A first assessment, with Reuven Avi-Yonah, Ana Cinta González Cabral, and Carlo Garbarino.
The launch event of the report on EU Innovation Policy, a joint project IEP@BU-CESifo-TSE.
Do firms gain from lobbying at the European level? And, if they gain something, what do they exactly get? Which role do European companies and their lobbyists play in European elections?
With Alberto Alemanno (HEC), Catherine De Vries (IEP@BU), Ernesto Di Giovanni (Utopia), Nilanjana (Nel) Dutt (IEP@BU).
Is there any imminent resolution on the horizon to address this crisis that undermined the strength of the World Trade Organization? How the WTO can promote sustainable development through its rules and negotiations? How are its members undertaking the task of modernizing the legal framework that governs global trade subsequent to the conclusion of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) held in Abu Dhabi from 26th February to 2nd March 2024? With Leonardo Borlini, Matthias Goldmann, Huaxia Lai, Mitsuo Matsushita, Petros C. Mavroidis André Sapir, Giorgio Sacerdoti, Thomas J. Schoenbaum, and Hong Zhao.
Join us for a brainstorming seminar dissecting the anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) launched by the Commission. The paper explores the economic and legal aspects of this case highlighting the peculiar pricing strategies of European and Chinese manufacturers, the policy conflict with the Green Transition and the EU’s own support for batteries.