Working Papers

coste

Cost of Failure, Disruptive Innovation and Targeted Flexicurity: More Evidence Supporting Targeted Reforms

In the European Union, high restructuring costs due to Employment Protection Laws, combined with the high level of failure characteristic of disruptive innovation, make investment in tech and biotech essentially unprofitable.

WP Decoupling

Working Paper - The Economics of Decoupling

The rest of the world, in particular the EU, should be relaxed about the prospect of a China-US trade war. A working paper by Daniel Gros

iep compet

IEP - COMPET Dataset

This paper presents the construction of the IEP-COMPET dataset, which links approximately two-thirds of all EU Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe grants awarded to companies with their financial performance and patents, using various data sources. The dataset can be used to examine the allocation and impact of EU funding for innovation.

COHESION

European Debt and Safe Assets: How to Build a Simple Framework

The most promising approach: gradually replacing national public debt with European bond issuance. A working paper by Marcello Messori.

Immagine paper Rosalba

On the Amato et al. proposal for a European Debt Agency: a preliminary legal analysis

This paper aims to determine whether the establishment of EDA is feasible within the existing EU legal framework. By Rosalba Famà and Maria Antonia Panascì.

colantone

A IEP@BU Working Paper - De-Globalization and Fragmentation

Is the world de-globalizing? Is the global economy fragmenting along geopolitical lines? This article provides an overview of the available empirical evidence on de-globalization and fragmentation. A working paper by Italo Colantone.

Ira working paper

Working Paper: The EU and the US Inflation Reduction Act, No Rose Without Thorns

by Daniel Gros and Giorgio Presidente