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Wagner Edith

Edith Wagner

Edith Wagner is a Post Doctoral Fellow at IEP@BU. She graduated from Heidelberg University (Ph.D.), Yale Law School (LL.M.), and the University of Würzburg (degree in European law & first State exam). Prior to joining IEP@BU, she worked at the Court of Appeals of Koblenz, the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission and the German Federal Ministry of Justice within the framework of the legal clerkship (Referendariat) in Germany. During her doctoral research, she was affiliated with the International Max Planck Research School for Successful Dispute Resolution and worked as a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law.

Germany’s Debt Brake is Really a Red Herring

The German economy is weak not because of a lack of investment, but because of the sectors it goes into. German industry has specialised in mid-tech sectors, like automotive, that are now under increasing competitive pressure from China. A commentary...

Why the Trump-Musk Challenge Presents an Opportunity for EU Digital Regulation

A recently published report by the Institute for European Policymaking, written by a multidisciplinary team of researchers at Bocconi University and the Toulouse School of Economics, provides timely insights into these challenges and offers concrete ...

Roveri, Guido

Guido Roveri

Guido Roveri is a research assistant at Bocconi University

Big Tech, Antitrust, and Democracy: How to Navigate the Trump-Musk Moment

What are the consequences for the American economy and democracy? And how might this US government Tech alliance impact the European Union?We will discuss these questions with Nilanjana Dutt (Professor of Strategy in the Department of Management and ...

Transatlantic Economic Relations in a Trumpian World

If European leaders resist the temptation to retaliate against Trump’s protectionism, Europe could actually benefit from increased U.S. tariffs on China. A commentary by Daniel Gros.

The Quiet after the Storm: Why We Should Worry about the Banking Sector

The global financial system is at a crossroads of two related processes: post-crisis reform—the so-called Basel III—that is missing its final stage, and the new political course in the United States, where the incoming administration has declared war...

Valletti, Tommaso

Tommaso Valletti

Tommaso Valletti is a Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics. He has previously taught at the London School of Economics, Rome "Tor Vergata", Telecom ParisTech/Ecole Polytechnique, and Turin. Tommaso has a magna cum laude degree in engineering and a flute diploma from Turin, and holds a MSc and a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.

Tommaso is the Director of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Research and Policy Network on Competition Policy. He is a Non-Executive Director to the board of the Payment Systems Regulator. He was the Head of the Department of Economics & Public Policy at Imperial College Business School (2019-2023). He was the Chief Competition Economist of the European Commission (Directorate General for Competition) between 2016 and 2019 and a Non-Executive Director to the board of the Financial Conduct Authority (2019-2022).

Minimum wage and the role of social partners in light of the EU Directive

Directive 2022/2041 aims to establish a minimum wage framework across the EU. The transposition deadline passed in November 2024, but few countries have fully implemented it. The seminar will assess its impact, focusing on social partners' role in se...

Policy Brief n.35 - Certification of Business Practices and Algorithms of Digital Platforms

Voluntary certification is a novel approach that can restrict the harmful practices of some dominant platforms and motivate and reward emerging platforms that align their practices with the public interest. A Policy Brief by Dovev Lavie, Oreste Polli...