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# Publications

Making a reality of Europe’s capital markets union

This Policy Contribution is an edited version of a paper prepared for and presented at the informal meeting of European Union economic and financial affairs ministers (Informal ECOFIN), Sofia, Bulgaria, 27-28 April 2018....

27th April 2018 by André Sapir, Nicolas Véron, Guntram B. Wolff 1101 views

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Rethinking the European Union’s post-Brexit budget priorities

There will be a €94 billion Brexit-related hole in the EU budget for 2021-27 if business continues as before and the United Kingdom does not contribute. The authors show that freezing agriculture and cohesion spending in...

19th March 2018 by Zsolt Darvas, Guntram B. Wolff 916 views

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# Publications

Beyond the Juncker and Schäuble visions of euro-area governance

This policy brief was first published on Bruegel.org. It is widely covered in the press. The issue Two diametrically opposed visions of the euro-area architecture have been put forward. European Commission president Jean...

1st December 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1559 views

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Capital Markets Union and the fintech opportunity

The paper was prepared for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Tallinn, Estonia, on 15 September 2017. The paper is available here. Complementing Europe’s bank-based system with deeper capital markets and more...

14th September 2017 by Maria Demertzis, Silvia Merler, Guntram B. Wolff 1552 views

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The global decline in the labour income share: is capital the answer to Germany’s current account surplus?

This policy contribution was published by Bruegel. Please find the pdf here. The piece was nicely covered by Martin Wolf in the FT. This paper links the major divergences between the three largest euro-area countries in ...

26th April 2017 by Bennet Berger, Guntram Wolff 2314 views

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Europe’s role in North Africa: development, investment and migration

Paper prepared for, and presented at, the informal ECOFIN meeting of EU finance ministers in Malta on 8 April 2017. The paper is available here. Executive summary Africa’s population is projected to reach almost 2.5 bill...

8th April 2017 by Uri Dadush, Maria Demertzis, Guntram Wolff 1631 views

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Europe in a new world order

This policy brief was first published on Bruegel. The pdf is available here. The issue The United States is the European Union’s most important trade and bilateral investment partner, which has, until now, supported a mu...

17th February 2017 by Maria Demertzis, André Sapir, Guntram B. Wolff 1974 views

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Making the best of the European single market

Now more than ever, the EU needs to address concerns about the significant decline in productivity growth and the increasing perception of unfairness. Completing the single market would unlock the EU’s growth poten...

2nd February 2017 by Vincent Aussilloux, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Clemens Fuest, Guntram Wolff 1651 views

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Is Brexit an opportunity to reform the European Parliament?

Brexit offers a political opportunity for the European Parliament to reform the allocation of seats to member states. This Policy Contribution explores different options for reform and their implications for equality of ...

27th January 2017 by Robert Kalcik, Guntram B. Wolff 2132 views

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What impact does the ECB’s quantitative easing policy have on bank profitability?

Quantitative easing (QE) affects banks’ profitability in three main ways. First, as QE drives up bond prices, banks holding such bonds see their balance sheets strengthened. Second, QE reduces long-term yields and thereb...

30th November 2016 by Maria Demertzis, Guntram B. Wolff 2220 views