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# Publications

What are the prerequisites for a euro-area fiscal capacity?

This paper is a background note for a presentation at the Informal ECOFIN meeting of EU finance ministers and central bank governors in Bratislava on September 9, 2016. policy contribution, summary sent to ministers, spe...

12th September 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2684 views

# Blog

Six lessons about “real” people, Brexit, and the EU

The result of the UK referendum on 23 June has been portrayed as a victory for “real people”. But what consequences will the result have, and how should the UK and EU now react? “…this will be a victor...

27th June 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2617 views

# Blog

The three dangers of Brexit

This op-ed was originally published in Bruegel, Nikkei, Nikkei Asian Review, Manager Magazin, Finance, Sina and Naftemporiki. It will also appear in Gazeta Prawna, Público and Hospodarske Noviny. As the June 23 U.K. ref...

30th May 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2542 views

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# Publications

One market, two monies: the European Union and the United Kingdom

The issue Access to the single market is one of the core benefits of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union. A vote to leave the EU would trigger difficult negotiations on continued access to that market. ...

28th January 2016 by Guntram Wolff 3107 views

# Publications

Schriftliche Stellungnahme Bundestagsanhörung „Niedrigzinspolitik der EZB“

This Policy Contribution was prepared for the Financial Committee of the German Bundestag. It is only available in German. Zusammenfassung Reale Renditen fallen weltweit mindestens seit Anfang der 1980er Jahre, so auch i...

5th November 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2497 views

# Blog

What options for European deposit insurance?

The aim of this blog post is to clarify different options of how to organize European deposit insurance without yet settling on the best option. We aim to explain and to highlight what different options can and cannot ac...

9th October 2015 by Guntram Wolff 3574 views

# Blog

Euro area governance: an assessment of the “five presidents” report

the positive and missing or negative elements: European Commission President Juncker has published the long-awaited report prepared in collaboration with the presidents of the European Council, the Eurogroup, the Europea...

25th June 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2611 views

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# Publications

Euro-area governance: what to reform and how to do it

The Issue: Reform of the governance of the euro area is being held back by disagreement on what is at the root of the euro area’s woes. Pre-crisis, the euro area suffered from the built-up of financial imbalances, price ...

27th February 2015 by Guntram Wolff 3576 views

# Interviews

«Alexis Tsipras doit être conscient de ce qu’il peut ou non demander»

3rd February 2015 by Guntram Wolff 16279 views

# Blog

Greece and the euro area need a deal within days, not months

International press informs us that the Greek government believes it has weeks or perhaps months to negotiate a new deal with its creditors. The basic idea of the new Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is that Greec...

2nd February 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2666 views