The sheer size of the EU and US economies combined suggests substantial economic benefits from eliminating tariffs, reducing the costs of regulatory divergence, and deepening cooperation. Estimating these gains is difficult: uncertainty concerning modelling choices, data, and scenarios looms...

Die öffentlichen Haushalte sind durch die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise stark in Anspruch genommen. Außerdem wurde, noch bevor der Ausgang der Krise absehbar war, in Deutschland die Schuldenbremse beschlossen. Bei den Autoren besteht Einigkeit darüber, dass die Nachkrisenzeit einer sensiblen...

Many European economies are gradually recovering from the corona pandemic, although it is not yet over. National governments are using the breather to assess the effectiveness of their less-conventional and short-term crisis-prevention measures. This is important because they must prepare to...

The past few years have been marked by major crises, including the covid pandemic and the Russian attack on Ukraine. These crises have consequences. The new European Commission will need a well thought-out economic policy agenda to respond to the changed geopolitical challenges and to strengthen...