This report summarises the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on "Health Economics", held at the European Parliament in Brussels, on Wednesday 28 November 2012. The aim of the workshop was to exchange views on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health systems. The...

This paper analyses cross-border spillovers of monetary policy by examining two countries that were in the eye of the storm during the euro area sovereign debt crisis, namely Ireland and Portugal. The research provides insight as to how banking and sovereign stress affect the inward transmission...

This paper presents the analysis underpinning the ESRB Recommendation on guidance on setting countercyclical buffer rates (ESRB 2014/1). The Recommendation is designed to help authorities tasked with setting the countercyclical capital buffer (CCB) to operationalise this new macroprudential...