balance sheets. Looking forward, it is vital that economic recovery in Europe is not constrained by an impaired banking sector …. This paper provides an overview of the drivers of the stagnation of bank lending in Europe and discuss four main areas of …

In dieser Studie argumentieren wir für einen "Big Push" bei den Infrastrukturinvestitionen im größeren Europa. Wir … niedrigen Zinsen kann mit einem Beschäftigungseffekt von über 7 Millionen im größeren Europa gerechnet werden. Alleine auf der …The study concludes that Europe should respond to China's New Silk Road initiative with a coherent infrastructure …

Replacing the US nuclear guarantee with a French nuclear umbrella for Europe would face major political and logistical … challenges. Nevertheless, given the growing uncertainty in Europe and Asia, the German government should consider scenarios and …

It is high time for Europe to break its relative decline in the pharmaceutical sector. Europe used to be the preeminent … region in the world for Research and Development and innovation in the sector - being the location for a majority of R&D and … recent time, the pace of the decline is now accelerating. Europe is not just outpaced by the United States. Unless there is a …

patent-based measure of Europe's innovation performance. It also identifies several policies that may affect the R …

conundrum for European employment because the conventional theory explaining unemployment in Europe - labor market rigidities …