Insights
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Miriam Campanella in Memoriam
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceTags: monetary policyBy: Fredrik ErixonIt is with great sadness that I write about the death of Miriam Campanella, a professor and economic scholar – and senior fellow at...
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Thoughts on the Brexit Referendum
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Fredrik ErixonThe United Kingdom has voted to leave the EU. It is a momentous decision. No one knows the scale of the consequences that will follow a UK departure...
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Europe and the Digital Economy: How can it Expand Faster?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonEurope, it is said, is a digital laggard. In some ways, it is obvious. Access to superfast mobile or broadband access, for instance, is poor in many...
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Capaldo Fails to Convince
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityTags: TTIPIn October 2014, Jeronim Capaldo published a paper (hereafter Capaldo 2014) suggesting TTIP to cause severe negative economic implications for...
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The EU, ISDS and a Failed Consultation
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy North America Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Fredrik ErixonIn the small pond of European trade and investment-policy wonks, the European Commission made some waves two weeks ago when it finally reported on...
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So Now What? Syriza’s Victory and the Quest for Debt Relief
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Fredrik ErixonA strange discussion has followed on the heels of Syriza’s election victory on Sunday evening. Several clever economists and observers – some...
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China – Regionalism and Multilateralism
By: Fredrik ErixonThe history of international economic cooperation teaches us one important lesson: every form of cooperation will die – essentially if not...
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The Juncker Gambit
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Fredrik ErixonJuncker is taking a gamble. Creating this new investment fund was a signature promise to voters in the European election, and now he is putting a...
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EU Reform and the European Parliament Elections
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Fredrik ErixonThere is a confusing debate going on about how to interpret last week’s European elections. A fairly considerable body of opinion suggests that the...
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After the Election: Business as Usual
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Fredrik ErixonThe elections to the European Parliament hardly produced unexpected results. All the polls in the past weeks have shown that Front National and the...
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The New Parliament and Economic Challenges
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and GovernanceBy: Fredrik ErixonI was asked by the CASS Journal in China to give a few thoughts on what economic issues that the new European Parliament should address. Here's the...
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European Growth and the Stark Economic Reality of a Lost Decade
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonI was asked by a couple of news agencies yesterday what I thought of the new winter economic forecast from the European Commission. I am neither...