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Covid-19 and the Danger of Self-sufficiency: How Europe’s Pandemic Resilience was Helped by an Open Economy
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe has benefitted strongly from being an open economy that can access goods and services from other parts of the...
The EU Green Deal and Its Industrial and Political Significance
The European Green Deal, the flagship initiative of the incumbent European Commission, aims to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 55% by 2030...
Economic Costs of Ex ante Regulations
Regulations are an indispensable part of an economy and are proven to generate a significant impact on the economic, environment and social...
Work for Others, not Yourself: Globalisation, Protectionism and Europe’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy
Protectionism and mercantilism are yet again at the centre of global economic policy. “America First” is the guiding ethos in a good part of US...
Globalisation Comes to the Rescue: How Dependency Makes Us More Resilient
A new consensus is growing across the European Union – and other parts of the world too: that globalisation has gone too far. The argument goes as...
Shifting into Digital Services: Does a Crisis Matter and for Who?
How do trade patterns change after an external shock such as an economic crisis, and is this shift structural? This paper uses a...
The myth of subsidies in the film industry: a comparative analysis of European and US approaches
It has been widely believed that subsidies can help revive film industries, but the link between the intent and the actual results deserves more...
Europas Streben nach Technologiesouveränität: Chancen und Risiken für Deutschland und die Europäische Union
In den vergangenen Monaten wurden von einigen führenden Europapolitikern Strategien zur Erreichung einer sog. „europäischen...
Between state-led and corporation-led co-productions: how has film co-production been exploited by states in Europe
Co-production was developed by several European countries to revive their film industries and has become increasingly popular, spreading across the...
Discrimination, Exclusion and Environmental Harm: Why EU Lawmakers Need to Ban Freight Transport Restrictions to Save the Single Market
The EU’s Mobility Package 1 legislative proposal was once intended to improve the working conditions of truck and small-van drivers in the EU....