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The true impact of shorter and longer copyright durations: from authors’ earnings to cultural creativity and diversity
In the mainstream, there has been a strong advocacy to prolong copyright duration. This makes it an important task to rigorously examine if a longer...
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We Need to Talk Trade and Technology!
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Lucian Cernat“It’s May 3, 2021. Don’t forget to upgrade the embedded software in your shoes before you go for a run!” This may sound like a commercial...
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Taking Stock of Europe’s New Trade Policy Strategy
By: Fredrik ErixonThis Policy Brief takes stock of the EU Trade Policy Review – the Commission’s proposed strategy for trade. Despite appearances, the Review...
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Combating Unsafe Products: How to Improve Europe’s Safety Gate Alerts
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Guest AuthorBy Joana Purves, Researcher at E+Europe and William Echikson, Director E+Europe The European Union has built a one-stop-shop for its member state...
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“Too Big to Care” or “Too Big to Share”: The Digital Services Act and the Consequences of Reforming Intermediary Liability Rules
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyBy: Fredrik ErixonThis paper reviews the Digital Services Act (DSA), a package of new rules for platforms proposed by the European Commission late last year. The paper...
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What is Wrong with the German Economy? The Case for Openness to Technology and Human Capital
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness Policy Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and SecurityAdvanced economies like Germany need to focus more on attracting foreign high-skilled labour and become better at importing foreign technology and...
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No, China Does Not Make Everything!
China is now the world’s leading manufacturer, with goods exports rising from $63 billion in 1990 to $2.5 trillion in 2018. The popular assumption...
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Digital Futures for Europe
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Trade, Globalisation and SecurityBy: Guest AuthorBy Meelis Kitsing, Professor and Rector, Estonian Business School. There isn’t one model for success in the digital future; there are...
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Covid-19 and the Danger of Self-sufficiency: How Europe’s Pandemic Resilience was Helped by an Open Economy
By: Johan NorbergDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe has benefitted strongly from being an open economy that can access goods and services from other parts of the...
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The EU Green Deal and Its Industrial and Political Significance
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyThe European Green Deal, the flagship initiative of the incumbent European Commission, aims to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 55% by 2030...
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Global Trade Today is Global Value Chains
By: David HenigIn the last 25 years global value chains have come to dominate global trade in a way surprisingly little discussed or understood. To meet the policy...
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Economic Costs of Ex ante Regulations
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyRegulations are an indispensable part of an economy and are proven to generate a significant impact on the economic, environment and social...