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Draghi review must deliver a new start for Europe’s underperforming tech sector
James Watson is a former Chief Economist at BusinessEurope, Senior Economic Adviser to the UK government, and Commission economist. By Brussels standards, commented Politico, it was the 'smash hit...
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Webinar Summary: Waiting for Draghi – Defining Europe’s Productivity Problem
The webinar "Waiting for Draghi – Defining Europe’s Productivity Problem" featured insightful discussions from Judith Arnal, Senior Research Fellow at CEPS and Real Instituto Elcano, and Oscar...
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The European productivity slowdown in a global context
The decline in EU competitiveness is certain to be a key issue for European policymakers over the next five years. This concern is well-founded. The EU’s share of global GDP has shrunk from over a...
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Five Challenges for Five Decisive Years in Europe
This blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 9th of June 2024 with Isabel Pérez del Puerto. The original article can be found here. For years, European citizens in general, and...
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Episode 99: Calling on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council – How to Deliver for the Planet and the Economy with Oscar Guinea
Director Fredrik Erixon talks with Senior Economist Oscar Guinea ahead of the 6th EU-US TTC on why this meeting taking place in Leuven between the 4th and 6th of April, 2024, is of particular...
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Episode 2: Industrial policy is coming back! With Oscar Guinea
Fredrik Erixon talks to Oscar Guinea, a senior economist at ECIPE. On the back of their new study Standing Up for Competition: Market Concentration, Regulation, and Europe’s Quest for a New...
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The Cost of Data Protectionism
* This blog is written together with Janez Kren, PhD candidate at the University of Leuven, who is a co-author of one of the studies presented below. Policymakers today have the difficult...
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Europe’s Productivity Problem
There is a long-standing concern about Europe’s productivity performance, a long-term indicator for sustained economic growth. It is a measure that summarizes how effective we use our economic...