WP 2017-01. Since the financial crisis, government debt ratios have increased in many countries. Most studies indicate that there is a negative association between high medium- and long-term debt ratios…
Companies & Regulation
Has the European Court of Justice interrupted a honeymoon between Gazprom and the EU? The energy giant Gazprom has been investigated by the EU Commission over an alleged abuse of…
The creation of a European Digital Single Market is moving forward, but the risk of regulatory capture is significant and it is undermining the success of the project. The reduction…
The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, has recently announced the intention of the government to invest 13 billion euros to help modernizing Italian manufacturing. Leaving aside reasonable doubts regarding how…
The EU Commission’s investigation After a three-year investigation, on the 30th of August 2016 the European Commission has concluded that Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple. The…
Commercial property sector in UK after the Brexit referendum The UK’s choice to leave the EU triggered great instability on the financial markets resulting in currency value shocks and asset…
In May 2016, the Ministry for Universities and Science of the UK Government published the white paper “Success as a knowledge-economy”. The explicit intention of the document is to indicate…
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The wind of Brexit on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
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The agreement On the 5th of July, just a few days after the UK expressed its intention to regain trade negotiation autonomy with the Brexit referendum, the EU has found…
Something is rotten in Italy, namely Italian bank loans amounting to € 360 billion. For around one out of five loans payback is doubtful. Such an imbalance in the Italian…
Some figures on the sharing economy The sharing economy is a market system that requires peer-to-peer-based sharing of access to goods and services. The sharing is possible thanks to the…
