Wer profitiert von Migration
you can listen to my interview with WDR5 Politikum of 9 January 2017 and here (external download link to mp3 file)....
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Manufacturing in the US: Will Trump’s strategy repatriate highly-paid jobs?
Trump has set out a plan to repatriate highly-paid manufacturing jobs to the US. But the idea that manufacturing jobs are better paid than service roles is a myth. Moreover, labour markets are slow to shift between secto...
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What will drive political uncertainty in 2017?
My end-of-year opinion piece, published in numerous international and national outlets. (Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Veritas, El Pais, DB.lv, capital.bg, Managermagazin … ) As 2016 draws to a close, a sense...
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De grenzen moeten dicht voor economische migranten
My extensive interview in Algemeene Daagblad with Sandra Phlippen on December 31, 2006. Explaining the dilemma between positive economic benefits of migration but increasingly hostile reactions from citizens. Interview G...
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Interview with La Repubblica on Italian banks and the referendum
Italian below, published 7 December 2016 1. Despite the negative outcome of the italian referendum, the feared deluge on the markets didn’t happen, neither on the Italian one. Why? One can think of many r...
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Eurozone QE and bank profitability: Why it is too early to taper
This opinion piece was published in El Economista, Finance, Hospodárské Noviny, and Tagesspiegel. The quantitative easing (QE) programs that started in the second quarter of 2015 remain controversial, especially in Germa...
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Building common ground: Towards strategic migration and refugee policies in Europe
This conference declaration was signed on 22 November 2016 at the occasion of the second annual Vision Europe Summit in Lisbon. The signatories are leaders from the eight think tanks and foundations convening the Vision ...
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What impact does the ECB’s quantitative easing policy have on bank profitability?
Quantitative easing (QE) affects banks’ profitability in three main ways. First, as QE drives up bond prices, banks holding such bonds see their balance sheets strengthened. Second, QE reduces long-term yields and thereb...
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