Welcome to my homepage. I am a full-time professor of economics and Director of the Euroclear Chair on Sustainable Finance at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management/ECARES of the Université libre de Bruxelles. I am also senior fellow at Bruegel and Kiel Institute. From 2022-24, I was the Director and CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations. From 2013-22, I directed Bruegel, which under my leadership has become one of the top three global think tanks1. I work on European integration, geoeconomics&defence, climate change and macroeconomics. My work has been published in academic journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Communications, Energy Policy, Climate Policy, Research Policy, Journal of European Public Policy, European Journal of Political Economy, Public Choice and Journal of Banking and Finance. My co-authored book “The macroeconomics of decarbonization” is published in Cambridge University Press. My policy work is published and cited in leading outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, the New York Times. I regularly testify to the European Finance Ministers’ ECOFIN meeting, the European Parliament and national parliaments.
From 2012-16, I was a member of the French Conseil d’Analyse Economique, the independent council for economic analysis preparing reports and advising the French prime minister. In 2018, then IMF managing director Christine Lagarde appointed me to the external advisory group on surveillance to review the Fund’s priorities. In 2021, I was appointed to the G20 High level independent panel on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (HLIP) under the co-chairs Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Lawrence H. Summers and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In 2020, Business Insider ranked me one of the 28 most influential power players in Europe while Table Media ranked my a top 10 influential thinker on Europe in Germany in 2024. I am ranked one of the top 100 German speaking economists and top 5% of the more than 60000 registered economists on Repec. In 2023, I joined the Bulgarian Council of Economic Advisors and I am a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
I joined Bruegel in 2011 from the European Commission, where I worked on the macroeconomics of the euro area and the reform of euro area governance. Prior to joining the Commission, I was coordinating the research team on fiscal policy at Deutsche Bundesbank. I also worked as an adviser to the International Monetary Fund.
I hold a PhD in economics from the University of Bonn, studied in Bonn, Toulouse, Pittsburgh and Passau and previously taught economics at the Universities of Pittsburgh and Brussels and I was a Professor honoris causa at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the Universiy of Erfurt. I am fluent in German, English, French and know some Bulgarian and Spanish. Here is a profile of mine in Süddeutsche Zeitung and a more recent one in Tagespiegel. I enjoy hiking, music and time with the family.
My declarations of interest here: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018a, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024.
Link to MyOrcid, Ideas/repec, GoogleScholar.
Key journal publications
36. “Enforcing export controls learning from and using the financial system”, Global Policy, (with Ben Hilgenstock, Elina Ribakova, Anna Vlasiuk) DOI, (pdf).
35. “Trump proofing Europe: how the continent can prepare for American abandonment”, Foreign Affairs , 2 February 2024, (with Arancha González Laya, Camille Grand, Katarzyna Pisarska, Nathalie Tocci, and Guntram Wolff), link, (pdf).
34. “Gas and Energy Security in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe”, Energy Policy, 2023 (with Alexandra Gritz), DOI.
33. “Dealing with Europe’s Economic (In-)security”, Global Policy, 2023 (with Federico Steinberg), DOI. (A version of this paper was originally presented at presented at the informal ECOFIN in Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
32. “A green fiscal pact for the EU: increasing climate investments while consolidating budgets”, Climate Policy, 2022 (with Zsolt Darvas), DOI.
31. “The effect of Covid certificates on vaccine uptake, public health and the economy”, Nature communications, 13, 3942 (2022), (with Miquel Oliu-Barton, Bary Pradelski, Nicolas Woloszco, Lionel Guetta-Jeanrenaud, Philippe Aghion, Patrick Artus, Arnaud Fontanet, Philippe Martin), DOI.
30. “The global quest for green growth: an economic policy perspective”, Sustainability, 14(9), 5555, 2022, (with Klaas Lenaerts and Simone Tagliapietra), DOI.
29. “How to weaken Russian oil and gas strength”, Science, (letter), Vol 376 (6592), p. 469, 2022, (with Ricardo Hausmann, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Axel Ockenfels, Ulrich Schetter, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann), DOI , letter is based on longer working paper available here.
28. “Three ways Europe could limit Russian oil and gas revenues”, Nature, (correspondance) Vol 604, 246, 2022, (with Axel Ockenfels and Simone Tagliapietra), DOI.
27. “What drives implementation of the European Union’s policy recommendations to its member countries?”, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2022, (with Konstantinos Efstathiou), DOI.
26. “The Kremlin’s gas wars: How Europe can protect itself from Russian blackmail”, Foreign Affairs, 27 February 2022 (with Niclas Poitiers, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann) (link).
25. “Act fast together: effectively confronting Omicron in Europe”, BMJ – British Medical Journal, DOI, 2022, (with Andre Calero Valdez, Emil N. Iftekhar, Robert Bohm, Sarah Cuschieri, Thomas Czypionka, Uga Dumpis, Giulia Giordano, Claudia Hanson, Zdenek Hel, Anna Helova, Ilona Kickbusch, Lilian Kojan, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Tyll Krueger, Jenny Krutzinna, Berit Lange, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Helena Machado, Martin McKee, Kai Nagel, Miquel Oliu-Barton, Matjaž Perc, Elena Petelos, Nedyu Popivanov, Bary Pradelski, Barbara Prainsack, Kay Schroeder, Sotirios Tsiodras, Paul Wilmes)
24. “Elimination versus mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of effective vaccines”, Lancet Global Health , vol 10(1), pp. E142-E147, 2022, DOI, (with M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski, Y. Algan, M. Baker, A. Binagwaho, G. Dore, A. El-Mohandes, A. Fontanet, A. Peichl, V Priesemann, G. Yamey, J. Lazarus).
23. “Conditions are ideal for a new climate club”, Energy Policy, vol 158, 112527, November 2021 DOI, (with Simone Tagliapietra).
22. “Form a climate club: United States, European Union and China”, Nature 591, pp 526-528, 2021, (with Simone Tagliapietra), DOI.
21. “The EU can’t separate climate policy from foreign policy”, Foreign Affairs, (with Mark Leonard, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Jeremy Shapiro, Simone Tagliapietra), (link), Feb 9, 2021.
20. “Hybrid and cybersecurity threats and the European Union’s financial system”, Journal of Financial Regulation, Oxford University Press, Vol 6(2), pp. 306-16 , 2020, (earlier version: Bruegel Policy Contribution 2019/ 10, prepared for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Helsinki in September 2019, (with Maria Demertzis). (doi, pdf) (pdf))
19. “Securing Europe’s economic sovereignty”, Survival, Vol 61(5), pp. 75-98, 2019 (with Mark Leonard, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Elina Ribakova and Jeremy Shapiro), (DOI, older version is here).
18. “What are the prerequisites for a euro area fiscal capacity?”, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Vol 23(3), 2019 (with Maria Demertzis). (DOI, (pdf) older version is here)
17. “Capital markets union and the fintech opportunity”, Journal of Financial Regulation, Oxford University Press, 2018, earlier version was Bruegel Policy Contribution 2017/22, presented at the informal ECOFIN in Tallinn, Estonia on September 15, 2017, (with Maria Demertzis and Silvia Merler). (DOI, pdf, earlier version is here)
16. “Explaining the Evolving Role of National Parliaments Under the European Semester”, Journal of European Public Policy, 25(2), pp 250-267, 2017, (with Mark Hallerberg and Benedicta Marzinotto), (DOI).
15. “Capital markets union: a vision for the long term”, Journal of Financial Regulation, 0, 1–24 DOI, Oxford University Press 2016, earlier version is Bruegel Policy Contribution 2015/05 (with Nicolas Véron), presented to informal ECOFIN, Riga. (pdf-journal-version) (pdf)
14. “Rules and risk in the euro area”, European Journal of Political Economy, 34, pp 222–236, 2014, (with Anna Iara). (doi)(IaraWolff2014)
13. “Money demand in the euro area: new insights from disaggregated data”, International Economics and Economic Policy, 2012, (with Ralph Setzer). (doi) (link, working paper version)
12. “Policy lessons from the eurozone crisis”, The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs, vol 47(4), 2012 (with Chiara Angeloni and Silvia Merler). (doi) (link, AngeloniMerlerWolff12-journalversion)
11. “Identifying discretionary fiscal policy reactions with real time data”, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 43(6), 1271-1285, 2011, (with Ulf von Kalckreuth). (doi) (vonKalckreuthWolff2011)
10. “Heterogeneity in money holdings across euro area countries: the role of housing”, European Journal of Political Economy, 27(4), 764-780, 2011, (with Ralph Setzer and Paul van den Noord). (doi) (SetzervandenNoordWolff)
9. “The macroeconomic effects of exogenous fiscal policy shocks in Germany: a disaggregated SVAR analysis”, Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) 230(3), 328-355, 2010, (with Kirsten Heppke-Falk and Jörn Tenhofen). (doi) (TenhofenEtAl)
8. “The German sub-national government bond market: structure, determinants of yield spreads and Berlin’s forgone bail-out”, Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) 229(1), 61-83, 2009, (with Alexander Schulz). (doi) (SchulzWolff09)
7. “Fiscal institutions, fiscal policy and sovereign risk premia in EMU”, Public Choice 136(3), 379-396, 2008, (with Mark Hallerberg). (doi) (HallerbergWolff08)
6. “The effectiveness of subsidies revisited: accounting for wage and employment effects in business R&D”, Research Policy 37, 1403-1412, 2008, (with Volker Reinthaler). (doi) (Wolff_Reinthaler2008)
5. “Fool the markets? Creative accounting, fiscal transparency and sovereign risk premia”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy 55(4), 465-87, 2008, (with Kerstin Bernoth). (doi) (BernothWolff2008)
4. “Moral hazard and bail-out in fiscal federations: Evidence for the German Länder”, Kyklos 61(3), 425-446, 2008, (with Kirsten Heppke-Falk). (doi) (HeppkeFalkWolff2008)
3. “Foreign direct investment in the enlarged EU: do taxes matter and to what extent?”, Open Economies Review 18(3), 327-46, 2007. (doi) (Wolff2007)
2. “What do deficits tell us about debt? Empirical evidence on creative accounting with fiscal rules in the EU”, Journal of Banking and Finance 30 (12), 3259-3279, 2006, (with Jürgen von Hagen). (doi) (vonHagenWolff2006)
1. “A compromise estimate of German Net National Product 1851-1913 and its implications for growth and business cycles”, Journal of Economic History 65 (3), September, 613-657 2005, (with Carsten Burhop). (doi) (BurhopWolff2005)
Publications in other journals
“Debt financing European air defence”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, June 2024, Vol 59 (4), DOI, link (with Armin Steinbach).
“CBAM, Hydrogen Partnerships and Egypt’s Industry: Potential for Synergies”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, February 2024, Vol 59 (2), DOI, link, (with Alexandra Gritz).
“Editorial: While Europe’s geoeconomic strategy solidifies, blind spots remain”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, February 2024, DOI.
“Systemic rivalry of China and the West in Climate Policy”, The Economists’ Voice, September 2023, DOI
“Toughening Financial Sanctions on Russia: Enforcing Energy Sanctions and Reducing Shadow Reserves Effectively”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, July/August 2023, (with Ben Hilgenstock and Elina Ribakova), DOI.
“Mit mehr Markt gegen Monopole”, Internationale Politik, 26 June 2023, (with Alexandra Gritz), (link).
“Wohin steuert die Weltwirtschaft?”, Internationale Politik, Jan/Feb 2023, pp 18-25, (with Gabriel Felbermayr), (link).
“Why sanctions against Russia work”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Jan/Feb 2023, (with Andras Razs and Ole Spillner), DOI. shorter version published in German as “Warum die Russland-Sanktionen wirken”, Internationale Politik, Nov/Dez 2022, pp 66-69. (link).
“How can the European Union adapt to climate change?” Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, September, 2022 (with Klaas Lenaerts and Simone Tagliapietra), DOI.
“The EU without Russian gas and oil”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Vol 57 (2), pp 66-67, 2022, DOI
“Global Gesundheitssicherheit anzugehen ist eine moralische und wirtschaftliche Chance für die zukünftige Bundesregierung”, Wirtschaftsdienst, Volume 101(11), pp. 858–861 2021, DOI, (with Amanda Glassman).
“Reducing the mobility of SARS-CoV-2 variants to safeguard containment”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, vol 56, pp. 234-236, 2021 (with Martin Hellwig and Viola Priesemann). (LINK, DOI) Previous version Working Paper 07/2021, Bruegel, May 2021, (pdf).
“The great COVID-19 divergence: managing a sustainable and equitable recovery in the EU”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, vol 56 pp. 211-219, 2021 (with Grégory Claeys, Zsolt Darvas and Maria Demertzis). Link, DOI (earlier version presented and prepared at informal ECOFIN in Lisbon (pdf) )
“Ein Klimaclub für eine weltweite Dekarbonisierung“, Wirtschaftsdienst, 101 (5), pp 350-352, 2021, (with Simone Tagliapietra), link, DOI.
“A framework for a European economic recovery after Covid 19”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 55(4), pp.209-215, 2020, (with Julia Anderson and Simone Tagliapietra), (pdf) DOI (older version is here)
“As coronavirus spreads, can the EU afford to close its borders?” Economics in the Times of Covid-19, 2020, CEPR, (with Raffaela Meninno).
“The implications of a no-deal Brexit: is the EU prepared?”, Estudios de Politica Exterior, No 188, March/April 2019 (link, in Spanish), Bruegel Policy contribution 2019/2, written for the Bundestag Europe Committee. (here) (with German translation).
“Squeezed model“, Berlin Policy Journal, April 26, 2018, (with Sebastian Heilmann).
“Wie können EU Unternehmen weltweit relevant bleiben?” Ifo Schnelldienst, 8/2019, pp 18-20 (link).
“Red herring and black swan: European Champions”, Berlin Policy Journal, February 8, 2019, (with Georgios Petropoulos)
“Vers la création d’un mécanisme de stabilisation pour la zone euro ?” Revue Française de Finances Publiques, Vol. 141, pp 95-113, 2018 (with G. Claeys), (link)
“How should the EU position itself in a global trade war?”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2018/2, DOI, link, link on my page
“Eurozone or EU budget? Confronting a complex political question”, The Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi (Journal of Economics & Business Administration), Vol 217/1, pp 21-35, January 2018. (earlier version is here).
“Europe in a new world order”, Wirtschaftsdienst, Heft 13, pp 24-30, 2018, earlier version is Bruegel Policy Brief, 2017/02 (with Maria Demertzis and André Sapir). (DOI, link, earlier version is here)
“What could a euro-area finance minister do?”, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, ZfWP, Heft 66-1, 2017, (DOI, link, earlier version is here)
“Euro puzzles“, Berlin Policy Journal, April 27, 2015.
“Ending uncertainty: recapitalization of banks supervised by the SSM”, Credit and Capital Markets, 47(2), pp 241-264, 2014, (with Silvia Merler). (doi) (MerlerWolff2014)
“Where is Europe going? The macroeconomic challenges of the next 5 years”, Economia Italiana, 2014(3), (with Zsolt Darvas).
“Corporate balance sheet adjustment: stylized facts, causes and consequences”, Review of Economics, vol. 64, pp 1-21, 2013 (with Eric Ruscher). (doi) (RuscherWolff13)
“Aufbruch in die Euro-Union”, Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik, 46(8), pp 248-251, 28. November 2013, (with Glienicker Gruppe: Armin von Bogdandy, Christian Calliess, Henrik Enderlein, Marcel Fratzscher, Clemens Fuest, Franz Mayer, Daniela Schwarzer, Max Steinbeis, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Jakob von Weizsäcker, Guntram Wolff). (ZEIT_Artikel der Glienicker Gruppe) (link)
“Should non-euro area countries join the single supervisory mechanism? “, Danube: Law and Economics Review, vol. 4(2), pp 141-163, 2013 (with Zsolt Darvas). (pdf) (DarvasWolff13-WP-Version)
“Fiscal crises in U.S. cities: structural and non-structural causes”, ICFAI Journal of Public Finance VI (1), February 2008. (pdf)
“Measuring tax burdens in Europe”, Swiss Review of International Economic Relations (Aussenwirtschaft) 3/2006, 299-328, 2006. (link pdf) (Wolff2006-WP-version)
“Data and method choice and their relevance for business cycle history”, (German with English summary), Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte 91, 141-154 2004, (with Carsten Burhop). (BurhopWolff2004)
Books
“The Macroeconomics of Decarbonisation: Implications and Policies”. Cambridge University Press; 2024 (co-authored with Claeys G, Le Mouel M, Tagliapietra S, Zachmann G.). (link)
“Greening Europe’s post-Covid recovery”, Bruegel Blueprint, 2022 (edited with Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann) (link).
“Braver, Greener, Fairer: Memos to the EU leadership 2019-2024”, Bruegel, 2019, (edited with Maria Demertzis), (pdf)
“An anatomy of inclusive growth in Europe”, Bruegel Blueprint No. 26, 2016, (with Zsolt Darvas). (pdf)
“EU to do 2015-19”, Bruegel book, 2014 (edited with André Sapir).
“Japan and the EU in the global economy”, Bruegel Blueprint XXII, 2014, edited with Masahiko Yoshii. (pdf)
“EU-IMF assistance to euro area countries: an early assessment”, Bruegel Blueprint, XIX, 2013/1 (with Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir). (pdf)
“Transatlantic Economic Challenges in an Era of Growing Multipolarity”, Peterson Institute for International Economics Special Report 22, edited by Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Nicolas Véron and Guntram B. Wolff, July 2012, ISBN paper 978-0-88132- 645-1. (pdf)
“Resolving the European Debt Crisis” Peterson Institute for International Economics Special Report 21, edited by William R. Cline and Guntram B. Wolff, March 2012, ISBN paper 978-0-88132-642-0 (pdf)
“An evaluation of IMF surveillance of the euro area”, Bruegel Blueprint Volume XIV, 31 October 2011 (with Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir). (pdf)
Policy Briefs, Reports, Working Papers and Chapters in Books
“A European defence industrial strategy for a hostile world”, Bruegel policy brief, (with Juan Mejino-Lopez), November 2024
“Memo to the Commissioner for defence”, Bruegel memo, September 2024
“Fit for war in decades: Europe’s and Germany’s slow rearmament vis-a-vis Russia“, (with Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov), Kiel report, September 2024.
“Toughening financial sanctions on Russia: enforcing energy sanctions and reducing shadow reserves effectively”, (With Ben Hilgenstock and Elina Ribakova), DGAP policy brief, May 2023, link.
“Russia’s war economy: how sanctions reduce military capacity” (with Andras Racz and Ole Spillner), DGAP policy brief, February 2023, link.
“Gas and energy security in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe” (with Alexandra Gritz), DGAP policy brief, December 2022, link.
“Managing risks in the EU-China economic relationship” (with Claudia Schmucker), DGAP policy brief, November 2022, link.
‘How can the European Union adapt to climate change while avoiding a new fault line?’, (with Klaas Lenaerts and Simone Tagliapietra), Policy Contribution 11/2022, Bruegel, link
“Instruments of a strategic foreign economic policy” (with Katrin Kamin, Kerstin Bernoth, Jacqueline Dombrowski, Gabriel Felbermayr, Marcel Fratzscher, Mia Hoffmann, Sebastian Horn, Karsten Neuhoff, Niclas Frederic Poitiers, Malte Rieth, Alexander Sandkamp, Pauline Weil, and Georg Zachmann), Bruegel, IfW Kiel and DIW Berlin joint report for the German foreign office. here
“Technologiepolitik: Game Changer für ein souveränes Europa” (with Niclas Poitiers), in J. Lang and S. Russwurm (Eds.), Die Europäische Alternative: Unser Weg in Zeiten des globalen Umbruchs. Herder, 2021.
“Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?” (with Klaas Lenaerts and Simone Tagliapietra), Working Paper 10/2021, Bruegel, pdf
“A green fiscal pact: climate investments in times of budget consolidations” (with Zsolt Darvas), Bruegel policy contribution to the informal ECOFIN, September 2021, link.
“A global deal for our pandemic age” (with Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Lawrence Summers, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Ana Botín, Mohamed EL-Erian, Jacob Frenkel, Rebeca Grynspan, Naoko Ishii, Michael Kremer, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Luis Alberto Moreno, Lucrezia Reichlin, John-Arne Rottingen, Vera Songwe, Mark Suzman, Tidjane Thiam, Jean-Claude Trichet, Ngaire Woods, Zhu Min, Masood Ahmed, Victor Dzau and Jeremy Farrar), report to G20 finance ministers, July 9, 2021
“Conference on the future of Europe: vehicle for reform or forum for reflection?” (with Sergio Fabbrini, John Erik Fossum, Magdalena Góra), EU3D Policy brief no. 1, May 2021.
“The great Covid-19 divergence: managing a sustainable and equitable recovery in the European Union” (with Grégory Claeys, Zsolt Darvas and Maria Demertzis), Bruegel Policy Contribution to the informal ECOFIN in Lisbon, May 2021.
“Digital European Economic Sovereignty? The Case of Semiconductors” (with Niclas Poitiers and Pauline Weil), contribution to European Parliament workshop, April 2021, available: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/653634/EXPO_STU(2021)653634_EN.pdf
“Reducing the mobility of SARS-CoV-2 variants to safeguard containment” with Martin Hellwig and Viola Priesemann), Working Paper 07/2021, Bruegel, May 2021, (pdf).
“The geopolitical consequences of the European Green Deal“ (with Mark Leonard, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Jeremy Shapiro, Simone Tagliapietra), Bruegel, February
“Artificial intelligence: an opportunity and a challenge for think tanks”, in ” The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice Around the World”, edited by Jim McGann, Springer, (link, doi) (pdf)
“Is the Covid-19 crisis an opportunity to boost the euro as a global currency?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, June 2020, (with Gregory Claéys), (pdf, link)
“EU-China trade and investment relations in challenging times”, report to the European Parliament, June 2020, (with Alicia García-Herrero, Jianwei Xu, Niclas Potiers, Gabriel Felbermayer, Wan-Hsin Lius and Alexander Sandkamp), pdf
“Rebooting Europe: a framework for a post Covid-19 economic recovery”, Bruegel policy brief, 1/2020, May 2020, (with Julia Anderson and Simone Tagliapietra), (pdf, link)
“How has the macroeconomic imbalances procedure worked in practice to improve the resilience of the euro area?”, report to the European Parliament, (with Agnes Bénassy-Quéré), March 2020, (pdf, link)
“An effective economic response to the Coronavirus in Europe”, Bruegel Policy Contribution to ECOFIN, March 2020, Bruegel (with Maria Dermertzis, Simone Tagliapietra and André Sapir) (pdf, link).
“From climate change to cyber-attacks: incipient financial-stability risks for the euro area”, Policy Contribution 02/2020, Bruegel (with Z. Darvas and M. Domínguez-Jiménez), (pdf)
“Hybrid and cybersecurity threats and the European Union’s financial system”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2019/ 10, prepared for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Helsinki in September 2019, (with Maria Demertzis). (pdf)
“Redefining Europe’s economic sovereignty”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2019/9, (with Mark Leonard, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Elina Ribakova and Jeremy Shapiro) (pdf)
“A strategic agenda for the new EU leadership”, Bruegel Policy Brief, June 2019, (with Maria Demertzis and André Sapir), here, here
“What drives national implementation of EU policy recommendations?”, Bruegel working paper, April 2019, (with Konstantinos Efstathiou), here, pdf, CEPR discussion paper 14032
“Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and convergence in the European Union, Bruegel policy contribution, written for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Bucharest, April 2019, (with Maria Demertzis and André Sapir), here, pdf
“The European Union’s response to the trade crisis”, Bruegel policy brief, March 2019, (with Uri Dadush), here, pdf
“The implications of no-deal Brexit: is the European Union prepared?”, Bruegel policy contribution, January 2019, written and presented in Bundestag, here, pdf
“How to provide liquidity to banks after resolution in Europe’s banking union”, Paper written for the European Parliament, November 2018, (with Maria Demertzis, Ines Gonzalves Raposo, Pia Hüttl) available here, pdf
“One size does not fit all: European integration by differentiation”, Bruegel Policy Brief 3/2018, September 2018, (with Maria Demertzis, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, Thomas Wieser), (pdf)
“Fiscal rules in the Economic and Monetary Union”, in The History of the European Union, edited by Giuliano Amato, Enzo Moavero-Milanesi,
Gianfranco Pasquino & Lucrezia Reichlin, Bloomsbury, ISBN 9781509917419, February 2019. (with Justine Feliu) (pdf)
“The EU’s multiannual financial framework and some implications for CESEE countries”, September 2018 edition of the OeNB’s Focus on European Economic Integration and can be downloaded here (with Zsolt Darvas).
“The economic potential and risks of crypto assets: is a regulatory framework needed?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, written and presented at Informal ECOFIN in Vienna, September 2018 (with Maria Demertzis) (The paper can be downloaded here. The full version with annex is here).
“Is the European Semester effective and useful?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2018/09 (with Konstantinos Efstathiou), (pdf)
“EU funds for migration, asylum and integration policies”, Policy paper for the European Parliament (with Zsolt Darvas, Francesco Chiachio, Ines Gonzalves Raposo and Konstantions Efstathiou), link
“Making a reality of Europe’s capital markets union”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 07/2018 prepared for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Sofia, (with André Sapir and Nicolas Véron), link, pdf
“Rethinking the European Union’s post Brexit budget priorities”, Bruegel Policy Brief 2018/01 (with Zsolt Darvas) (pdf)
“Beyond the Juncker and Schäuble visions of euro area governance”, Bruegel Policy Brief 2017/06. (pdf)
“Capital markets union and the fintech opportunity”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2017/22, prepared for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Tallinn, Estonia on September 15, 2017, (with Maria Demertzis and Silvia Merler). (here)
“The global decline in the labour income share: is capital the answer to Germany’s current account surplus?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2017/12 (with Bennet Berger). (pdf)
“Europe’s role in North Africa: development, investment, migration”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 10/2017, prepared for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Valetta, Malta on April 8, 2017 (with Maria Demertzis and Uri Dadush). (here)
“Europe in a new world order”, Bruegel Policy Brief, 2017/02 (with Maria Demertzis and André Sapir). (here)
“Making the best of the European single market”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2017/03 (with Vincent Aussilloux, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Clemens Fuest). (here)
“Is Brexit an opportunity to reform the European Parliament?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2017/02 (with Robert Kalcik). (here)
“What impact does the ECB’s quantitative easing policy have on bank profitability?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2016/20 (with Maria Demertzis). (here)
“What are the prerequisites for a euro-area fiscal capacity?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2016/14, prepared for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Bratislava, Slovakia (with Maria Demertzis). (here)
“Europe after Brexit: A proposal for a continental partnership”, External publication, Bruegel 25 August 2016 (with Jean Pisani-Ferry, Norbert Röttgen, André Sapir and Paul Tucker). (here)
“The effectiveness of the European Central Banks Asset Purchase Programme”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2016/10 (with Maria Demertzis). (here)
“Which kind of fiscal union for the euro area?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution and report for Conseil d’analyse économique, (with Agnes Benassy-Quéré and Xavier Ragot) (here).
“One market, two monies: the European Union and the United Kingdom”, Bruegel Policy Brief, 2016/1 (with André Sapir). (here)
“Is globalisation reducing the ability of central banks to control inflation?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2015/18 (with Grégory Claeys). (here (pdf))
“The growing intergenerational divide in Europe”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2015/17 (with Karen Wilson and Pia Hüttl). (here (pdf).)
“Schriftliche Stellungnahme Bundestagsanhörung: Niedrigzinspolitik der EZB”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2015/16. (here (pdf))
“European Climate Finance: securing the best return”, Bruegel Policy Brief 2015/03, (with Georg Zachmann), presented to informal ECOFIN, Luxembourg. (here (pdf))
“The vulnerability of Europe’s small and medium-sized banks”, Bruegel Working Paper, 2015 (with Ashoka Mody). (here)
“Capital markets union: a vision for the long term”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2015/05 (with Nicolas Véron), presented to informal ECOFIN, Riga, Latvia. (pdf)
“Euro-area governance: what to reform and how to do it”, Bruegel Policy Brief 2015/01 (with André Sapir). (pdf)
“Eurosystem collateral policy and framework: Was it unduly changed?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2014/11. (pdf)
“So far apart and yet so close: Should the ECB care about inflation differentials?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2014/09 (with Zsolt Darvas). (pdf)
“Benefits and drawbacks of European Unemployment Insurance”, Bruegel Policy Brief, 2014/09, presented to informal ECOFIN, Milan, Italy (with Grégory Claeys and Zsolt Darvas). (pdf)
“How can Europe avoid secular stagnation?“, in Brookings Think Tank 20 volume, November 2014. (pdf)
“Ein direktes Rekapitalisierungsinstrument für Banken ist sinnvoll”, prepared for Anhörung im Bundestag Haushaltsausschuß, Gesetzesentwurf zur Änderung des ESM Finanzierungsgesetzes, Oktober 2014. (pdf)
“Economic and monetary affairs” published in “EU to do in 2015-2019: Memos to the new EU leadership”, Bruegel, September 2014 (with Zsolt Darvas). (pdf)
“Tax harmonization in Europe: Moving forward”, publication by Conseil d’analyse économique, 17 July 2014 (with Agnès Bénassy-Quéré and Alain Trannoy). (pdf)
“The great transformation: Memo to the incoming EU Presidents”, Bruegel Policy Brief 2014/07 (with André Sapir). (pdf)
“No industry, no future?”, publication by Conseil d’analyse économique, 19 June 2014 (with Lionel Fontagné and Pierre Mohnen). (pdf)
“Addressing weak inflation: The European Central Bank’s shopping list”, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2014/05 (with Grégory Claeys, Zsolt Darvas and Silvia Merler). (pdf)
“Europe’s social problem and its implications for economic growth”, Bruegel Policy Brief 2014/03, presented to informal ECOFIN in Athens, Greece (with Zsolt Darvas). (pdf)
“The long haul: managing exit from financial assistance“, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2014/03, (with Zsolt Darvas and André Sapir). (pdf)
“The Troika and financial assistance in the euro area: successes and failures“, report to the European Parliament (with André Sapir, Alessio Terzi, Carlos de Sousa), Feb 2014. (pdf)
“Manufacturing as a source of growth for Southern Europe: opportunities and obstacles“ (with Erkki Vihiriälä), published in Bruegel Blueprint XXI, “Manufacturing Europe’s future”, edited by Reinhilde Veugelers.
“Memo to Merkel: post-election Germany and Europe“, Bruegel Policy Brief 2013/5, also published in German at SWP, (with Daniela Schwarzer).
“The neglected side of banking union: reshaping Europe’s financial system“, Bruegel Policy Contribution, 2013 presented at the informal ECOFIN in Vilnius, Lithuania, (with Andre Sapir) (pdf).
“The ECB’s OMT Programme and German constitutional concerns“, August 2013, in: Brookings, Think Tank 20, The G20 and central Banks in the new world of unconventional monetary policy. (pdf)
Testimony on the Single Supervisory Mechanism for the Bundestag Financial Committee (in German), May 31 2013. (pdf)
“From supervision to resolution: next steps on the road to banking union“, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2013/4, PIIE Policy Brief 13-5, briefing for European Parliament (with Nicolas Véron).
“Europe’s growth problem (and what to do about it), Bruegel Policy Brief 2013/03, prepared for the informal ECOFIN Meeting in Dublin, Ireland, April 2013 (with Zsolt Darvas and Jean Pisani-Ferry) (pdf).
“Compléter l’euro”, Note du Conseil d’analyse économique, No 3, 2013, (Patrick Artus, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Laurence Boone, Jacques Cailloux, Jacques Delpla, Emmanuel Farhi, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Jean Tirole)
“Options for a Euro area fiscal capacity“, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2013/1, based on briefing for European Parliament (with Jean Pisani-Ferry and Erkki Vihriälä).
“A budget for Europe’s monetary union“, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2012/22
Testimony to Bundestag Budget Committee on the German implementation of the fiscal compact (in German), 16 November 2012.
“On the effectiveness and legitimacy of EU economic policies“, Bruegel Policy Brief 2012/04 (with Mark Hallerberg and Benedicta Marzinotto).
“An assessment of the European Semester“, Report to the European Parliament, 1 October 2012 (with Mark Hallerberg and Benedicta Marzinotto).
“The fiscal implications of a banking union“, Bruegel Policy Brief 2012/2, paper prepared for informal ECOFIN meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, 14 September 2012 (with Jean Pisani-Ferry) (pdf).
“What kind of European banking union?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2012/12 (with Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, Nicolas Véron) (pdf).
“Arithmetics is absolute: euro area adjustment”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2012/09. (pdf)
“Are banks affected by their holdings of government debt?”, Bruegel Working Paper 2012/07, March 2012, (with Chiara Angeloni).
“Propping up Europe? “, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2012/07, briefing prepared for the monetary dialogue of the European Parliament (with Jean Pisani-Ferry).
“The messy rebuilding of Europe”, Bruegel Policy Brief 2012/01, prepared for the informal ECOFIN in Copenhagen, Denmark 30 March (with Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir).
“Challenges for the Euro area and implications for Latvia”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2012/ 05, briefing prepared for testimony at the Latvian Parliament.
“The debt challenge in Europe”, published in “Transatlantic Economic Challenges in an Era of Growing Multipolarity”, Peterson Institute for International Economics Special Report 22, edited by Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Nicolas Véron and Guntram B. Wolff, July 2012, ISBN paper 978-0-88132-645-1, also Bruegel Working Paper 2012/02, January 2012 (with Alan Ahearne).
“Ratings agencies and sovereign credit risk assessment”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 2011/17, briefing prepared for the monetary dialogue of the European Parliament (with Nicolas Véron).
“What kind of fiscal union?”, Bruegel Policy Brief 2011/6 (with Benedicta Marzinotto and André Sapir).
“Is recent bank stress really driven by the sovereign debt crisis?”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 12/2011
“How effective and legitimate is the European semester? Increasing the role of the European parliament”, Bruegel Working Paper 2011/09, September 2011 (with Benedicta Marzinotto and Mark Hallerberg).
“Changing of the guard – Challenges ahead for the new ECB president”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 10/2011, September 2011, briefing prepared for the monetary dialogue of the European Parliament.
“An action plan for Europe’s leaders”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 09/2011, August 2011 (with Benedicta Marzinotto and Jean Pisani-Ferry).
“The Euro area’s macroeconomic balancing act”, Bruegel Policy Contribution 05/2011, May 2011
“Global imbalances” in: “Economic crisis in Europe: causes, consequences and responses” by Paul van den Noord and Istvan P. Szekely (eds.), Barnes and Nobel, 2011, (with Eric Ruscher).
“Balance sheet adjustment in the corporate sector ” in: Quarterly Report on the Euro Area, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, Vol. 9(3), 2010, (with Eric Ruscher).
“Competitiveness and current account divergences in the euro area” in: Quarterly Report on the Euro Area, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, Vol. 9(1), 2010, (with Eric Ruscher and Marcin Zogala).
“Underlying domestic macroeconomic imbalances fuelled current account deficits” in: Quarterly Report on the Euro Area, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, Vol. 9(1), 2010, (with Eric Ruscher and Marcin Zogala).
“Banking and sovereign risk in the euro area”, CEPR Discussion Paper 7833, Deutsche Bundesbank DP 9/2010(pdf), (with Stefan Gerlach and Alexander Schulz) (pdf).
“Anatomy of current account surpluses in the euro area” in: Quarterly Report on the Euro Area, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, Vol. 9(1), 2010.
“Global current-account imbalances and implications for the euro area” in: Quarterly Report on the Euro Area, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, Vol. 8(3), 2009, (with Mauro Giorgio-Marrano).
“External rebalancing is not just an exporters’ story: real exchange rates, the non-tradable sector and the euro”, European Economy – Economic Paper 375, 2009, (with Eric Ruscher) (pdf).
“Sovereign bond market integration: the euro, trading platforms and financial crises“, 2009, older version: Deutsche Bundesbank DP 12-2008, European Economy – Economic Paper 332, (with Alexander Schulz) (pdf).
“Competitiveness developments in the euro area”, in: Quarterly Report on the Euro Area, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, Vol. 8(1), 2009, (with Narcissa Balta and Alessandro Turrini).
“Bank lending and transmission to the real economy”, in: Quarterly Report on the Euro Area, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, Vol. 7(4), 2008, (with Georges Tournemire).
“A European Economic Recovery Plan”, in: Quarterly Report on the Euro Area, European Commission, DG ECFIN, Brussels, Vol. 7(4), 2008.
“The German sub-national government bond market: evolution, yield and liquidity”, Deutsche Bundesbank DP 6-2008, (with Alexander Schulz).
“Schuldenanstieg und Haftungsausschluss im deutschen Föderalstaat: Zur Rolle des Moral Hazard”, Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability, working paper 14, 2008.
“Does anticipation of government spending matter? The role of (non-)defense spending”, Bonn ECON DP 12/2010, older version: Deutsche Bundesbank DP 14-2007, (with Jörn Tenhofen).
“Discussion of ’European productivity gaps: is R&D the solution?’”, in: “Competitiveness and growth in Europe: lessons and policy implications for the Lisbon strategy”, S. Mundschenk, M. Stierle, U. Stierle – von Schütz and I. Traistaru (eds.), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2006.
“Regional specialization and employment dynamics in transition countries”, in “Emerging market economies and European economic integration”, S. Hacker, B. Johansson and C. Karlsson (eds.), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2004, (with Iulia Traistaru).
“Adjustment capability of regional labour markets”, report to the European Commission, 2003, (with Thiess Büttner, Vera Gacs, Peter Huber, Anna Iara, and Iulia Traistaru).
“East Germany: Transition with unification, experiments and experiences”, ZEI WP B19- 2002 (with Jürgen von Hagen and Rolf R. Strauch).
“Evaluación del impacto de la ley 290 sobre el presupuesto de 1999 y los efectos de la ley a mediano plazo” (Evaluation of the impact of the law 290 on the budget of 1999 and its medium term impact), internal report to Inter-American Development Bank, Managua, Nicaragua, 50 pages, 1998.
Selected newspaper articles
“Deutschland braucht mehr finanzielle Ressourcen für die Verteidigung – noch vor der Wahl” (with Clemens Fuest, Moritz Schularick, Armin Steinbach) FAZ, 29 November 2024 (pdf)
“Europe stands increasingly alone on defence production and needs to act” (with A. Burilkov), Welt, Le Monde, Rzeczpospolita, November 2024
“Less complacency, more investment: a European defence procurement strategy would be cheaper”, published in Handelsblatt, Corriere, and Helsinging Sanomat, October 2024.
“Fit for war in decades: sluggish German rearmament versus surging Russian defence production“, (with Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov ) published in FAZ and Bruegel, September 2024.
“Use the financial system to enforce export controls on Russia”, (with Ben Hilgenstock, Elina Ribakova, Anna Vlasyuk), English, in German: FAZ, in French: Le Monde, April 2024.
“What We Need is a European Armament Commissioner” Politico, March 2024.
“Fragmentiert, bürokratisch – und überhaupt: viel zu wenig“, Die Zeit, February 2024.
“Sollte Deutschland zwei Feiertage streichen?“, Handelsblatt, November 2023.
“Europa braucht eine bessere geoökonomische Strategie”, (with Federico Steinberg), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 2023 (pdf), shorter version published in Le Monde and El Economista.
“Ouvrir un autre espace transatlantique”, (with Veronika Grimm und Claudia Schmucker), Le Grand Continent, August 2023.
“Mehr Handel wagen”, (with Veronika Grimm und Claudia Schmucker), Cicero, August 2023.
“China-Strategie: Das Mercosurabkommen abschliessen”, (with Veronika Grimm und Claudia Schmucker), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), July 2023.
“Schlupflöcher bei Öl-Sanktionen: vier Maßnahmen können Russland weiter schwächen”, (with Ben Hilgenstock and Elina Ribakova), Die Welt, Mai 2023.
“Beim Klimaschutz ist China Systemrivale”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Le Monde, Mai 2023.
“Taiwan geht auch Europa an”, the Pioneer, April 2023.
“Grüne Industriepolitik: das sollte Europas Antwort auf die USA und China sein”, (with Marcel Fratzscher und Achim Wambach), Oped published in Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 2023.
“Russia’s war economic and how sacntions impact military production”, Oped published in Internationale Politik Quarterly, Die Welt, Corriere della Serra, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat, February 2023.
“Energy security in central and Eastern Europe is crucial for our economic future”, Welt, Le Monde, Le Monde (english site), Postimees.ee, Rzeczpospolita, December 2022.
“Weltweiter Klimaschutz erfordert wechselseitige Verpflichtungen und Innovation” (mit Axel Ockenfels), Tagesspiegel, December 2022.
“Energiesouveränität durch Erneuerbare” (mit Stefan Bayer und Jana Puglierin), Tagesspiegel, December 2022.
“Scholz must send a clear message on his visit to Beijing”, Financial Times, October 2022 (link).
“Planen ausserhalb der deutschen Komfortzone”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Le Monde, with Moritz Schularick and Cornelia Woll, September 2022.
“Ukraine needs external financial assistance now”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Le Monde, El Pais, Corriere della Serra, Rzeczpospolita, and others, with Gabriel Felbermayr, Arancha Gonzáles Laya, Moritz Schularick, and Shahin Vallée, June 2022.
“For Europe, a gradual oil embargo is not the way to go”, Politico, with Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann, May 2022.
“A tariff on imports of fossil fuel from Russia”, Die Welt, Rzeczpospolita, with Georg Zachmann, May 2022.
“How Europe can defeat Russia’s divide and rule strategy“, Le Monde, Kapital.bg, Rzeczpospolita, Het Financieele Dagblad, La Stampa, Helsingin Sanomat, Kathimerini, with Simone Tagliapietra, March 2022
“Can EU fiscal rules jump on the green bandwagon?” Euronews, October 2021.
“Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?”, Corriere della Sera, Die Zeit, Kathimerini, Kapital.bg, Rzeczpospolita, De Tijd, Helsingin Sanomat, Le Monde, with Klaas Lenaerts and Simone Tagliapietra, September 2021.
“Increasing the global capacity for essential medical supplies: Europe remains key”, Caixin, Capital.bg, El País, Il Sole 24 Ore, Le Grand Continent, Helsingin Sanomat, Nikkei Veritas, Rzeczpospolita, with Anne Bucher, July 2021.
“Relaunching transatlantic cooperation with a carbon border adjustment”, Le Monde, Domanii, with Simone Tagliapietra, June 2021.
“Die Mobilität ist das Problem”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, with Martin Hellwig and Viola Priesemann, 3 May 2021.
“The EU can’t separate climate policy from foreign policy”, Rzeczpospolita, Domani, Le Monde, La Vanguardia, Nikkei Veritas with Mark Leonard, Jean Pisani- Ferry, Jeremy Shapiro, Simone Tagliapietra, March 2021
“Aiming for zero Covid-19: Europe needs to take action”, de Volkskrant, El Pais, la Repubblica, Le Monde, Rzeczpospolita, Süddeutsche Zeitung, by group of authors, February 2021.
“Why has the EU been so slow to roll out a Covid vaccination programme?”, The Guardian, El Pais, Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 2021.
“Europe should promote a Climate Club after the US elections”, Handelsblatt, Corriere, El Pais, Helsingin Sanomat, Nikkei Veritas, December 2020.
“Europe can’t afford to lose another generation to youth unemployment”, The Guardian, El Pais , Die Zeit , Domani.it , Le Monde, November 2020.
“L’IA a besoin d’humains qualifiés”, Les Echos, with Julia Anderson, October 2020.
“Without good governance, the EU borrowing mechanism could fail”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, El Pais, Il Sole, Rezpospolita, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat, Nikkei Veritas, September 2020.
“Gefahr für die Unabhängigkeit der Notenbank”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, with Peter Bofinger, Martin Hellwig, Monika Schnitzer, Moritz Schularik, June 2020.
“An equity fund for a zombie-free and EU-wide recovery”, Le Monde, Il Sole 24 Ore, May 2020, with Julia Anderson and Simone Tagliapietra.
“Navigieren auf Sicht ist für einen grünen Neuanfang nicht genug“, NZZ, May 2020.
“Disease, like poverty, does not stay at home”, Abidjanpress, ApaNews, Barlamane, Corriere della Sera, Daily Maverick, Journal de Conakry, Libération,Teranga News, Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 2020, with Yonas Adeto, Karim El Aynaoui, Thomas Gomart, Paolo Magri, Greg Mills, Karin von Hippel, Guntram Wolff.
“A European approach to fund the coronavirus cost is in the interest of all”, El Pais, Corriere della Sera, April 2020, with Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Arnoud Boot, Elena Carletti, Jan Krahnen, Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Lucrezia Reichlin, Dirk Schoenmaker, April 2020
“Europe needs a Covid-19 recovery programme”, Letter to Financial Times, with Grégory Claéys and Simone Tagliapietra, March 2020.
“A letter to Santa, the G7”, El Pais, with Alicia Garcia Herrero, March 2020.
“Europe may be the world’s AI referee, but referees don’t win”, Politico, February 2020
“Europe’s banking union must be cyberproofed”, Politico, Nikkei Veritas, Corriere della Sera, Kathimerini, January 2020
“Why carbon border adjustment is important for Europe’s green deal” Brink News, Kathimerini, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat, Handelsblatt, IlSole24 ore, Nikkei Veritas, December 2019.
“Why Europe needs a change of mindset to fend-off the risk of recession”, Handelsblatt, Le Monde, El Pais, Kathimerini, Rzeczpospolita, Helsinki Sanomat, Caixin, Nikkei Veritas, September 2019.
“The EU needs a bold climate strategy”, Nikkei Veritas, Caixin, Rzeczpospolita, Ta Nea, July 2019.
“Life after the multilateral trading system”, Nikkei Veritas, Caixin, LeMonde, Handelsblatt, Corriere, with Uri Dadush, April 2019.
“What can the EU do to keep its firms globally relevant?”, Le Monde, La Repubblica, Handelsblatt, El Pais, Hospodarske Noviny, Capital.bg, with Georgios Petropoulos, February 2019.
“What does a possible no-deal Brexit mean?”, Caixin, Nikkei Veritas, Expansion, January 2019.
“Schicksalsjahr für Europa”, Handelsblatt, with Marcel Fratzscher and Daniela Schwarzer, January 2019
“How could Europe benefit from the US-China trade war?” Politico, Nikkei Veritas, Caixin, Caixin(English), Die Zeit, October 2018.
“Europe should avoid a no-deal Brexit”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Le Figaro, Le Soir, Corriere della Sera, the Times, NRC, Il Mundo, with Jean Pisani-Ferry, Norbert Röttgen, André Sapir, Paul Tucker, July 2018.
“Making Italy grow again”, Corriere della Sera, with Simone Tagliapietra, Alessio Terzi, June 2018.
“Die Unternehmensteuer muss reformiert werden”, Handelsblatt, June 2018.
„Griechenland braucht einen Neuanfang“, Die Zeit, June 2018.
„Trägt Deutschland eine Mitschuld an Italiens Krise?“, Die Zeit, June 2018.
„Für eine wehrhafte Aussenwirtschaftspolitik“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, with Sebastian Heilmann, April 2018.
“What does Europe care about? Watch where it spends”, Bloomberg column, March 2018.
“Regarding your new responsibilities, Mr Centeno…”, Politico, Kathimerini Negocios, La Repubblica, January 2018.
“The European Commission should drop its ill-designed idea of a finance minister”, Politico, La Republicca, Die Zeit, Kathimerini, December 2017.
“A Jamaican Germany could be good for Europe”, Financial Times, September 2017.
“It is official: Brexit is boring”, The Guardian, September 2017.
“Europe must seize this moment of opportunity”, Spiegel online, Le Monde, El Economista, with Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Michael Hüther and Philipp Martin, August 2017.
“How the G20 should change its approach to migration and development in Africa”, Capital, The Daily Telegraph, Dienas Bizness, Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Veritas, Süddeutsche Zeitung, with Maria Demertzis, June 2017.
“Brexit will change millions of lives. Our leaders must do more than posture”, The Guardian/ The Observer, May 2017.
“Europa sinnvoll gestalten”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 2017.
“Europe should lead the way with multilateralism”, Nikkei Veritas, Nikkei, Il Sole 24 Ore, March 2017.
“The difficulties of defining EU-UK economic relations”, El Economista, Manager Magazin, Nikkei Veritas, Nikkei Asian Review, O Globo, July 2016.
“The three dangers of Brexit”, Nikkei Asian Review, Manager Magazin, Finance, Sina, Naftemporiki, Gazeta Prawna, Público, Hospodarske Noviny, May 2016.
“European financing for the European refugee crisis”, La Repubblica, El Pais, Naftemporiki, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, L’Opinion, Dienas Bizness, May 2016.
“How to make the EU-Turkey deal work”, Hurriyet, Capital, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, and Kathimerini, April 2016.
“Mere criticism of the ECB is no solution”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Le Monde, Marcel Fratzscher, Reint Gropp, Hans-Helmut Kotz, Jan Krahnen, Christian Odendahl, Beatrice Weder di Mauro, April 2016.
“The UK’s sovereignty myth”, Kathimerini, Público, DieZeit, Finans, Nikkei Veritas, Nikkei Asian Review, L’Opinion, Hospodarkse Noviny, Il Sole 24 Ore, Finance, Dienas Bizness, El Economista, Rzeczpospolita, with André Sapir, March 2016.
“The G20’s structural reform agenda should address income gap and financial fragility”, Caixin (English) , Caixin (Chinese), O Globo, March 2016.
“The fallout from the European refugee crisis”, Nikkei Veritas, Nikkei Asian Review, Manager Magazin, People’s daily, January 2016.
“The EU needs to confront the populist challenge in 2016”, Caixin, Caixin (Chinese), Die Zeit (online), Kathemerini, Le Monde, Linkiesta, Finance (Slovenia), January 2016.
“Getting Eurozone deposit insurance right promises benefits”, The Banker, Caixin, Caixin in Chinese, Die Zeit, Finance, El Economista, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, December 2015.
“The growing intergenerational divide in Europe”, Rzeczpospolita, El Mundo, Der Standard, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Le Monde, with Pia Hüttl, December 2015.
“The ECB and politics in an era of low interest rates”, Handelsblatt, Nikkei Veritas and Nikkei Asian Review, Linkiesta, November 2015.
“Europäische Einlagensicherung: Deutschland würde profitieren”, Die Zeit, November 2015.
“A European approach to cliamte finance will make a deal at COP21 more likely, “ MNI, Kamara Online, Kathemerini, Altinget, Le Monde, Handelsblatt, Il Sole 24 Ore, Rzseczpospolita, with Georg Zachmann, October 2015.
“Berlin should seize its second Huguenot moment”, Financial Times, September 2015.
“Euro area banks remain vulnerable”, Expansion, Il Sole 24 Ore, Kathemerini, Handelsblatt, Diario Economico, with Ashoka Mody, August 2015.
“Griechenlands Schuldenlast kann und muss im Euroraum erleichtert werden” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, with Armin von Bogdandy and Marcel Fratzscher, July 2015.
„Die EZB ist verpflichtet, ihr Mandat zu erfüllen“, Handelsblatt, with Marcel Fratzscher and Michael Hüther, January 2015.
“Capital controls will put the euro at risk”, Financial Times, March 2013.
Footnotes
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