Publications

The author of this paper lays the blame for Italy’s poor growth, which presently poses an existential threat to the entire eurozone, squarely on the country’s abysmal record on such governance factors...chevron_right

The October 2011 drafts of MiFID 2.0 largely follow what had been proposed by CESR (Committee of European Securities Regulators) and the European Commission in their consultative paper. But the docume...chevron_right

Does Europe need 'assistance' from China? The author argues not at all, if it gets its act together. Unlike the US, the Eurozone does not have an external deficit that needs to be financed.chevron_right

This article discusses Almazbek Atambaev’s victory in the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan and touches upon the challenges he will face during his presidency.chevron_right

Rather than dwell on the details of specific interventions in the eurozone, this Policy Brief concentrates on the fundamental questions, and disagreements facing eurozone members. There is little doub...chevron_right

Migratory pressure from abroad and populist trends in Europe have already put considerable stress on borderless Europe. The Danish initiative launched in early May 2011 to install permanent controls, ...chevron_right

This report identifies patterns in the utilization of formal and informal long-term care (LTC) across European countries and discuss possible determinants of demand for different types of care. The an...chevron_right

This paper analyses the impact of long-term care on informal caregivers’ status in the labor market. It focuses on people’s perceptions that their labor activity is hindered partially or totally by th...chevron_right

In this study, the author addresses the issue of informal care and the consequences for working life by incorporating the perspective of unmet needs for formal care. She considers that a need can be d...chevron_right

Understanding the factors that determine the type and amount of formal care is important for assessing the need for care in European nations and developing consistent long-term policies. In this repor...chevron_right

Following an examination of the present procedures of the European Commission in competition cases under Regulation 1/2003, this paper finds that the existing safeguards for due process are not suffic...chevron_right

In this brief, the author explores whether there is a fundamental difference between a formal sovereign default with a haircut and debt monetization, which reduces the purchasing power for investors b...chevron_right

This report investigates regulations for the provision of informal care in 21 member states of the European Union. The focus lays on the comparison of public support for informal care, and the compari...chevron_right

This report investigates the organization and provision of long-term care for the elderly population in 21 member states of the European Union. The authors highlight several aspects regulating long-t...chevron_right

The most striking and indeed astonishing feature of this autumn’s political landscape in the European neighborhood is the contradictory trend between East and South. Eastern Europe is reverting back t...chevron_right