Who's Afraid of the Big Enlargement?

New CEPR Report argues that EU policy-makers must implement appropriate measures in order to dispel the anxieties that surround EU enlargement. more...

EuroCOIN™ this month

The Euro area business cycle conditions worsened in January. EuroCOIN(tm) decreased from a quarterly rate of 0.342 in December to a rate of 0.303 in January showing the third consecutive month of decline in cyclical growth. more...

Discussion Papers

Economic growth in China.

The effect the single European currency is having on European debt markets.

Why investment by German companies in Eastern Europe may be causing unemployment at home.

The different aspects of world migration.

The critics of globalization say that it increases inequality, pollutes the environment, causes economic instability, and exploits workers. In contrast the authors of the new CEPR Report find that many of the charges levelled against globalization are misguided. more...

Writer and globalization expert, Diane Coyle, gives her view on what the protesters have got wrong about the ongoing process of economic integration: "In many developing countries the best response to the problems that emerge because of globalization is hardly ever a retreat from global integration. On the contrary, this would often harm growth and make the problems of poverty harder to solve." more...

Read about important forthcoming economic and political events taking place in the EU. more...