'Built To Last: A Political Architecture For Europe' |
The European Constitutional Convention first draft is nearly complete. A new Report in CEPR’s series, Monitoring European Integration (MEI), ‘Built to Last: A Political Architecture for Europe’, weighs in on how economic principles should inform decisions about the allocation of powers between the EU and national bodies. more... |
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EuroCOIN™ this month |
The EuroCOIN reading for May 2003 confirms the signal of falling growth given in April. In May, the rate of growth of the Euro cycle fell from 0.388 to 0.286 (quarterly rates). more... |
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Accession countries run risk of crisis in ERM-II |
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Building on the lessons learned from past financial crises, CEPR Policy Paper No.10 makes a number of observations and recommendations for the ten accession countries as they negotiate the tricky path to global financial integration and monetary union. more... |
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Charles Wyplosz interview |
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CEPR Chief Executive Officer, Hilary Beech, interviews monetary economist Charles Wyplosz, co-author of the ICMB/CEPR Report ‘How do central banks write?’. This Report evaluates the Inflation Reports published by inflation-targeting Central Banks. more...
 Listen to the interview in full |
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Forthcoming CEPR activities |
Next CEPR Lunchtime meeting, Thursday, 10 July at Butchers' Hall. Timothy Besley, London School of Economics, will discuss pension governance in the US and Europe. more...
Take a look at the new research and CEPR meetings coming up in the months ahead. more... |
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What's going on in the EU |
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Read about important forthcoming economic and political events taking place in the EU. more... |
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President’s Column |
CEPR founder and President, Richard Portes, reviews the impact of recent CEPR publications on the policy debate within the EU. more... |
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Researcher's Viewpoint |
 CEPR international macroeconomics Fellow, Francesco Giavazzi, argues that the ECB Governing Council should not be left to design its own rules. Giavazzi believes that an independent body should design how voting rights for euro area monetary policy will be allocated between the countries of the enlarged EU. more...
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Press |
Recent news: The authors of CEPR Policy Paper No.10 criticize the rules surrounding entry into European Monetary Union on the eve of EU enlargement.
CEPR Researcher, Carl B. Hamilton, argues that Russia and the EU must abolish current barriers to trade instead of focusing on potential and future trade restrictions. more... |
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