The chemical industry is a cyclical, trade intensive industry with highly globalised supply chains. The chemical industry plays a particularly important strategical role for the economy, as it provides products and materials or solutions to virtually all its segments. At the same time, its globa...
This European Commission funded study provides a techno-economic analysis of global solar fuel value chains and pathways for sustainable implementation. It is structured around four key tasks providing: a techno-economic analysis of worldwide solar fuel value chains; a technological development ...
This paper summarises the economic analyses of the potential impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom, European Union (EU) and euro area performed by members of and contributors to the Brexit Task Force, a group reporting to the International Relations Committee of the European System of Central B...
The European music sector is rich and diverse but faces many challenges. The EU has a key role to play if it wants to support a competitive, diverse and sustainable music sector, which is challenged by 1) concentration trends in the recorded and in the live music sub-sectors; 2) the fast-evolvin...
Against the background of supply shortages with respect to medical products during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the shift in the international order towards geopolitical rivalry between the US and China, reshoring of production has become a topical issue in the recent EU policy debate. The study d...
Inspired by the ideas developed in Timmer (2017), this paper proposes a measure of Global Value Chain – Total Factor Productivity (GVC-TFP) and a decomposition of its changes into three informative factors: changes in factor requirements associated with efficiency gains/losses in the use of capi...
Industry is an essential part of the European economy, central to Europe’s future progress and prosperity. It now faces a new industrial revolution, brought on by new-generation technologies. These technologies offer opportunities to innovate, become more efficient and reduce carbon footprints. ...
This paper examines how European regions can jointly pilot experimental policy support measures in precise S3 niches prior to their full-scale rollout in partner regions. By tackling new and often ambitious areas together, participating regions are able to test new policy support instruments whi...
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are no longer a thing of the future. In the past several years, AI has not only moved to the top of the agenda for businesses, but also for policymakers, academic research institutions and the broader public. AI techniques are expected to bring nu...