The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), spearheaded by the European Union (EU), was a successful multilateral non-proliferation agreement. The hope was that it would also pave the way for dealing with other outstanding issues over which the EU and United States (US) were at loggerheads w...
In this paper we provide evidence on the existence of short-run trade diversion effects towards third countries as a consequence of tariff shocks. We exploit sudden policy changes in the context of the trade dispute between the US and China. Based on a data set covering monthly product-level infor...
Each country in Europe is investing a considerable amount of effort in, on the one hand, defining a medium and long-term strategy through the adoption and gradual lifting of containment measures, and, on the other hand, minimising the economic impact of the covid-19- related crisis. This technic...
For most businesses, intangible assets represent more than 50% of the value of the enterprise. The most significant group of intangible assets are those protected by intellectual property such as inventions, designs and brands. Since they form such a large part of the overall value, their manage...
The present report gathers the most recent advances in hydropower technology. It is a deliverable of the Low Carbon Energy Observatory (LCEO), one of the European Commission (EC) projects, which assesses the technological progress of clean energy sources. A follow-up of the previous LCEO assessm...
This Economic Brief provides a contribution to the better understanding of excess corporate savings identified as one of the factors underlying global imbalances by G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in their June 2019 meeting Communiqué. This Brief confirms that non-financial corp...
