Anna auf dem Brinke, Henrik Enderlein, Jörg Haas, (2016), “Why the Eurozone can’t agree on convergence. And how structural reforms can help”, Jacques Delors Institut Policy Paper 165, 24 Μαϊου It is common sense that the euro area needs more convergence to work as intended. At the same time, we lack a common definition. There are two important types of convergence that can both lead to a better functioning European …Read More
What those calling for Brexit could learn from the Greek bailout referendum
Featherstone, Kevin, (2016), “What those calling for Brexit could learn from the Greek bailout referendum”, LSE Europpblog, 6 Ιουνίου In the summer of 2015, Greece held a referendum on a proposed bailout deal, with the electorate decisively rejecting the proposal. Kevin Featherstone writes that much like the upcoming referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the referendum in Greece was accompanied by the rise of populist campaigning in which emotional appeals …Read More
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Good skills in bad times: Cyclical skill mismatch and the long-term effects of graduating in a recession
Kai Liua, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen, (2016), “Good skills in bad times: Cyclical skill mismatch and the long-term effects of graduating in a recession”, European Economic Review, Volume 84, Μάϊος We show that cyclical skill mismatch, defined as mismatch between the skills supplied by college graduates and skills demanded by hiring industries, is an important mechanism behind persistent career loss from graduating in recessions. Using Norwegian data, we find a …Read More
Voter Turnout in European Parliament Elections: A Spatial Analysis
Nadia Fiorino, Nicola Pontarollo, Roberto Ricciuti, (2016), “Voter Turnout in European Parliament Elections: A Spatial Analysis”, CESifo Working Paper No. 5910, Μάϊος In European Parliament elections turnout rates, traditionally lower than in national parliamentary elections, decrease from one elections to the next, and show strong variations within and between countries. What explains this decline? Why are there such big differences between and within the EU member countries? This paper investigates these …Read More
Unravelling multilevel administration. Patterns and dynamics of administrative co-ordination in European governance
Benz, Arthur, Corcaci, Andreas, Doser, Jan Wolfgang, (2016), “Unravelling multilevel administration. Patterns and dynamics of administrative co-ordination in European governance”, Journal of European Public Policy, 20 Απριλίου The concept of multilevel governance adds a crucial dimension to the debate about political decision-making by conceptualizing policy co-ordination across territorial levels of government. While research on European governance has generated a differentiated analytical concept to understand the varieties of co-ordination, it has not clarified the …Read More
The electoral consequences of the financial and economic crisis in Europe
Hernández, Enrique, Kriesi, Hanspeter, (2016), “The electoral consequences of the financial and economic crisis in Europe”, European Journal of Political Research, Μάιος 2016 The electoral consequences of the Great Recession are analysed in this article by combining insights from economic voting theories and the literature on party system change. Taking cues from these two theoretical perspectives, the impact of the Great Recession on the stability and change of Western, Central and Eastern …Read More
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Pressured budgets and the European Commission: towards a more centralized EU budget administration?
Goetz, Klaus H., Patz, Ronny, (2016), “Pressured budgets and the European Commission: towards a more centralized EU budget administration?”, Journal of European Public Policy, 22 Απριλίου Similar to many international public administrations (IPAs), the European Commission has been delegated a range of tasks related to budgeting. The Commission administration enjoys a high degree of autonomy in routine annual budget procedures leading to the adoption of the draft annual EU budgets; it also has a …Read More
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Crisis, learning and policy change in the European Union
Kamkhaji, Jonathan C., Radaelli, Claudio M., (2016), “Crisis, learning and policy change in the European Union”, Journal of European Public Policy, 20 Απριλίου What is the causal relationship between crisis, learning and change? How did causality unfold in the key years of 2009–2010 when the European Union had to face the most formidable attacks to the single currency and responded with substantial reforms of the euro area? We question the conventional identification of …Read More
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Imperial legacy? The EU´s Developmental Model and the Crisis of the European Periphery
Notermans,Ton, (2014), “Imperial legacy? The EU´s Developmental Model and the Crisis of the European Periphery”, CES Papers Open Forum #19, The high hopes for rapid convergence of Eastern and Southern EU member states are increasingly being disappointed. With the onset of the Eurocrisis convergence has given way to divergence in the southern members, and many Eastern members have made little headway in closing the development gap. The EU´s performance compares …Read More
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Public finances in Europe: fortifying EU economic governance in the shadow of the crisis
Laffan, Brigid, Schlosser, Pierre, (2016), “Public finances in Europe: fortifying EU economic governance in the shadow of the crisis”, Journal of European Integration, 8 Μαρτίου The Eurozone crisis resulted in a decisive change of Europe’s fiscal surveillance regime that brought the question of public finance oversight sharply into focus. The Stability and Growth Pact, the fiscal cornerstone of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), was fortified, expanded and supplemented by the so-called …Read More
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