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Germany’s world: power and followership in a crisis-ridden Europe

Hellmann, Gunther, (2016), “Germany’s world: power and followership in a crisis-ridden Europe”, Global Affairs, Volume 2 Issue 1, 11 Μαΐου EUrope and Germany face unprecedented crises. Given its role as EUrope’s “central power” the article explores how Germany looks at its environment and how the world looks back. I offer five cuts of Germany’s world, that is, how its power, place and ambition might be described from different angles. First, I …Read More

Why the Eurozone can’t agree on convergence. And how structural reforms can help

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

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

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

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

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

Institutions and Growth in Europe

Masuch, Klaus, Moshammer, Edmund, Pierluigi, Beatrice (2016), “Institutions and Growth in Europe”,  CEPS Working Document No. 421,  14 Απριλίου This paper provides empirical evidence in support of the view that the quality of institutions is an important determinant of long-term growth of European countries. When also taking into account the initial level of GDP per capita and government debt, cross-country institutional differences can explain to a great extent the relative long-term GDP …Read More