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The Week That Was in Europe

By: Klaus Adam & Dirk Schumacher
  • Summary

  • Every week, we discuss topical economic themes from a European perspective and provide perspective on key macro data news.
    Klaus Adam
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Episodes
  • The EU’s Disastrous Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), with Harald Fadinger
    Mar 23 2024

    We discuss with Prof. Harald Fadinger (University of Mannheim) how the EU taxes the carbon content of imported goods via its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

    We critically review the effectivenes of CBAM to prevent "carbon leakage", i.e., the international reallocation of production to locations with low carbon prices, and its effect on the international competitiveness of EU firms. CBAM appears to perform badly on both of these and a number of other fronts.

    We also discuss alternative approaches for international carbon price adjustments, partly based on research by Harald and his coauthors:

    "Designing Effective Carbon Border Adjustment with Minimal Information Requirements. Theory and Empirics", by A. Campolmi, H. Fadinger, C. Forlati, S. Stillger and U. Wagner.

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    38 mins
  • Overcoming Weak Growth in Germany, with Veronika Grimm
    Mar 15 2024

    We discuss with Veronika Grimm (German Council of Economic Experts) about lifting Germany's long-run growth potential. We focus on measures that increase labor supply, human capital formation and the role of long-run electricity prices.

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    42 mins
  • Review of the ECB Meeting: March 2024
    Mar 8 2024

    The @ecb is getting close to cutting interest rates: it signaled following it March 7 Governing Council Meeting its readiness to start cutting rates in June, if everything goes according to plan.

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    12 mins

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