Working papers, policy briefs and short writings
Big Budget, Old Habits? Funding Innovation in Europe with the Next Framework Programme, with D.Gros, IEP@BU Commentary, JULY 2025
IEP-COMPET Dataset,with D.Gros, P-L. Mengel, Mauro Molteni, C. Rujan and Florian Schimmel, IEP@BU Working Paper, JUNE 2025
Funding Ideas, not Companies - Rethinking EU Innovation from the Bottom Up, with C. Fuest, D.Gros, P-L. Mengel and C. Rujan, IEP@BU Report, JULY 2025
The EU investment gap is really an R&D gap, with Gros, D., Mengel, PL., J. Ind. Bus. Econ. (2025)
The Technological Paradigm, Stupid, IEP@BU Policy Brief, FEBRUARY 2025
Who's Afraid of Tariff Man?, with C. Altomonte, IEP@BU Commentary, NOVEMBER 2024
The Elusive Cost of Trade Disruption, with Altomonte, C and Bucchi, F., IEP@BU Policy Brief, SEPTEMBER 2024
What Investment Gap? Quality Instead of Quantity, with D. Gros & P.-L. Mengel, IEP@BU Policy Brief, JULY 2024
The Real Problem With the European Defense Industry, with C. Fuest, D. Gros, P.-L. Mengel & J. Tirole, IEP@BU Commentary, JULY 2024
EU Innovation Policy - How to Escape the Middle Technology Trap, with C. Fuest, D. Gros, P.-L. Mengel & J. Tirole, IEP@BU Report, MAY 2024
The hidden cost of uncoordinated European green subsidies, with Altomonte, C., IEP@BU Policy Brief, FEBRUARY 2024
Diving into diversification: How North African countries can boost economic ties with the EU, 2023with Altomonte, C., Coniglio, N., Vurchio, D., Pasini, C., and Cantore, N., UNIDO Policy Brief, ISSUE NO. 7 - NOVEMBER 2023
The EU and the US Inflation Reduction Act, No Rose Without Thorns, 2023, with Gros, D. and Mengel, P., IEP@BU Working Paper Series, Milan
Understanding the Interconnectedness of the Future of Work: A Case Study in What’s Wrong with Current Discussions, 2019, Labour Market Insights Series, Labour Market Information Council, Ottawa
Determinants and Impact of Automation: Industrial Robots in OECD countries, 2019, OECD Digital Economy Papers, OECD Publishing, Paris
ICT and Jobs: Complements or Substitutes?, 2016, with Polder, M., and Spiezia, V., OECD Digital Economy Papers, OECD Publishing, Paris
A Micro-Based look at the Evolution of Investment over the Great Recession, 2015, with Iudice, M. and Lopez-Garcia, P. , CompNet Policy Brief N.7- European Central Bank, Frankfurt
Reports
EU Innovation Policy - How to Escape the Middle Technology Trap, with C. Fuest, D. Gros, P.-L. Mengel & J. Tirole, IEP@BU Report, MAY 2024
Selected press coverage: Vox.eu
British Council - Next Generation Italy (February 2020) - Learn More, Milan.
Indonesia Economic Quarterly Reports (December 2018) - World Bank, Jakarta.
OECD Economic Survey of the European Union (2018) (section on digital technologies) - OECD Publishing, Paris.
OECD Digital Economy Outlook (2017) - OECD Publishing, Paris.
Assessing European Competitiveness: the Contribution of CompNet Research (2015) - European Central Bank, Frankfurt.
Crisis Responses,Competitiveness and Jobs (2014), Studies on Growth with Equity, International Labour Office, Research Department.
Greece: Productive Jobs for Greece (2014), Studies on Growth with Equity - International Labour Organization, Geneva.
Spain: Growth with Jobs (2014), Studies on Growth with Equity - International Labour Organization, Geneva.