A European Exit Strategy. Bruegel Policy Brief 2009/05, 15 October 2009 (2009)
Von Hagen, Jürgen, Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Von Weizsäcker, Jakob.
This Policy Brief was adapted from a paper written by the three authors and presented by Bruegel Director Jean Pisani-Ferry at the informal ECOFIN Council meetings in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1 Oct. In...
The G20 is not just a G7 with Extra Chairs is a joint paper written by Agnes Benassy-Quere, Rajiv Kumar and Jean Pisani-Ferry (Director of Bruegel) following the International Cooperation in Times of...
Can A Less Boring ECB Remain Accountable? Bruegel Policy Contribution 2009/11, September 2009 (2009)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Von Weizsacker, Jakob.
Through Bruegel's role on the Monetary Experts Panel for the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Bruegel scholars contributed to the Committee's Monetary Dialogue with...
Darvas, Zsolt, Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Röller, Lars-Hendrik, Santos, Indhira, Sapir, André, Van Pottelsberghe, Bruno, ...
These Memos, addressed to the next Commission President and to the new European commissioners, are written by Bruegel Scholars and edited by Senior Research Fellow André Sapir and focus on key...
Reshaping the global economy. Bruegel Policy Contribution 2009/04, March 2009 (2009)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Santos, Indhira.
Jean Pisani-Ferry and Indhira Santos observe that the crisis and the national responses to it have started to reshape the global economy. But beyond the specifics of shock transmission, the crisis...
Jean Pisani-Ferry puts forward the idea that the G20 is a significantly less suitable forum for discussion of regulatory matters than of macroeconomic issues and their implications for the...
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, André.
Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir believe that the euro has proved attractive as a fair-weather currency for countries and investors well beyond its borders. But it still remains to be seen if its...
Handle with care! Post-crisis growth in the EU. Bruegel Policy brief 2009/02, April 2009 (2009)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Van Pottelsberghe, Bruno.
In this new Bruegel policy brief, Jean Pisani-Ferry and Bruno van Pottelsberghe show that although the crisis originated in the US, Europe’s outlook has deteriorated faster and more sharply leading...
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, André
El euro ha sido, es y seguirá siendo una moneda sin Estado. Hace 10 años, o incluso hace cinco, muchos en Europa hubieran cuestionado este argumento porque veían la moneda única como un paso...
Avoiding a new European divide. Bruegel Policy brief 2008/10, December 2008 (2008)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Darvas, Zsolt.
The financial crisis, which is now hitting the new member states severely, highlights the shortcomings of the existing institutional architecture in Europe. Current strains reflect a revaluation of...
This policy contribution comprises Jean Pisani-Ferry's remarks made at the Asian Development Bank Institute Annual Conference. For him, the challenge policymakers are facing, is to not to waste time...
A European recovery programme. Bruegel Policy Brief 2008/09, November 2008 (2008)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, Andre, Von Weizsacker, Jacob.
[Introduction]. To overcome the most serious recession since the Great Depression, this policy brief proposes and details a European Recovery Programme, consisting of a substantial and coordinated...
Asia-Europe: the third link. Bruegel Working Paper No. 2008/04, October 2008 (2008)
Setton, Jeremy Cohen, Pisani-Ferry, Jean.
[From Summary]. This paper provides an overview of the relative weight of Europe and East Asia in the context of the world economy and it assesses interdependence between the two regions. The prime...
Asia-Europe: the third link. Bruegel Working Paper 2008/04, October 2008 (2008)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Cohen Setton, Jeremie.
[From the Summary]. This paper provides an overview of the relative weight of Europe and East Asia in the context of the world economy and it assesses interdependence between the two regions. The...
This paper examines what economic policy has learned from the contemporary developments in economic research and which lessons have been drawn from them for the formulation and the implementation of...
Progressive Governance and Globalisation. Bruegel policy contribution, April 5, 2008 (2008)
Progressive Governance emerged in the 1990’s from a critical assessment of the policy failures of economic strategies pursued in the 1970’s and the 1980’s by governments of the centre-left and...
Debrun, Xavier, Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, Andre.
In this working paper, Xavier Debrun, Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir explore the relationships between government size and output volatility. Whilst government size contributes to macroeconomic...
Coming of Age: Report on the euro area. Bruegel blueprint series 2008/4. Volume IV (2008)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Aghion, Philippe, Belka, Marek, Von Hagen, Jurgen, Heikensten, Lars, Sapir, Andre, ...
(From introduction). By many standards, economic and monetary union (EMU) is a major success. The transition to the new currency was remarkably smooth. The euro area has enjoyed remarkable price...
Coming of Age: Report on the euro area. Bruegel blueprint series, Volume IV/January 2008 (2008)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Aghion, Philippe, Belka, Marek, Von Hagen, Jurgen, Heikensten, Lars, Sapir, Andre, ...
The euro marks its tenth year in 2008. It is unlikely to be the easiest one in its successful first decade. At the end of 2007, inflation in the euro area had jumped to above three percent, yet with...
Is the renminbi’s exchange rate an important issue for Europe? For a long time, it seemed as though it was not. As recently as 2006–07, when Henry Paulson, secretary of the US Treasury, was...
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, Andre.
In this chapter for the "Challenges of Globalisation, Imbalances and Growth" published by the Petersen Institute, Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir identify eight different channels through which...
[From the Introduction]. As recently as a few weeks ago, a widely held view was that the IMF had lost its relevance in a world of increasingly free capital mobility where the financing needs of more...
Global Imbalances: Time for Action. Bruegel policy brief 2007/02, March 2007 (2007)
Ahearne, Alan, Cline, William R., Lee, Kyung Tae, Park, Yung Chul, Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Williamson, John.
Summary. Policymakers in the US, Asia and Europe should not wait until financial markets force adjustment in the large imbalances in global current account positions. Although multilateral...
In a special edition of Reflets & Perspectives entitled "Réformer sans tabous. 10 questions pour la Belgique de demain", Jean Pisani-Ferry discusses policies related to employment, salary and job...
Global Governance: An Agenda for Europe. Bruegel policy brief 2006/07, December 2006 (2006)
Ahearne, Alan, Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, Andre, Veron, Nicolas.
Summary. The system of multilateral rules and institutions that is currently responsible for global economic governance is in a sorry state. In the coming months, Europe will be faced with important...
Debrun, Xavier, Pisani-Ferry, Jean.
Despite the recent growth revival, the state of the euro area economy remains vexingly disappointing. What is taking place is too little, too late and the very fact that output growth only started to...
Financial integration and European priorities. Bruegel Third-Party Papers, November 2006 (2006)
Paper for the third conference of the Monetary and Stability Foundation, 'Challenges to the financial system –ageing and low Growth' Jean Pisani-Ferry discusses the fact that Europe's financial...
The EU and the Governance of Globalisation. Bruegel Working Papers, 2006/02, September 2006 (2006)
Ahearne, Alan, Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, Andre, Veron, Nicolas.
Bruegel Scholars Alan Ahearne, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir and Nicolas Véron contributed this paper to the project Globalisation Challenges for Europe and Finland organised for the secretariat...
Since the European Central Bank was established, a clear pattern of its governance has been that the bigger countries in the euro area – France, Germany, Italy and Spain - have been represented on...
Last Exit to Lisbon. Bruegel policy brief 2006/02, March 2006 (2006)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, Andre.
Summary. The Lisbon agenda was reborn a year ago with its economic goals prioritised and a new system of governance. Of the three key changes advocated in the Kok report, only National Reform...
Last Exit to Lisbon. Bruegel Policy Contribution/March 2006 (2006)
Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Sapir, Andre.
The Lisbon agenda was drawn up and adopted in Spring 2000 to bolster the growth, innovation and employment performance of the European Union while fostering the inclusiveness of its social models....
The Euro: Only for the Agile. Bruegel policy brief 2006/01, February 2006 (2006)
Ahearne, Alan, Pisani-Ferry, Jean.
Summary. Contrary to often-heard concerns, the main question regarding the future of the European single currency is not who is going to leave, but who is going to join. Three of the new EU member...
Over the last five years, average GDP growth has been 1.3% in the euro area, against 2.3% in the UK and 2.6% in the US. It is widely recognised that the growth performance of the euro area cannot be...
We Need to be Able to Disagree on European Policies. Bruegel Third-Party Papers, January 2006 (2006)
This comment by Jean Pisani-Ferry is based on an intervention made at the international conference "Beyond the Crisis: Fifteen Proposals for Italy’s European Policy" organised in Rome by the...
Coeure, Benoit, Pisani-Ferry, Jean.
The goal of the paper is to take stock of the discussions on the fiscal institutions of EMU, to confront the framework in place to what is known of the desirable properties of fiscal policy in a...
The Accidental Player: The EU and the Global Economy. Bruegel Working Papers, November 2005 (2005)
Paper prepared for a lecture at the Indian Centre for Research on International Economic Relations in New Delhi, 25 November 2005. Jean Pisani-Ferry says that while the US exercises leadership over...
Can Multilateralism Survive the Rise of the BRICs? Bruegel Third-Party Papers, July 2005 (2005)
Paper by Jean Pisani-Ferry for the Aix-en-Provence Economic Forum in July 2005.
What's Wrong With Lisbon? Bruegel Third-Party Papers, June 2005 (2005)
Paper by Jean Pisani-Ferry for the Munich Economic Summit in June 2005.
Fiscal Policy in Emu: Towards a Sustainability and Growth Pact? (2005)
Coeuré, Benoît, Pisani-Ferry, Jean
This paper takes stock of the academic and policy discussions on the fiscal institutions of EMU, confronts the framework in place with what is known of the desirable properties of fiscal policy in a...
Hellwig, Martin, Sapir, André, Aghion, Philippe, Bertola, Giuseppe, Pisani-Ferry, Jean, Rosati, Dariusz, ...
An Agenda for a Growing Europe: The Sapir Report (2004)
WALLACE, Helen, SAPIR, Andre, AGHION, Philippe, BERTOLA, Giuseppe, HELLWIG, Martin, PISANI-FERRY, Jean, ...
An Agenda for a Growing Europe: The Sapir Report (2004)
WALLACE, Helen, SAPIR, Andre, AGHION, Philippe, BERTOLA, Giuseppe, HELLWIG, Martin, PISANI-FERRY, Jean, ...
An Agenda for a Growing Europe: The Sapir Report (2004)
WALLACE, Helen, SAPIR, Andre, AGHION, Philippe, BERTOLA, Giuseppe, HELLWIG, Martin, PISANI-FERRY, Jean, ...
Benoît Cœuré, Jean Pisani-ferry
Preliminary This paper questions the optimality of EU arrangements in international economic relations. Depending on the issues under discussion, competence for external relations is devoted to a...
L'économie française en perspective (1993)
ARTUS, Patrick, GLAUDE, Michel, HENIN, Pierre-Yves, PISANI-FERRY, Jean, BISMUT, Claude (Rapporteur), RALLE, Pierre (Rapporteur), ...
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The Surprising French Employment Performance: What Lessons?
Although widely regarded as a textbook case of a rigid economy, in the late 1990s France was able to increase employment by 10 per cent within five years and to cut down unemployment by more than a...
Fiscal Policy in Emu: Towards a Sustainability and Growth Pact?
Benoiˆt Coeure´, Jean Pisani-Ferry
This paper takes stock of the academic and policy discussions on the fiscal institutions of EMU, confronts the framework in place with what is known of the desirable properties of fiscal policy in a...
The Euro and Exchange Rate Stability
Agnes Benassy-Quere, Benoit Mojon, Jean Pisani-Ferry
The move to monetary union in Europe will represent a major change for the International Monetary System. Indeed, it will be the first time that large countries give up their national currencies to...
Independance de la banque centrale et politique budgetaire.
Agnes Benassy, Jean Pisani-Ferry
De nombreux pays ont recemment opte pour l'independance de leur banque centrale. Barro et Gordon (1983) ont mis en avant les avantages de cette independance du point de vue de la credibilite de la...
Croissance et déséquilibres de l'économie mondiale. Une projection CEPII-OFCE à l'horizon 1993
Equipe MIMOSA, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Henri Sterdyniak, Marie-Hélène Blonde, ...
MIMOSA, une modélisation de l'économie mondiale
Equipe MIMOSA, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Henri Sterdyniak, Marie-Hélène Blonde, ...
Repenser le soutien de la communauté internationale à l'Europe de l'Est
Michel Aglietta, Michèle Bailly, Christian De Boissieu, Jean-Michel Charpin, Jean-Paul Dessertine, Etienne Lakits, ...
Trade with Emerging Countries and the Labour Market : The French Case
Olivier Cortes, Sebastien Jean, Jean Pisani-Ferry
This paper attempts to provide evidence on the labour market effects of French foreign trade with emerging countries. We start with a quick overview of the French labour market situation, which to...
Les implications exterieures de l'UEM
Agnes Benassy, Alexander Italianer, Jean Pisani-Ferry
Chacun s'accorde pour dire que l'Union Economique et Monetaire Europeenne (UEM), si elle se fait, aura des consequences majeures sur l'economie mondiale, a travers differents canaux deja bien...
The EU and the governance of globalisation
Alan Ahearne, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Andre Sapir, Nicolas Veron
The system of multilateral rules and institutions that constitute the global economic governance regime trails the rapid transformation of the world economy. That system needs to adapt to...
This article investigates why economic governance of EMU remains a matter for disagreement, revisiting in particular the Franco-German debate about the appropriate architecture. Is it due to...
The Cost of Fiscal Retrenchment Revisited : How Strong is the Evidence?
Philippine Cour, Eric Dubois, Selma Mahfouz, Jean Pisani-Ferry
The impact of government deficits on growth has been, for long, the object of a controversy between the Keynesians, for whom an ex ante reduction of the government deficit has negative impacts on...
The Political Economy of French Economic Policy and the Transition to EMU
Christian De Boissieu, Jean Pisani-Ferry
For at least two decades, France has been playing a key role in the European monetary integration process. This goal has been pursued by successive governments of different political affiliation, and...
L'Europe a geometrie variable, une analyse economique
L'Europe communautaire est a la recherche d'une strategie d'integration differenciee. Une telle strategie s'impose en effet au nom du realisme, mais elle n'est pas sans risque. Trois categories de...
Government Size and Output Volatility: Should We Forsake Automatic Stabilization?
Xavier Debrun, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir
The paper takes stock of the debate on the positive link between output volatility and the size of government-which reflects automatic stabilizers. After a survey of the literature, we show that the...
Speeding up European Reform: A Master Plan for the Lisbon Process - What's wrong with Lisbon?
Entwicklung, EU-Staaten, Economic development, EU countries