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Some intergenerational arithmetic to control public debt in the EU Open

Roel Beetsma, Matthias Busse, Martin Larch, Ward E. Romp · 2025

Long-term projections are the bedrock of any analysis looking at the sustainability of public finances. This paper computes the changes in economic growth in individual European Union countries needed for government debt-to-GDP ratios to s…

The impact of black economic empowerment on the performance of listed firms in South Africa Open

Matthias Busse, Nina Kupzig, Tim Vogel · 2025

Some Intergenerational Arithmetic to Control Public Debt in the EU Open

Ward E. Romp, Roel M. W. J. Beetsma, Matthias Busse, Martin Larch · 2025

Trade liberalisation and manufacturing employment in developing countries Open

Matthias Busse, Stanley Kojo Dary, Jan Wüstenfeld · 2024

The manufacturing sector has played an important role in the structural transformation process in the developing world by providing jobs and income opportunities. Using data from 131 developing countries from 1991 to 2020, we estimate the …

Foreign Direct Investment and Exchange Rate Regimes Open

Matthias Busse, Carsten Hefeker, Signe Nelgen · 2023

The paper uses a comprehensive data set with bilateral direct investment flows and establishes the influence of the de-facto exchange rate regime for FDI flows. We find a strong and significant effect from fixed rates on bilateral FDI flow…

Trade Liberalization, IMF Conditionality, and Policy Substitution in Developing Countries Open

Matthias Busse, Tim Vogel · 2023

Substantial tariff reductions and increased usage of non‐tariff measures (NTMs) have been key dynamics of global trade policy in recent decades. We use highly disaggregated data on applied most favored nation tariffs, NTMs, and trade to in…

Is the road to hell paved with good intentions? An empirical analysis of budgetary follow-up in the EU Open

Roel Beetsma, Matthias Busse, Lorenzo Germinetti, Massimo Giuliodori, Martin Larch · 2023

We study the one-year-ahead budgetary projections from the Stability and Convergence Programmes (SCPs) of EU Member States since the start of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) until the start of the coronavirus crisis. First, we consid…

Trade Liberalisation and Manufacturing Employment in Developing Countries Open

Matthias Busse, Stanley Kojo Dary, J. Wuestenfeld · 2023

The Impact of Black Economic Empowerment on the Performance of Listed Firms in South Africa Open

Matthias Busse, Nina Kupzig, Tim Vogel · 2022

Is the Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions? An Empirical Analysis of Budgetary Follow-Up in the EU Open

Massimo Giuliodori, Roel M. W. J. Beetsma, Matthias Busse, Lorenzo Germinetti, Martin Larch · 2022

Promoting Rwanda’s business environment: Impact of reforms and drivers of change Open

Talea Bernatzki, Matthias Busse, Ruth Hoekstra · 2021

Summary Motivation Despite its status as a low‐income country in an unfavourable location for economic conduct, and being overshadowed by the devastating genocide of 1994, Rwanda has been recognized for its efforts to improve its business …

Trade Liberalization, IMF Conditionality and Policy Substitution in Developing Countries Open

Matthias Busse, Tim Vogel · 2021

Enforcement of Fiscal Rules: Lessons from the Fiscal Compact Open

Martin Larch, Matthias Busse, László Jankovics · 2021

Promoting Rwanda’s Business Environment: Drivers of Change and Factuality of Reforms Open

Talea Bernatzki, Matthias Busse, Ruth Hoekstra · 2020

Global Trends to 2035 - Economy and Society. November 2018 Open

Daniel Gros, Cinzia Alcidi, Matthias Busse, Milan Elkerbout, Nadzeya Laurentsyeva , et al. · 2018

This study maps and analyses current and future global trends in the fields of economics and society, covering the period to 2035. \n \nDrawing on and complementing existing literature, it summarises and analyses the findings of relevant f…

Structural transformation and its relevance for economic growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa Open

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdoğan, Henning Mühlen · 2018

In this paper, we analyze the role of structural transformation in view of the remarkable growth performance of Sub‐Saharan African countries since the late 1990s. Our analysis covers 41 African countries over the period 1980 to 2014 and a…

Posted Workers – For Some It Matters Open

Mikkel Barslund, Matthias Busse, Frederic De Wispelaere · 2017

The European Council, Parliament and Commission are about to start trilogue negotiations over the revision of the posting of workers Directive (PWD) of 1996. The aim of the revision is to ensure, among others, the principle of equal pay fo…

Has Brexit made the UK less attractive to high-skilled EU migrants? New evidence Open

Matthias Busse, Mikkel Barslund · 2017

Several UK employers and business representatives have expressed concern that Brexit could damage the country's ability to attract skilled workers from the rest of the EU. Matthias Busse (left) and Mikkel Barslund (Centre for European Poli…

Is EU talent being chased away from the UK by Brexit Open

Matthias Busse, Mikkel Barslund · 2017

Several UK employers and business representatives have expressed concern that the UK's exit from the European Union could damage the country's ability to attract skilled workers from the rest of the EU. Matthias Busse and Mikkel Barslund u…

Integration of Refugees: Lessons from Bosnians in Five EU Countries Open

Mikkel Barslund, Matthias Busse, Karolien Lenaerts, Lars Ludolph, Vilde Renman · 2017

In this study, we reviewed the integration experience of Bosnian refugees displaced during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s. We compare reception conditions among the five Western European countries that played host to the majority of re…

The integration of Bosnian refugees: an encouraging story that provides lessons for the current migration crisis Open

Mikkel Barslund, Matthias Busse, Karolien Lenaerts, Lars Ludolph, Vilde Renman · 2017

The migration crisis has posed a number of challenges for European countries, but what lessons can be learned from previous experiences with large scale migration? Mikkel Barslund, Matthias Busse, Karolien Lenaerts, Lars Ludolph and Vilde …

Pathways towards Legal Migration into the EU: Reappraising concepts, trajectories and policies. CEPS Paperback, September 2017 Open

Sergio Carrera, Andrew Geddes, Elspeth Guild, Marco Stefan, Mikkel Barslund , et al. · 2017

On 27 January 2017, the Justice and Home Affairs Section of CEPS and\nthe Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG\nHOME) of the European Commission co-organised a policy\nworkshop in Brussels entitled “Reappraising the EU le…

Structural transformation and its relevance for economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Open

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdoğan, Henning Mühlen · 2017

In this paper, we analyse the role of structural transformation in view of the remarkable growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since the mid-1990s. Our analysis covers 41 African countries over the period 1980 to 2014 and ac…

Structural Transformation and Its Relevance for Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Open

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdoğan, Henning Mühlen · 2017

Labour Mobility in the EU: Addressing challenges and ensuring ‘fair mobility’. CEPS Special Report No. 139, July 2016 Open

Mikkel Barslund, Matthias Busse · 2016

Labour mobility creates economic benefits for the EU at large and the mobile workforce. The same can be said for the special case of posted workers – a form of labour mobility that is crucial to the functioning of the internal market for s…

China's Impact on Africa – The Role of Trade, FDI and Aid Open

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdoğan, Henning Mühlen · 2016

Summary This paper investigates the impact of Chinese activities in sub‐Saharan African countries with respect to the growth performance of economies in that region. Using a Solow‐type growth model and panel data for the period 1991 to 201…

Are Germans wasting their savings abroad? CEPS Commentary, 7 April 2016 Open

Matthias Busse, Daniel Gros · 2016

Germany is running a current account surplus of about 8% of GDP, which means that about one-third of all German savings (equal to 24% of GDP) has to be invested abroad every year. It has become by now almost a cliché that these huge excess…

Bilateral Investment Treaties Do Work; Until They Don't Open

Emma Aisbett, Matthias Busse, Peter Nunnenkamp · 2016

The recent boom of investor-state disputes filed under international investment agreements has fueled a controversial academic and policy debate. Despite its importance, there has been very little work to date on the impacts of compensatio…

Labour Mobility in the EU: Addressing challenges and ensuring ‘fair mobility’ Open

Mikkel Barslund, Matthias Busse · 2016

Labour mobility creates economic benefits for the EU at large and the mobile workforce. The same can be said for the special case of posted workers – a form of labour mobility that is crucial to the functioning of the internal market for s…

Will a European Unemployment Benefits Scheme Affect Labour Mobility? Open

Cinzia Alcidi, Mikkel Barslund, Matthias Busse, Francesco Nicoli · 2016

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