04 Jun 2020 Valentina Bosetti in the Tirole Blanchard Commission The group of 26 economists will advise French President Macron on climate, inequality and demography
03 Jun 2020 Carlo Cottarelli Confirmed as Tommaso Padoa Schioppa Visiting Professor The position is financed by the European Central Bank in memory of a founding father of the Euro and Bocconi alumnus
25 May 2020 Economics Research, Bocconi in the European Top 5 In the Tilburg University ranking of the best universities for scientific performance in economics research, Bocconi is 4th in Europe, 1st in continental Europe, and 18th in the world
19 May 2020 Alesina, Favero and Giavazzi Win the Hayek Book Prize The book awarded by the Manhattan Institute, Austerity, explores the relationship between fiscal discipline and economic growth
04 Jun 2020 Research Integrity: Why We Should Trust Registered Clinical Trials New research finds reassuring evidence about the integrity of clinical trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov, with some concerns only regarding small pharma companies
11 May 2020 Why the Helicopter Money Idea Is Destined to Fly Away Donato Masciandaro shows that an optimal helicopter money policy would be possible, but its distributional effects make it unlikely to happen in Europe. And the recent judgement of the German Constitutional Court makes it even less likely, the author comments