Jean Pisani-Ferry

A European recovery programme

Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, Jakob Von Weizsäcker

Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir and Jakob von Weizsäcker have put together a programme which combines an immediate budgetary stimulus by all EU countries with country-specific measures via the...

Global imbalances: time for action

Alan Ahearne, Yung Chul Park, William R. Cline, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Kyung Tae Lee, John Williamson

Increasing nervousness in world financial markets give new relevance to the long-standing issues of global current account adjustment. It reminds policymakers that this adjustment, if improperly...

Avoiding a new European divide

Zsolt Darvas, Jean Pisani-Ferry

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...

The Last exit to lisbon

Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir

The Lisbon agenda was reborn in 2005 with its economic goals prioritised and a new system of governance. But "naming and shaming" of underperforming countries has been dropped and there will be no...

Handle with care! Post-crisis growth in the EU

Jean Pisani-Ferry, Bruno Van Pottelsberghe

In this 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 to the worst...

The Euro: only for the agile

Alan Ahearne, Jean Pisani-Ferry

Alan Ahearne and Jean Pisani-Ferry explore the implications of economic divergence in the euro area for policy makers, as well as the discipline required to be part of the single currency. From this...

Global governance: an agenda for europe

Alan Ahearne, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, Nicolas Véron

Governance of the global economy is becoming a pressing matter and the situation is compounded by the growing number and diversity of players in the global economy. The authors argue that Europe is...

A European Exit Strategy

Jürgen Von Hagen, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Jakob Von Weizsäcker

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...

Memos to the new Commission- Europe's economic priorities 2010-2015

Zsolt Darvas, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Lars-Hendrik Röller, Indhira Santos, André Sapir, Bruno Van Pottelsberghe, ...

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...

The EU and the governance of globalisation

Alan Ahearne, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, Nicolas Véron

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 of the Economic...

The accidental player: The EU and the global economy

Jean Pisani-Ferry

This paper was prepared for a lecture at the Indian Centre for Research on International Economic Relations in New Delhi. Jean Pisani-Ferry says that while the US exercises leadership over the entire...

Fiscal policy in EMU: towards a sustainability and growth pact

Jean Pisani-Ferry

The goal of this working 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...

Asia-Europe: The Third Link

Jérémie Cohen-Setton, Jean Pisani-Ferry

Jean Pisani-Ferry and Jérémie Cohen Setton provide an overview of the relative weight of Europe and East Asia in the context of the world economy and asssess interdependence between the two...

Government size and output volatility: should we forsake automatic stabilisation?

Xavier Debrun, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir

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...

The Crisis: Policy Lessons and Policy Challenges

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Benoît Coeuré, Pierre Jacquet, Jean Pisani-Ferry

Bruegel Director Jean Pisani-Ferry, with Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (CEPII, University Paris-Ouest and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris), Benoît Coeuré (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris) and Pierre Jacquet (ENPC,...

Banking Crisis Management in the EU: An Interim Assessment

Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir

Director Jean Pisani-Ferry and Senior Fellow André Sapir provide an in-depth examination of the the banking crisis in the European Union, starting with a discussion of the pre-crisis banking...

Last exit to Lisbon

Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir

Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir call for more focused guidelines in Lisbon 2, an explicit methodology for evaluating National Reform Programmes, and better "ownership" of these programmes to...

Will the current crisis trigger a revival of the IMF?

Jean Pisani-Ferry

In this Policy Contribution, Jean Pisani-Ferry, takes a look at the way the IMF his gradually making its come-back from an era of crisis confidence and legitimacy. The author believes the Fund could...

The G20 is not just a G7 with extra chairs

Jean Pisani-Ferry, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Rajiv Kumar

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...

There is room for improvement in the appointment of ECB executive board members

Jean Pisani-Ferry

Jean Pisani-Ferry prepared this note for a hearing before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament.

Reshaping the global economy

Jean Pisani-Ferry, Indhira Santos

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...

Progressive governance and globalisation

Jean Pisani-Ferry

Jean Pisani-Ferry discusses the development of globalisation during the last decade and the challenges ahead. The speed and magnitude of the transformation affecting the world economy are larger than...

Economic reforms in the euro area: is there a common agenda?

Xavier Debrun, Jean Pisani-Ferry

Visiting scholar Xavier Debrun, and Bruegel director Jean Pisani-Ferry contribute to the emerging discussion on reform strategies in the euro area. An earlier version of this note was presented to...

The International agenda: immediate priorities and longer-term challenges

Jean Pisani-Ferry

This policy contribution comprises Jean Pisani-Ferry's remarks at the Asian Development Bank Institute Annual Conference. For him, the challenge policymakers are facing, is to not to waste time...

Can A Less Boring ECB Remain Accountable?

Jean Pisani-Ferry, Jakob Von Weizsäcker

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...

Mediocre growth in the Euro area: is governance part of the answer

Jean Pisani-Ferry

Jean Pisani-Ferry's note was prepared for the European Parliament-National Parliaments Debate on "How to Raise Growth in the Euro Area?" in Brussels.

Weathering the storm- Fair weather versus stormy-weather governance in the euro area

Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir

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...

International governance- is the G20 the right forum?

Jean Pisani-Ferry

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...

The end of Europe's longstanding indifference to the renminbi

Jean Pisani-Ferry

In this Policy Contribution, Jean Pisani-Ferry observes the lack of European interest towards China's exchange policy rate. He believes that Europeans, compared to Americans, are slower to react to...

Coming of age: report on the euro area

Philippe Aghion, Alan Ahearne, Marek Belka, Lars Heikensten, Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, ...

This report surveys the economic performance of the euro area and gives recommendations about six policy challenges of major importance for the future of EMU.