Daniel Gros

Daniel Gros
Daniel Grosis a German economist. He is the Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, a European think tank. He worked for the CEPS from 1986 to 1988 and has worked there continuously since 1990. His current research primarily focuses on EU economic policy, specifically on the impact of the euro on capital and labour markets, as well as on the international role of the euro, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. He also monitors the transition towards market...
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Ninety-five percent of the economists on the continent were with Blair. There is an economic justification to spend more on research and development at the European level.
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Now comes the day of reckoning. Brown will push as hard as possible but at this stage there's not a lot he can do.
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The main way in which these markets become 'contestable' is thus via takeovers of less efficient players.
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Germany had priced itself out of the market by the late-1990s. It is basically pricing itself back into the market.
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Within Europe, Germany wasn't exactly a leader for reform, nor a leader in anything, and that will just continue.