We investigate whether European banks adjust their loan prices and volumes of new lending in the months running up to major national elections. Using a unique dataset that draws on data covering some 250 banksin 19 Eurozone countries from 2010 to 2020 at monthly frequency, and that includes...

From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, most of Europe's bathing waters are of excellent quality for swimming when assessed against the two specific health relevant parameters (Escherichia coli or E. coli and intestinal enterococci) as required under the Bathing Water Directive (EU, 2006). This...

From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, most of Europe's bathing waters are of excellent quality for swimming when assessed against the two specific health relevant parameters (Escherichia coli or E. coli and intestinal enterococci) as required under the Bathing Water Directive (EU, 2006). This...

This evaluation report is part of the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe activities related to the Green Transition. It presents the assessment of the Co-Funded European Biodiversity Partnership (Biodiversa+) against the evaluation criteria of relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness,...

The European Blockchain Sandbox is a regulatory sandbox which aims to establish a pan-European framework for regulatory dialogue. The Sandbox brings together national and EU regulators and authorities with providers of innovative blockchain/DLT applications in both the private and public sector...

The European Blockchain Sandbox is a regulatory sandbox which aims to establish a pan-European framework for regulatory dialogue. This initiative of the European Commission brings together national and EU regulators and authorities with providers of innovative blockchain/DLT applications in both...

The European Blockchain Sandbox is a regulatory sandbox which aims to establish a pan-European framework for regulatory dialogue. The Sandbox brings together national and EU regulators and authorities with providers of innovative blockchain/DLT applications in both the private and public sector...

Bird & Bird, its consultancy arm OXYGY and other consortium partners have been commissioned by the European Commission to set up and operate the European Blockchain Sandbox, providing a framework for regulators, supervising authorities and blockchain innovators to engage in a cross-border...

This special topic investigates the extent to which selling price expectations (SPE) from the harmonised EU programme of business surveys contain leading information for forecasting short-term developments in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP). The analysis is based on a...