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Infrastructure finance has a very long history, starting with the first known large-scale construction site in Göbekli Tepe in Upper Mesopotamia in 9000-7000 BC, or the walled towns and sanitation of the Roman Empire (44 BC- 476 AD) to the first private water supply,...
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The Capital Markets Union (CMU) is a plan of the European Commission to mobilise capital in Europe by making capital markets deeper and more integrated so that Europe relies less on banks for financing the economy. It is a key element of the Investment Plan announced...
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Does transport infrastructure investment pay off? The choice of constructing new transport infrastructure, be it airports or highways, lies in governments’ hands. According to Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose from the London School of Economics these decisions can be...
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Is the EU cohesion policy -the main item of the EU budget with EUR 350 billion in structural funds- effective? The answer is a mixed yes, as many criticisms of cohesion policy are warranted, said John Bachtler, Professor of European Policy Studies and Director of...
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European fragmented rules are a major bottleneck to a well-functioning European digital market, said Viviane Reding, former Vice-President of the European Commission, Member of the European Parliament, at an EIB Institute seminar on Monday. “”Europe needs to...
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Today, business angel and venture capital activity in Europe is less than one fourth of that in the U.S. So how to boost entrepreneurship and fill the equity gap faced by startups in their early life cycle? For Vincenzo Capizzi, SDA professor of banking and insurance...
