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What a banking union means for Europe
Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012
Britain, Europe and the City of London: Can the triangle be managed?
Essay by Philip Whyte, 20 July 2012
Britain, the City and the EU: A triangle of suspicion
Insight by Philip Whyte, 11 October 2011

Why British prosperity is hobbled by a rigged land market

Insight by Simon Tilford, 13 February 2013

The British have the least living space, highest office rents and most congested infrastructure in the EU-15. A rigged market for land is to blame.
What a banking union means for Europe

Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012

A full banking union is needed to stabilise the eurozone. However, even an embryonic union could drive a wedge between the eurozone and the EU-27.
Evidence to the Select Committee on EU economic and financial affairs - Reform of the EU banking sector

Opinion piece by Philip Whyte
House of Lords, 23 October 2012

Unrevised transcript of evidence evidence given to the House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, with Philip Whyte, senior research fellow, CER.
Europe needs service-market liberalisation

Opinion piece by John Springford
The Wall Street Journal, 20 September 2012

In exchange for sharing southern Europe's debt burden, Germany is demanding liberal economic reforms in those countries. Yet Germany is not following its own advice.
A banking union – it is necessary, but is it likely?

Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 27 July 2012

Could the EU's summit of June 29 come to be regarded as a watershed? Following umpteen crisis summits that have failed to tackle the root causes of the eurozone crisis, EU leaders finally got to the heart of the matter: the need to break the vicious interaction between weak banks and fiscally weakened states.
Britain, Europe and the City of London: Can the triangle be managed?

Essay by Philip Whyte, 20 July 2012

The City of London's future will be shaped not just by a tougher regulatory environment, but also by uncertainties about Britain's relations with the EU.
Eurozone crisis: What steps should be taken to move forward?

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
The Voice of Russia, 20 June 2012

Interview with Simon Tilford – chief economist at the Centre for European Reform coming to us all the way from London.
Why an EU financial transactions tax is a red herring

Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 26 January 2012

Ever since it was first mooted in the 1970s, a financial transactions tax (FTT) has often been thought of as an interesting idea that cannot work in practice (because it needs to be adopted universally if it is not to be undermined by tax arbitrage).

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