@techreport{Jaeger, type = {Working Paper}, author = {J{\"a}ger, Philipp}, title = {Almost a free lunch: Boosting investment predictability for the Green Deal}, pages = {7}, abstract = {Implementing the EU Green Deal requires annual investments of about €620 billion, most of which will have to be shouldered by the private sector. However, businesses and households are not investing enough as of now. An important lever for greater green investment is reducing uncertainty around such investment. At the start of the next institutional cycle, the EU should hence improve regulatory certainty for green investments, which should be palatable to most parties likely to form a majority in the Parliament. In addition, the EU should adopt concrete tools that reduce cost uncertainty for companies and households in a pragmatic manner. To this end, this policy position recommends using green lead markets and proposes moves to explore two novel mechanisms that cost taxpayers little to nothing but should boost green investments.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Jaeger, type = {Working Paper}, author = {J{\"a}ger, Philipp}, title = {Flying blind? Why EU administrations need better data and analytical capacities}, pages = {10}, abstract = {To achieve some recent EU priorities, such as boosting clean tech manufacturing, reducing energy prices, or strengthening economic resilience, policy makers are intervening more actively in the economy. Getting these types of policies right requires a thorough understanding of the respective business environment, technologies, and market developments. This policy brief argues that the EU level lacks the data and the analytic capacities that are needed to achieve this understanding. The next EU Commission should address these shortcomings by collecting more data in the narrow areas subject to vertical government intervention, by improving how data gets collected, and by dedicating more staff to data-driven analyses.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Jaeger, type = {Working Paper}, author = {J{\"a}ger, Philipp}, title = {Utilising national subsidies for EU industrial policy}, pages = {10}, abstract = {Achieving the EU's industrial policy objectives requires large-scale public financial support. Since EU-level funds are scarce at least in the short term, national state aid must be relied on to fill the gap. However, national state aid is currently not coherently directed at EU priorities, nor are the selection and disbursement mechanisms harmonised across member states, resulting in an ineffective and inefficient policy landscape. This policy brief analyses the instruments the EU already has at its disposal to better align national state aid, and recommends new tools for addressing the gaps identified.}, language = {en} }