Single Market Economics Papers

This paper analyzes the characteristics of cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) in the EU and discusses their relationship with innovation performance.

Focusing on the economics of diversification tariffs, this paper introduces the concept, discusses implementation issues and touches – inconclusively – on WTO compatibility.

WP2025/31 - Transitioning towards a greener economy means profound changes in industries and employment. This paper examines the challenges of employment transitions with a focus on the geographical and social implications of structural shifts.

WP2025/30 - This paper focuses on a selection of products where Europe has a dependence and on a set of products relevant for the twin transition and, based on the economic literature on capabilities, identifies which products are closest to countries’ productive capabilities.

The paper analyses six key manufacturing sectors, as well as construction, finding that all suffer from ‘strained health’ and/or face significant downside risks. It then analyses which European regions would suffer most from a protracted decline in terms of employment security.

This economic brief harnesses three high-quality business surveys to shed light on the significance of different obstacles to economic activity from the perspective of EU firms.

This economic brief takes a deep-dive into the European car industry, focusing on the drivers behind the decline of production in Germany, France and Italy.

This brief introduces the EXternal Vulnerability Index (EXVI), a monitoring tool that uses trade data to identify and measure external vulnerabilities across various segments of the EU economy.

This economic brief assesses shifting trends in recent China-EU FDI developments and related implications on EU exposure.

The paper looks at the effects of state aid on the green transition and the EU Single Market.

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. Drawing from the economic literature and descriptive analysis, the paper examines both anticipated benefits and realized outcomes.

Faced with several outstanding challenges and unresolved dilemmas, this brief analyses the future of EU industrial policy.

The energy-renewables ecosystem (ERES) plays a particularly important role in the green transition. This paper analyses its relevance in EU countries and its competitiveness for the EU27 as a whole vis-à-vis other global players.

This brief analyses how the European Green Deal adopted by the European Commission in December 2019 brought major opportunities to transform the EU’s single market for the net-zero age.

This study considers some challenges in the automobile industry of the EU taking into account its relatively historical privileged international position.

This brief explores the single market's transition from a rules-based open market to a mechanism focused on promoting green growth locally and globally.

This economic brief provides an overview of economic and trade exposures of the EU economy to Russia, including on strategic dependencies.

This brief analyses this ongoing energy crisis with respect to the EU industry, including the overall EU’s structural composition, price competitiveness and trade in the energy market vis-à-vis third partners.