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| VoxEU | |
|---|---|
| Name | VoxEU |
| Type | Online policy portal |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Centre for Economic Policy Research |
| Headquarters | London |
| Language | English |
VoxEU is an online policy portal focused on research-based analysis of public policy and macroeconomic issues. Founded by economists associated with the Centre for Economic Policy Research and headquartered in London, the portal aims to translate academic work for policymakers, journalists, and the public. Contributors include researchers from institutions such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, and London School of Economics and Political Science.
VoxEU was launched in 2007 by the Centre for Economic Policy Research amid debates following the 2007–2008 financial crisis, the European debt crisis, and discussions around Basel II and Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Early editorial activity connected scholars from University of Oxford, Princeton University, Stanford University, Yale University, and Columbia University to fast public dissemination during episodes like the Global financial crisis of 2007–2008. Over time the portal expanded editorial partnerships with think tanks such as the Institute of Economic Affairs, the Brookings Institution, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
The portal states aims to make research accessible to readers engaged with policy debates in settings like the European Parliament, the United States Congress, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. It emphasizes evidence-based analysis on topics including monetary policy debates influenced by the European Central Bank, fiscal policy discussions referencing the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, and trade policy tied to events such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and WTO deliberations. The scope ranges from macroeconomic stabilization issues studied in relation to the Great Recession to structural topics connected to Brexit and the Eurozone crisis.
Editorial oversight is provided by editors affiliated with the Centre for Economic Policy Research, including research fellows and senior fellows from institutions like University College London, University of Cambridge, and Bocconi University. Contributors comprise academics, policy analysts, and occasionally practitioners from European Commission directorates, central banks such as the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve System, and international organizations including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations. The site uses an invited-contributor model similar to formats employed by outlets around the Council on Foreign Relations or the National Bureau of Economic Research.
The portal publishes columns, policy briefs, and commentaries that summarize research findings from journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Review of Economic Studies. Formats include short columns, longer policy analyses, and curated collections tied to conferences like the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association or CEPR workshops co-hosted with the European Central Bank. Multimedia offerings have at times included webinars with presenters from University of California, Berkeley, podcast-style interviews with scholars linked to the International Labour Organization, and infographics used by journalists at outlets like Financial Times, The Economist, and Bloomberg News.
Scholars in the economics profession and commentators from media organizations have cited the portal in debates on topics such as sovereign debt restructurings exemplified by Greek government-debt crisis coverage, macroprudential regulation tied to the Basel III negotiations, and labor-market policy discussions referencing the Paris Agreement-related transition policies. Policymakers at the European Commission and national finance ministries have engaged with analyses originating from research networks connected to the portal, and academic citations appear in working papers circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Centre for Economic Policy Research itself. Critics have raised questions about editorial selection and influence relative to mainstream outlets like The New York Times and The Guardian.
Governance has been linked to the Centre for Economic Policy Research governance framework and overseen by boards that include academics and policy figures from European Investment Bank-affiliated networks and university finance departments at London Business School and University of Warwick. Funding sources have historically included philanthropic grants, institutional support from university research programs, and occasional sponsorship from organizations active in policy research such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and corporate research partnerships similar to collaborations seen with the World Economic Forum. Disclosure practices align with standards applied by research institutes like the Brookings Institution and the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Notable series and thematic collections have addressed the Great Recession, the Eurozone crisis, trade-policy episodes like the US–China trade war, and pandemic-era analyses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Influential posts often summarized working papers from the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Institut d'Économie Publique, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research's own discussion-paper series, and have been reprinted or referenced by journals such as the Journal of Economic Perspectives and compilations used in university courses at London School of Economics and Political Science and Harvard Kennedy School.
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