Cooperation in Europe’s Digital Economy: How do Countries Position Themselves?

Author: Fredrik Erixon, Philipp Lamprecht

Price FREE Publisher European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) Publication date 12 October 2018 ISBN

Publication synopsis This paper focuses on the European Union members' stances on digital-policy reform and on their own understanding of the costs and benefits of the growth of the digital economy. In this paper, we identify three groups of countries – digital managerialists, digital frontrunners, and digital convergers. Each group has different positions on matters of digital openness, and those differences typically reflect how the digital sector sits in national economies and the relative size of digital endowments. The paper also suggests new ways for countries to cooperate in current or new constellations, which will allow them to profit from other countries’ experiences, and to fully develop their own policy preferences as well as a clear understanding of appropriate digital reforms for them.

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