When was the Centre for Economic Policy Research founded and by whom?
The Centre for Economic Policy Research was founded in 1983 by Richard Portes. The aim was to enhance the quality of economic policy-making in Europe and beyond.
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Why did CEPR move its headquarters to Paris?
CEPR opened a Paris office in October 2021, intended to become its head office, in response to Brexit. President Beatrice Weder di Mauro stated that CEPR has a strong European identity and felt the need to establish itself on the continent after Britain left the European Union.
How many economists are in the CEPR research network?
As of 2025, CEPR's network comprised more than 2,000 economists from over 330 institutions across 30 countries. Researchers remain based at their own home institutions, including universities, central banks, and international organisations.
What is VoxEU and when was it launched?
VoxEU is CEPR's online policy portal, launched in June 2007 by Richard Baldwin. It publishes short research-based policy analysis and commentary by economists, accessible without charge, covering topics from macroeconomics to climate economics.
How many Discussion Papers does CEPR publish each year?
CEPR produces more than 1,000 Discussion Papers each year and maintains an archive of over 20,000 papers. As of December 2025, the series ranked third among all economics working paper series worldwide by total downloads, according to the RePEc database.
What are the Geneva Reports and how are they connected to CEPR?
The Geneva Reports on the World Economy are an annual publication that CEPR has co-produced since 1999 as a joint project with the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies, an independent foundation associated with the Geneva Graduate Institute. In 2022, CEPR launched the Paris Reports as a comparable series focused on European economic topics.