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Lucia Quaglia

Lucia Quaglia is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. Previously, she was Professor at the University of York.

Illustration of economic reforms with carrots, gears, and government buildings in Europe.

Incentives Beat Threats: Europe’s Quiet Reform Breakthrough

Igor Guardiancich, Mattia Guidi, Enrico Borghetto and Lucia Quaglia

NextGenerationEU exposed an awkward truth: governments reform faster when Brussels offers cash than when it threatens punishment.