<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The European Investment Bank (EIB), the primary financial arm of the European Union (EU) has become of central interest in the last ten years. The EIB has been increasingly solicited by the EU to bolster the European economy during the global crisis and support its recovery thereafter. Calls have recently been voiced for the EIB to contribute to the European Green Deal and the post-pandemic economic stimulus. This paper studies the EIB’s role in the European economy through its business model in the period from 2009–2019. The paper’s prime objective is to investigate what enabled the EIB to act in a countercyclical mode and how the EIB met the new economy needs in this turbulent environment.</p></abstract>

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the primary financial arm of the European Union (EU) has become of central interest in the last ten years. The EIB has been increasingly solicited by the EU to bolster the European economy during the global crisis and support its recovery thereafter. Calls have recently been voiced for the EIB to contribute to the European Green Deal and the post-pandemic economic stimulus. This paper studies the EIB’s role in the European economy through its business model in the period from 2009–2019. The paper’s prime objective is to investigate what enabled the EIB to act in a countercyclical mode and how the EIB met the new economy needs in this turbulent environment.

From a policy bank to a crowding-in bank: The development of the European Investment Bank in the last ten years, as seen through its business model

Croatian Regional Development Journal

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The European Investment Bank (EIB), the primary financial arm of the European Union (EU) has become of central interest in the last ten years. The EIB has been...

From a policy bank to a crowding-in bank: The development of the European Investment Bank in the last ten years, as seen through its business model

Publié en ligne: 13 sept. 2021

Pages: 27 - 38

Reçu: 17 juin 2020

Accepté: 02 juil. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/crdj-2021-0003

Mots clés
Business Model, European Investment Bank (EIB), Institutional Governance

© 2021 Helen Kavvadia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

From a policy bank to a crowding-in bank: The development of the European Investment Bank in the last ten years, as seen through its business model

Publié en ligne: 13 sept. 2021

Pages: 27 - 38

Reçu: 17 juin 2020

Accepté: 02 juil. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/crdj-2021-0003

Mots clésBusiness Model, European Investment Bank (EIB), Institutional Governance

© 2021 Helen Kavvadia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Business Model, European Investment Bank (EIB), Institutional Governance