Publications

Journal Articles

2026

  1. Behind the technocratic veil: The emerging consensus on investment and the new EU fiscal rules
    G. Beretta and Camilla Locatelli
    Finance and Society, 2026
    DOI
  2. Mind the Output Gap: The (De-)politicisation of Fiscal Policy in the EU
    Camilla Locatelli
    Journal of European Integration, 2026
    DOI

2025

  1. A History of Capitalist Transformation: A Critique of Liberal-Capitalist Reforms
    Camilla Locatelli
    Capital and Class, 2025
    DOI

2024

  1. The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
    Camilla Locatelli
    Italian Review of Political Sciences, 2024
    DOI

Research & Discussion Papers

2026

  1. Resilience and Recovery Plans Across Borders: Comparing Italy, France, Germany and Spain
    A. Aspide, G. Beretta, and Camilla Locatelli
    2026
    Technical report from the LUHNIP Project "Tackling state (in)capacity in the context of Italy’s recovery and resilience plan"
    DOI

2024

  1. Mind the output gap: The new technocratic politics of EU fiscal rules in Italy
    Camilla Locatelli
    2024
    MPIfG Discussion Paper
    DOI

Working Manuscripts

2026

  1. Everything needs to change for things to stay the same? The domestic institutional impact of the RRF in Italy, France, Germany and Spain
    Camilla Locatelli, A. Aspide, and G. Beretta
    2026
    Under review at Review of Italian Political Science (Revise and Resubmit)
  2. Ruling the Game or Gaming the Rules? The Politics of Technocratic Fiscal Surveillance in the EMU
    Camilla Locatelli
    2026
    Book manuscript
  3. United we bargain divided we beg: The politics of technocratic fiscal surveillance in the EMU
    Camilla Locatelli
    2026
    Under review at Journal of European Public Policy
  4. Varieties of populist fiscal policy: Italian populist parties, policy learning and EU fiscal constraints
    Camilla Locatelli
    2026
    Working paper
  5. The Fiscal Implications of Whatever it Takes: The ECB as a Fiscal Actor in the EMU
    Camilla Locatelli
    2026
    Working paper
  6. Reappropriating State Capacity
    Camilla Locatelli, J. Jürgenmeyer, and Leon Wansleben
    2026
    Working paper
  7. When Deficits Matter More Than Degrees? The Conflict Between EU Fiscal and Climate Objectives
    Camilla Locatelli and A. Hehenberger
    2026
    Working paper

Newspaper Articles & Blog Posts

2025

  1. Germany, EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity
    Camilla Locatelli and V. Endrejat
    2025
  2. Ruling the Game or Gaming the Rules? La politique de la gouvernance budgétaire technocratique dans l’UEM
    Camilla Locatelli
    2025
  3. Perché la Francia è la Francia: L’UE e i conti pubblici di Parigi
    Camilla Locatelli
    2025

2024

  1. Chaos in the numbers – the strange case of France’s budget deficit
    Camilla Locatelli
    2024