"Large investments in low-carbon technologies are needed to limit global warming. This column uses data on US start-ups over the past 20 years to analyse how venture capital in clean technologies can address the funding gap. It argues that _...Read More_
"Large investments in low-carbon technologies are needed to limit global warming. This column uses data on US start-ups over the past 20 years to analyse how venture capital in clean technologies can address the funding gap. It argues that _...Read More_
"There has been much debate over the intentions behind Russia’s March 2022 Presential Decree requiring gas importers to settle gas payments in rubles. This column argues that the scheme is intended to protect the Moscow Stock Exchange from _...Read More_
"There has been much debate over the intentions behind Russia’s March 2022 Presential Decree requiring gas importers to settle gas payments in rubles. This column argues that the scheme is intended to protect the Moscow Stock Exchange from _...Read More_
"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has provoked wide-ranging financial and economic sanctions from the US, Europe, and various other countries worldwide. This column assesses the economic effects of almost two decades of earlier _...Read More_
"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has provoked wide-ranging financial and economic sanctions from the US, Europe, and various other countries worldwide. This column assesses the economic effects of almost two decades of earlier _...Read More_
"Fears about the effects of mechanisation on societies are not new; technology has always generated cultural anxiety throughout history. This column considers one of the most significant waves of mechanisation in history – the rise and _...Read More_
"Fears about the effects of mechanisation on societies are not new; technology has always generated cultural anxiety throughout history. This column considers one of the most significant waves of mechanisation in history – the rise and _...Read More_
"Previous research has shown a substantial increase in income inequality between rural and urban China as well as across and within regions in China during its growth process. Focusing on rural China, this column provides further evidence _...Read More_
"Previous research has shown a substantial increase in income inequality between rural and urban China as well as across and within regions in China during its growth process. Focusing on rural China, this column provides further evidence _...Read More_
"The global economy is experiencing a toxic mix of slowing growth and rising inflation, bringing echoes of the stagflation of the 1970s. This column discusses how the resolution of that episode required steep increases in interest rates _...Read More_
"The global economy is experiencing a toxic mix of slowing growth and rising inflation, bringing echoes of the stagflation of the 1970s. This column discusses how the resolution of that episode required steep increases in interest rates _...Read More_
"A longstanding puzzle in cognitive science is the secular rise in cognitive skill across generations. Cognitive scientists emphasise explanations such as improvements in health and nutrition. This column describes research using an _...Read More_
"A longstanding puzzle in cognitive science is the secular rise in cognitive skill across generations. Cognitive scientists emphasise explanations such as improvements in health and nutrition. This column describes research using an _...Read More_
"Widespread narratives for China under Xi Jinping, especially in the past half-decade, emphasise a ‘pivot to the state’ and increasing repression of the private sector, in contrast with previous decades of more dynamic private sector _...Read More_
"Widespread narratives for China under Xi Jinping, especially in the past half-decade, emphasise a ‘pivot to the state’ and increasing repression of the private sector, in contrast with previous decades of more dynamic private sector _...Read More_
"Germany's low natality rate has been a major source of concern for politicians for decades. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this column analyses the effects of trade integration on family choices in Germany. _...Read More_
"Germany's low natality rate has been a major source of concern for politicians for decades. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this column analyses the effects of trade integration on family choices in Germany. _...Read More_
"Cuts to welfare programmes have historically been motivated by concerns that they can discourage educational achievement and work. This column uses the natural experiment of the 1996 welfare reform law in the US to examine the effect of _...Read More_
"Cuts to welfare programmes have historically been motivated by concerns that they can discourage educational achievement and work. This column uses the natural experiment of the 1996 welfare reform law in the US to examine the effect of _...Read More_
"The cost of living crisis is very apparent in the latest forecasts published by the OECD. This column identifies structural reforms, including raising in-kind family benefits and reducing the labour-income tax wedge, that tend to boost _...Read More_
"The cost of living crisis is very apparent in the latest forecasts published by the OECD. This column identifies structural reforms, including raising in-kind family benefits and reducing the labour-income tax wedge, that tend to boost _...Read More_
>"The war in Ukraine has clouded the near-term economic outlook. However, the European Fiscal Board concludes that current policy plans for 2023 amount to a broadly appropriate fiscal stance for the euro area as a whole. A moderate _...Read More_
>"The war in Ukraine has clouded the near-term economic outlook. However, the European Fiscal Board concludes that current policy plans for 2023 amount to a broadly appropriate fiscal stance for the euro area as a whole. A moderate _...Read More_
"Import tariffs on Russian exports are an important tool available to the international coalition of sanctioning countries (the ‘Allies’). This column analyses the optimal sanctions in terms of the scope of sectors targeted, the magnitude _...Read More_
"Import tariffs on Russian exports are an important tool available to the international coalition of sanctioning countries (the ‘Allies’). This column analyses the optimal sanctions in terms of the scope of sectors targeted, the magnitude _...Read More_