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Inside the automotive supply chain: Empirical evidence from Italian business-to-business trade data

Europe’s automotive industry is one of the continent’s key industrial sectors, not only because of its direct contribution to employment,…

12 hours ago

Mission possible : faire lire les journaux aux adolescents

Is the decline in news consumption among young people inevitable? This article reports on a large-scale randomized controlled trial conducted…

12 hours ago

Some questions that a Bank of England review should ask

The Bank of England is approaching the 30th anniversary of operational independence and a wide-ranging review is likely. With growing…

12 hours ago

Spilling secrets and shrinking chains: How weak laws narrow supply networks

Modern manufacturing often requires firms to share confidential information with outside suppliers, some of whom also supply their competitors. Using…

1 day ago

The price elasticity of US shale oil supply: Insights from a natural experiment

The 2026 Iran war provides a natural experiment that allows model-free estimation of the price elasticity of US shale oil…

4 days ago

Growth through innovation bursts: Why industrial policy should not bet on size

Industrial policy is back on the agenda across advanced economies, with a growing channelling support towards large incumbent firms on…

4 days ago

Inflexibility and the stalled progress of American women in the labour market

The labour force participation of women in the US peaked in 1997 and has stagnated since. This column argues that…

4 days ago

Fool’s gold: How geopolitical risk is taking some of the shine off the US dollar

US Treasuries remain the world’s dominant reserve asset, but geopolitical risks can change how central banks assess the trade-off between…

5 days ago

Plus ça change. AI and the future of economic research: From Galileo back to Socrates

For centuries, economic research has been throttled by scarcity of time, labour, and access to data and methods. This column…

5 days ago

Tariff confusion

The year 2025 was unprecedented in the frequency, complexity, and volatility of US trade policy interventions. This column uses a…

6 days ago