Extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and intense with climate change. Children are particularly vulnerable to such environmental stressors.…
Household saving and labour supply are shaped by many risks – wages, marriage, health, longevity – as well as bequest…
Central banks facing post-pandemic inflation often considered ‘looking through’ supply shocks. Using a New Keynesian framework in which agents gradually…
Preliminary data releases can diverge significantly from subsequently revised figures, complicating economic policy decisions made in real time. The Great…
Loss of confidence in the US dollar’s reserve currency status could trigger a collapse of the US Treasury market and…
Public procurement contracts worldwide often face high risks of cost overruns and project delays, raising questions about the scope for…
Social status not only influences people’s beliefs and political views (Kreiner et al. 2020) but can also make a difference…
With working-age populations projected to decline rapidly, all European countries face an unprecedented demographic challenge. Inflows of regular foreign workers…
Europe’s recent energy crisis generated large windfall rents for electricity producers. Yet, most EU governments responded with costly downstream measures…
Artificial intelligence tools can now produce highly realistic text, images, and videos at almost no cost, prompting concerns that the…