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Central bankers increase interest rates to discourage investment and consumption and hence lower inflation. This view, embedded in standard macroeconomic…
The US dollar is by far the most important currency for handling international trade payments (Boz et al. 2020). Could…
Interlocking directorates (IDs hereafter) arise when two or more corporate boards have one or more members in common. The presence…
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The growth of the private equity in recent years has raised concerns about its consequences. This column matches 2.5 million…
While tariffs have been the most visible policy tool during the US-China trade war, anecdotal evidence points to the use…