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The global minimum tax: More winners than losers – even without the US

A landmark shift in the international corporate tax system is taking shape. The introduction of a 15% global minimum tax…

3 weeks ago

Literature support and the capabilities of autonomous research agents

A central weakness of modern machine-learning systems is that performance tends to deteriorate outside the support of the training distribution.…

3 weeks ago

Global trade linkages and the cross-country distribution of the gains from AI

Productivity gains from AI are expected to be significant, but how international trade shapes the cross-country distribution of these gains…

3 weeks ago

The word is not enough: Testing the effects of information treatments on perceived corruption in Ukraine

Despite significant progress in fighting corruption since 2014, corruption perceptions in Ukraine are extremely high, while the government's willingness to…

3 weeks ago

The inefficient pricing of news

The main obstacle to market efficiency is whether investors can read, process, and quickly extract genuinely new information from articles.…

3 weeks ago

Industrial policy, tariffs, and the return of global imbalances

Has the rise of industrial policy driven an increase in global current account imbalances? Can tariffs fix them? This column…

3 weeks ago

Corporate net zero targets: Neither greenwashing nor a gamechanger

Net zero commitments have become a central feature of corporate climate strategy. This column analyses whether firms adopting such targets…

3 weeks ago

A more resilient Europe faces a renewed energy shock – but difficult trade-offs may resurface

The conflict in the Middle East has triggered a renewed energy shock for Europe. While the macroeconomic impact is currently…

3 weeks ago

Financial stability in the age of artificial intelligence: The role of algorithmic architecture

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a growing role in finance. Algorithmic trading based on machine learning already accounts for 60-70%…

3 weeks ago

From openness to vulnerability: Mapping the EU’s foreign dependencies and geopolitical exposure

Recent crises and trade tensions have revealed that EU reliance on foreign suppliers can pose serious risks, especially for essential…

3 weeks ago