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Argentina: The honor student—by merit and by mistake: A natural experiment on “information effects”

Information frictions in financial markets are key to understanding episodes with macroeconomic consequences—particularly in emerging market economies (EMEs), where such…

7 months ago

Effective governance and state capacity are key to economic development

Despite billions spent on education, healthcare, and infrastructure, why do so many countries struggle to achieve meaningful development outcomes? Is…

7 months ago

The unequal costs of carbon pricing in European regions

Carbon pricing has become a central tool in Europe’s strategy to mitigate climate change. This column presents new evidence on…

7 months ago

How an oil price crash sparked clean innovation: Insights from Norway

The transition to clean energy will require a significant reallocation of technological investments away from fossil energy sources towards cleaner…

7 months ago

Identifying potential Chinese export redirection in 2024 US trade data

Tariff escalation between China and the US will result in decoupling of goods trade, raising fears that Chinese exports destined…

7 months ago

Extractive taxation and the French Revolution

Extractive taxation is considered one of the main causes of the French Revolution. This column exploits regional variations in the…

7 months ago

Redirecting Chinese exports from the US: Evidence on trade deflection from the first US-China trade war

With the prospect of far-reaching decoupling of goods trade between China and the US, fears of deflection of Chinese exports…

7 months ago

Who supplies and demands safe assets – and why it matters

Safe assets are the building blocks of modern financial markets. This column examines the sectoral dynamics of safe assets across…

7 months ago

Greening West African Soils

The path to achieving a resilient agri-food sector to enhance food and nutrition security (FNS) stands at a crossroad in…

7 months ago

Managing credit in dollarised economies: The effective but asymmetric effects of foreign currency reserve requirements

Emerging markets with partially dollarised financial systems are particularly vulnerable to global financial cycles. This column examines how reserve requirements…

7 months ago