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Europe suffers not so much from a ‘flight’ of savings as from insufficient allocation to equities

Europe exports a large surplus of savings outside the continent each year. This column argues that this should not be…

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The impact of geopolitical risk on the euro area economy: Past experience and future prospects

Geopolitical risk has become a key driver of macroeconomic fluctuations in the euro area, particularly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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