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Cross-border payment technologies, innovations, and challenges: Lessons from domestic and cross-border payments

Cross-border payments are essential for global trade, remittances, and financial transactions. For centuries, cross-border payments have been an important part…

2 months ago

How new technologies travel: Evidence from global firm networks

Frontier innovation may start at home, but new technologies tend to spread across borders through firm-to-firm networks. Using more than…

2 months ago

Global shocks are back: Emerging markets holding up

When global uncertainty increases, emerging markets are typically the most exposed. Historically, tighter US monetary policy has led to capital…

2 months ago

Why global imbalances matter again – and what to do about them

The lesson from history is that global imbalances often end in financial crises. That risk cannot be dismissed today. The…

2 months ago

The great AI talent migration: Why universities are losing the future of innovation

For decades, universities were the beating heart of frontier research. Using a new database tracking the employment histories of 42,000…

2 months ago

The weaker US job ladder has slowed wage growth

Since the 1980s, real wages in the US have grown only slowly, even as productivity has continued to rise. This…

2 months ago

When and why political leaders polarise rhetoric: Evidence from Twitter/X

Standard theories of electoral competition predict that politicians should converge toward the centre as elections approach. This column challenges this…

2 months ago

How far the apple falls: Evidence on social mobility across OECD countries

Intergenerational social mobility refers to the relationship between the socioeconomic status of parents and the status their children attain as…

2 months ago

Why firms’ responses to corporate taxes differ across countries

Corporate taxation is once again at the centre of international policy debates. Governments across the world are reconsidering corporate tax…

2 months ago

Knowledge jobs help firms to influence demand

Firms do not compete on productivity alone. As emphasised by Sutton (2012), their success also depends on their ability to…

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