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Carbon pricing and inflation volatility

Carbon pricing initiatives, in the form of carbon taxes or emissions trading systems, have mushroomed in the last two decades,…

2 years ago

Drivers of investors’ portfolio choices: Separating risk preferences from frictions

Why don’t more households participate in the stock market? The two reasons often cited in the literature are risk aversion…

2 years ago

Lessons from history: How removing barriers to knowledge can spur innovation

At the end of the 19th century in Italy, books and manuscripts were transferred from monasteries to public libraries, making…

2 years ago

The new curse of critical minerals

A race is raging among global powers to secure access to critical minerals to power the simultaneous energy and digital…

2 years ago

How students, parents, and teachers affect the integration of minorities in the classroom

Integrating ethnic minorities in the classroom enriches the educational environment, but some studies find that it lowers student test scores.…

2 years ago

Educational scarring and the cost of business cycles

Policies aimed at reducing economic fluctuations primarily focus on disruptive recessions, but booms may also have hidden costs. A rise…

2 years ago

Gendered change: 150 years of transformation in US hours

The 2023 Nobel Committee awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin.…

2 years ago

The digital euro can strengthen financial stability, with limits

The ECB’s Governing Council moved to the preparation phase of the digital euro in October 2023. This column studies the…

2 years ago

Changes in global corporate bond markets and dynamics around the investment grade threshold

An extended period of benign funding conditions has changed corporate bond markets globally. This column shows how the investment grade…

2 years ago

Crisis breeds innovation: How the 2022 energy crisis accelerated green technology adoption

Achieving global net zero emissions requires rapid deployment of low-carbon technologies. Using online job postings from 35 countries, this column…

2 years ago