Oil price shocks do not simply make conflict more likely everywhere; they change where violence happens. Using monthly georeferenced data…
There is growing evidence that place-based industrial policies lead to positive economic effects. This column analyses the “Million-Rouble Plants” programme…
Equal pay for equal work has been a core EU principle since the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957.…
Globalisation has changed economic research profoundly, making it more comparable, more competitive, and thoroughly quantitative. This column argues that AI…
US labour productivity has accelerated since 2022. Output per hour grew around 2.5% per year from the end of 2022…
The regulatory cycles view, according to which periods of deregulation encourage greater risk-taking and credit booms, which culminate in financial…
When Credit Suisse failed in March 2023, Swiss authorities, against market expectations, set aside the resolution plan and arranged a…
The EU's fiscal rules in force since 2024 are often criticised for their complexity. The official implementation requires thousands of…
The EU Recovery and Resilience Facility was launched to support post-Covid recovery while accelerating structural transformation through investment and reform.…
Global imbalances are back in the policy debate. The persistence of large current account deficits and surpluses is again being…