Trade Secret? How AI is Changing Trade and How Trade Agreements Address AI
Artificial intelligence is both expanding trade and altering trade.
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Exciting, Boring, and Non-Existent Skylines: Vertical Building Gaps in Global Perspective
Abstract: Despite the widespread prevalence and economic importance of tall buildings, little is known about how their patterns vary across space and time. We f
Modernizing and Reshaping the Bretton Woods Institutions for the 21st Century
Abstract: This paper lays out the contours of a reformed Bretton Woods Institutions – the IMF, the World Bank Group (WBG) and the WTO – that the world needs for
Quantifying the impact of the latest U.S. tariff sanctions on Russia – a sectoral analysis
Abstract: Following the recent G7 Summit in Germany, the United States announced a new sanction package that imposes significantly higher tariffs on products fr
Consumption Cities vs. Production Cities: New Considerations and Evidence
Abstract: Cities dramatically vary in their sectoral composition across the world, possibly lending credence to the theory that some cities are production citie
Abstract: Pandemic shocks disrupt human capital accumulation through schooling and work experience. This study quantifies the long-term economic impact of these..
Killer Cities and Industrious Cities? New Data and Evidence on 250 Years of Urban Growth
Abstract: In the historical literature, cities of the Industrial Revolution are portrayed as having a demographic penalty: killer cities with high death rates a
Measuring Human Development for the Anthropocene
Abstract: This paper makes the case for an adjusted Human Development Index (HDI) that adds sustainability, vulnerability and human security to the existing HDI
Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement, Banks, and the Real Economy
Abstract: We exploit a tightening of anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement that imposed disproportionate costs on small banks to examine the effects of a chan
Economics and American Judaism in the 21st Century
Abstract: American Judaism is viewed from an economic perspective. Non-traditional family units and non-traditional religious practices are now persistent featu
How is the Roll Out of Digital RMB Changing the Financial System in China and Abroad?
The 14th annual Conference on China’s Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations. In 2021, the conference took place as a virtual series.
Global Contagion and IMF Credit Cycles: A Lender of Partial Resort?
Abstract: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has an incomplete governance architecture characterized by insufficient resources to fulfill its global financial
A New Approach to Measuring Intercity Differences in Housing Costs
Abstract: Intercity housing price indexes that rely on median house price or pooled hedonic regressions adjust imperfectly for differences in housing characterip
The Impact of COVID-19 on Supply Chain Credit Risk
Abstract: Global supply chains expose firms to multi-regional risks, but also provide benefits by creating a buffer against local shocks. The COVID-19 pandemic
Can Trade Agreements Solve the Wicked Problem of Disinformation
Abstract: Disinformation is a wicked problem. Increasingly, disinformation comes from overseas. Many nations have adopted a wide range of strategies to mitigate
Abstract: India entered its so-called demographic dividend around 2005 – expected to last until 2055. India has already utilized almost a third of the period of
Abstract: Urban areas in the U.S. have experienced important changes in racial/ethnic distributions over the last two decades. In the average urban area today b
Why is India’s Financial Sector in Such Trouble: A Whodunnit?
Abstract: India’s financial system has never collapsed – unlike many other emerging economies. But it suffers from a deep and expanding silent crisis, which has
What Do Hedonic House Price Estimates Tell Us When CAP Rates Vary?
Abstract: This paper demonstrates theoretically and empirically that estimated implicit prices from hedonic equations using house value do not reflect implicit
Farm Protests in India: A new menu needed
Abstract: While the world has changed, India’s farm policy is stuck in a 50-year-old mindset. India’s response to food shortages in the 1960’s was to establish
Candidate Filtering: The Strategic Use of Electoral Fraud in Russia
Abstract: Incumbents have many tools to tip elections in their favor, yet we know little about how they choose between strategies. By comparing various tactics,
Electoral Manipulation and Regime Support: Survey Evidence from Russia
Abstract: Does electoral fraud stabilize authoritarian rule or undermine it? The answer to this question rests, in part, on how voters evaluate regime candidate
Indecent Disclosures: Anti-Corruption Reforms and Political Selection
Abstract: Cracking down on corruption has become a key tool for politicians to build popular support. But little is known about whether anti-corruption measures
The Economic Impact of the Black Death
This paper is part of a Symposium organized by Dr. Remi Jedwab of the George Washington University that will appear in the Journal of Economic Literature.
The Economic Impact of the Black Death
This paper is part of a Symposium organized by Dr. Remi Jedwab of the George Washington University that will appear in the Journal of Economic Literature.