Americas
The price elasticity of US shale oil supply: Insights from a natural experiment
The 2026 Iran war provides a natural experiment that allows model-free estimation of the price elasticity of US shale oil supply. This column argues
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Spilling secrets and shrinking chains: How weak laws narrow supply networks
Modern manufacturing often requires firms to share confidential information with outside suppliers, some of whom also supply their competitors. Using more than 160,000 contracts
Americas
The US debt-to-GDP ratio since 1946
A reexamination of how America shed its post-World War II debt.
Global
Does Sacking the Manager Work?
Your football team keeps losing. The season is slipping away. One thing can be changed by Friday, and the crowd is already singing about
Global
Growth through innovation bursts: Why industrial policy should not bet on size
Industrial policy is back on the agenda across advanced economies, with a growing channelling support towards large incumbent firms on the premise that they
Global
La pénalité d'apprentissage liée à l'IA générative au collège et au lycée
Les outils d’IA générative peuvent aider les élèves à réaliser leurs devoirs plus rapidement et à obtenir de meilleurs résultats. Mais l’objectif n’est pas
Americas
Fool’s gold: How geopolitical risk is taking some of the shine off the US dollar
US Treasuries remain the world’s dominant reserve asset, but geopolitical risks can change how central banks assess the trade-off between liquidity and protection from
Americas
Inflexibility and the stalled progress of American women in the labour market
The labour force participation of women in the US peaked in 1997 and has stagnated since. This column argues that workplace inflexibility is the
Global
Plus ça change. AI and the future of economic research: From Galileo back to Socrates
For centuries, economic research has been throttled by scarcity of time, labour, and access to data and methods. This column argues that while AI
Asia Pacific
A Multicriteria Multimethod Analysis of Barriers for Green Infrastructure Implementation in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
ABSTRACT Many developed economies are considering the use of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) as a tool to enhance the climate resilience of urban areas
Global
Teacher pay and student achievement
Large stipends drew effective educators into Dallas's lowest-performing schools.
Global
When managers try to keep their best workers from moving into other departments
Ingrid Haegele discusses the costs of talent hoarding.
Middle East
The lasting gains of universal preschool
Evidence from Israel’s 1999 preschool law shows that disadvantaged communities can benefit from universal preschool education.
Americas
Winning the visa lottery
Evidence from a US government lottery shows that restricting foreign low-skill workers shrinks businesses without creating jobs for Americans.
Americas
Devolving power to local governments
Greater political autonomy yielded lasting economic gains in Brazilian communities.
Asia Pacific
Dignity Defense Model : A Study on the Structural Mismatch in Employment of Female University Students in China and Its Shaping Mechanism on the Decline in Fertility Rate
Millions of female university graduates in China face a severe shortage of standardized office jobs with weekends off each year. This structural mismatch exacerbates
Europe
The economics of sanctioning a petrostate
Lukasz Rachel and Catherine Wolfram discuss the G7 price cap on Russian oil and why it defied textbook predictions.
Global
The long shadow of infant illness
Danish data reveal how viruses brought home by older siblings influence lifetime income.
Asia Pacific
Integrating Green Marketing and Environmental Behavior to Predict Revisit Intention in Indonesian Ecotourism
Purpose: The escalation of ecotourism as sustainability-oriented travel highlights the inconsistency of tourists' responsible actions during visits, which is also known as the attitude-behavior
Global
Climate change and migration
Extreme temperatures in El Salvador destroy farm jobs and push workers abroad.
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