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EUROPE – The Dangerous Allure of Green Central Banking (Daniel Gros, Project-Syndicate)

Europe's central bankers have been insulated from political influence to pursue the very narrow mandate of price stability. Greening monetary policy might look attractive...

CHINA/USA – China’s Green Gambit (Minxin Pei, Project-Syndicate)

China's ambitious climate pledges have drawn praise the world over. But China will demand a high price for its contributions and can be expected...

BREXIT/EUROPE – Brexit and the Brussels Effect (Paul De Grauwe, Project-Syndicate)

After long, ill-tempered negotiations in which the UK government has tried to secure privileges for itself that it would not extend to the European...

GENDER GAPS/EUROPE – Heterogeneity in gender wage growth gaps across fields of study in Europe (Rocío Sánchez-Mangas, Virginia Sánchez Marcos, VOXEU)

While gender differences in the labour market outcomes of developed countries have declined markedly in recent decades, substantial gender gaps remain. This column examines wages...

GLOBALISATION – Where globalisation was hiding, and how far it might go (James Anderson, Yoto Yotov, VOXEU)

The gravity equation of international trade raises several empirical puzzles relating to the decreasing impact of distance, the declining trade-related costs of bilateral trade,...

MACROECONOMIC POLICYMAKING/GOOGLE TRENDS/MACHINE LEARNING/OECD – Tracking GDP using Google Trends and machine learning: A new OECD model (Nicolas Woloszko, VOXEU)

A pre-requisite for good macroeconomic policymaking is timely information on the current state of the economy, particularly when economic activity is changing rapidly. Given...

POPULATION DENSITY/LAND QUALITY – Adjusting population density to account for land quality (Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard, David Weil, VOXEU)

Population density and its effect on economic activity have long been of interest to scholars. This column develops a new measure of land quality...

PANDEMIC/CONTACT TRACING APPS – Economic incentives and regulation to increase COVID-19 app effectiveness (Nathan Sussman, VOXEU)

The development of contact tracing apps was a promising response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but too few people appear to be using the apps...

USA/CHINA – A Conversation With Chairman Kimberly Reed (CFR)

Chairman Kimberly Reed discusses how the Export-Import Bank is working to modernize U.S. business competitiveness in the face of contentious trade and business practices by...
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