For the last two centuries, great powers have fiercely competed to set the technical standards for leading technologies. By imposing their…
For the last two centuries, great powers—both nations and their associated firms—have fiercely competed to set the technical standards for…
South Korea’s gender wage and employment gaps are among the largest in the OECD. Using labour force survey data over 2010–19, we estimate…
This paper shows that China's lending boom to developing country sovereigns has largely ended and that debt distress and defaults are…
This paper shows that China has launched a new global system for cross-border rescue lending to countries in debt distress. It builds the…
China's lending boom to developing countries is morphing into defaults and debt distress. Given the secrecy surrounding China's loans, the…
We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to 2019. The shock…
Given the government’s goals to restructure the economy away from investment and exports to consumption and to reduce inequality, it is…
The US National jobs reports for May and June exceeded expectations, and for many, this signaled that April was the true peak of American…
The falling projections of working-age population in China has led to predictions of much slower economic growth. We consider three…