We compare prices of financial derivatives whose payouts are based on future weather outcomes to CMIP5 climate model predictions as well as…
This paper employs high frequency transactions data on the world’s oldest and most extensive centralized peer-to-peer Bitcoin market, which…
This paper employs an updated algorithm and database for classifying exchange rate and anchor currency choice, to explore the evolution of…
Post-war growth in agricultural productivity outpaced the US non-farm economy, spurred by steadily increasing crop yields. We argue that…
Between 2001 and 2050, the total costs of caring for veterans of the post-9/11 wars are estimated to reach between $2.2 and $2.5 trillion.…
We study how search and information frictions shape market dynamics in global e-commerce. Observational data and self-collected quality…
Debt in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) is at its highest level in half a century. In about nine out of 10 EMDEs, debt is…
The Paris Agreement of 2015 uses Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to achieve its goal to limit climate change to well below 2°C.…
We examine how much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among…
While national governments pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement, delivering on these aims will…