While there is a vast body of research on the benefits of FDI in developing countries, whether and
how the form of FDI matters have…
Some of the leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have proposed radical measures to reduce inequality, such as…
It is well known that various forms of non-tariff trade barriers exist within a country. Empirically,
it is difficult to measure these…
I study the role of aspirations in economic development drawing on the existing theoretical and empirical literature and provide some new…
Had governments stood still on trade policy over the last three years, the world would be a lot better off than it is now. Today,…
United States foreign policy under President Donald Trump continues to run counter to America’s traditional post-war objectives. Should the…
The United States has made some bad fiscal choices, in particular by cutting taxes for the rich at the peak of the business cycle. German…
The status of economic liberties remains a serious lacuna in the theory and practice of human rights. Should a minimally just society…
The basic theoretical and practical issue facing the RISE initiative is to imagine and test a national level educational policy…
This paper studies how tax enforcement and tax compliance varies with firm size and its macroeconomic consequences. The identification…