Can taxes on consumption redistribute in developing countries? Contrary to consensus, we show that taxing consumption is progressive once…
What difference does it make, if any, both analytically and from a policy response perspective, when the basis for the type of social…
In her new book "Doppelganger," leftist writer and activist Naomi Klein seeks to make sense of our current political climate by exploring…
The "Tutoring Online Program" (TOP), launched in Italy in 2020, is an online educational reinforcement tutoring program that offered…
Exploiting a new global macro-historical database of effective tax rates, we uncover an intriguing pro-tax-capacity effect of international…
Experimental evidence from Pakistan shows distance poses a large and discontinuous access constraint: women with village-based training…
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
Cost of borrowing will probably stay elevated for foreseeable future, making it harder for governments to service debts.
We discuss the considerable literature that has developed in recent years providing rigorous evidence on how industrial policies work. This…
Despite the confidence with which many analysts proclaim that a severe recession is inevitable, there is no reason to assume that the US…