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Industrial Policy

Fiscal Policy

Biden’s Second-Best Economic Agenda

Walter Frick
Efficiency is out and political economy is in. But what does that imply about making good policy?
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Development

India’s Evolving Industrial Policy Is Critical for Realizing Its Development Vision

Nagesh Kumar
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Commentary

Economics Must Catch Up On Industrial Policy

Nathaniel Lane, Réka Juhász
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Industrial Policy

Industrial Policy Can’t Ignore Geography

Mark Muro
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Industrial Policy

Biden Embraces Buy America, Doubles Down on Trade Protection

Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Megan Hogan
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Industrial Policy

The Case for Green Industrial Policy

John Van Reenen
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Economic History

Industrial Policy From Engels to Eisenhower

Brad DeLong
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Industrial Policy

How To Ensure Industrial Policy Promotes Public Over Private Gain

Lenore Palladino
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Industrial Policy

Industrial Policy Is a Seductive Mirage

Michael C. Munger
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Industrial Policy

A New Framework for Better Industrial Policies

Chiara Criscuolo, Guy Lalanne
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Development

Mobile Internet Is Changing Employment in Developing Countries, but Not Always as Expected

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Gaurav Chiplunkar
Scholars and policymakers have put much faith into the prospect of internet connectivity catalyzing development in low- and middle-income countries. In new...
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Fiscal Policy

Biden’s Second-Best Economic Agenda

Walter Frick
Efficiency is out and political economy is in. But what does that imply about making good policy?
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Monetary Policy

The Fed and Bank Failures

Raghuram Rajan, Viral V Acharya
Viral Acharya and Raghuram Rajan explain how quantitative easing contributed to the problems underlying the recent bank failures such as that of...
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Antitrust and Competition

Self-Preferencing Theories Need To Account for Exploitative Abuse

Patrice Bougette, Oliver Budzinski, Frédéric Marty
Patrice Bougette, Oliver Budzinski, and Frédéric Marty argue in their research that antitrust authorities on both sides of the Atlantic must take...
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Antitrust and Competition

Startup Acquisitions Have Undecided Effects on Innovation and Economic Growth

Christian Fons-Rosen, Pau Roldan-Blanco, Tom Schmitz
Startups are a major driver of innovation, but many startups are acquired by large incumbents. Do these acquisitions stifle innovation or promote...
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ESG & Corporate Governance

History Shows that Voluntary ESG Standards Lead to a More Focused ESG Disclosure

Ethan Rouen, Kunal Sachdeva, Aaron Yoon
In recent years, ESG reports have become more common for publicly traded companies. However, critics have found the information they provide to...
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Regulation

Letters that Matter: How Interest Groups Shape Financial Legislation

Renée Adams, Thomas Mosk
Members of Congress are inundated with an avalanche of correspondence on a daily basis. But what persuades them to heed the call?...
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