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Monetary Policy

How Many Banks Are at Risk of Insolvency Right Now?

Amit Seru, Erica Xuewei Jiang, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski
Given the recent banking turmoil and failure of SVB and Signature and issues in First Republic, it is important to understand the...
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Misinformation

The Challenges of Regulating Disinformation

Federico Vaccari
In response to rising concerns about political disinformation, governments have introduced a slew of interventions. Federico Vaccari warns in new research that...
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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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Big Tech

Can Twitter Be a Force for Good? Social Media Helps Curb Corporate Misconduct

Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli
Collective shaming on social media is crucial in reducing corporate misbehavior — and society would be significantly worse off without watchdog platforms.
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Populism

The Historical Cost of Populism

Moritz Schularick, Christoph Trebesch, Manuel Funke
Most work on populism has investigated the reasons why voters choose populist leaders and governments. In new research, Moritz Schularick,  Christoph Trebesch,...
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Globalization

Globalization’s Uneven Impact on Women’s Occupational Attainment

Yoav Roll, Moshe Semyonov, Hadas Mandel
The literature on globalization’s impact on women’s workforce participation generally takes a positive outlook but still produces mixed results. In their research,...
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