Economics writer on new findings, policy analysis & commentary from a wide range of researchers & institutions; editor-in-chief of @EconObservatory
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Should the UK government allow more North Sea drilling for oil & gas?
Reminder of this @EconObservatory piece from August this year
@dcomerf @UofGlasgow
#Jackdaw gasfield #Rosebank oilfield
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With a week to go until the UK Budget, what does it actually mean for Scotland’s budget?
In the first of our UK Budget preview series, we go back to basics on Barnett, Block Grant Adjustments and how UK decisions feed through north of the border.
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Macroprudential tightening in Europe is followed by lower patenting & lower patent quality, especially when credit growth is weak & among financially constrained firms; but financial resilience tools carry no measurable short-run innovation cost, @voxeu
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AI, remote working & young people; tariff confusion; maritime chokepoints; electric vehicles growth; the childcare track; why we don’t have nicer buildings; me on Brexit & economic communications
All this & more in the latest #CentrePiece mag @CEP_LSE
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JUST PUBLISHED – Can higher inflation expectations ever stimulate the economy?
by Stefano Fasani & Lorenza Rossi
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The voluntary carbon market: firms that walked away from offsetting cut their own operational emissions sharply more than firms that stayed; even a market of flawless credits could still slow real decarbonisation, @voxeu
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'Good work. Good jobs. Britain working again.' Good jobs were at the centre of the chancellor's Labour Party conference speech last month. But what makes a job good? Five new articles look at pay, place, net zero, AI and care.
By Josh Hellings
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Sharp rises in interest rates can reduce market value of banks’ securities holdings & threaten financial stability; such losses can also affect monetary policy transmission as banks have less collateral, obtain less interbank funding & cut lending to firms
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Non-green innovation declines after contractionary shocks, but green innovation increases; this imply that R&D subsidies are more effective – and generate relatively more green innovation – during downturns, @voxeu evidence
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People are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. Yet in some rich countries, including the UK, progress has stalled or reversed. Policy responses must ensure that jobs, local economies and food systems support good health – and that healthy choices are easier to make.
Analysis of 23,064 historical books generates an ‘innovation wedge’ separating the values texts endorse from the social arrangements they depict; the wedge falls 51% 1000-1920, accounting for 2/3 of sustained acceleration in productivity growth 1500-1700
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Read our new series on long-term sickness, health, and obesity 🔎
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Job search counselling gets people into work faster, but has little effect on those at greatest risk of long-term unemployment; combining predictions of risk & responsiveness can make scarce support substantially more effective, @voxeu
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A comparison of GPT models with #IMF economists’ assessments of Article IV staff reports reveals that today’s best models perform well on structured, factual tasks but remain less reliable on nuanced rating questions, where human judgement still matters
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The labour cost equivalent values the time currently saved by #AI at $2.7 trillion annually (3.4% of GDP), concentrated in a small professional enclave in developing economies, with concentration declining in many countries, @voxeu
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In this week’s “On Global Markets,” @DuncanWeldon questions why government bond yields have climbed so sharply in 2026, and what the Clark Center’s Finance Experts Panel makes of it: kentclarkcenter.org/what-is-…
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JUST PUBLISHED – An apple a day
by Hannah Cantekin
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A 2007 lottery in #RiodeJaneiro assigned thousands of youngsters aged 0-3 to free childcare places; seven years on, the physical health gains for the children have held up – but the employment gains for the grandparents & older siblings who cared for them have largely faded
Economic research evidence on health, obesity & long-term sickness - Hannah Cantekin summarises a bunch of new pieces @EconObservatory
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