S4 Ep23: Turning competition research into competition policy
The CEPR's Research Policy Network on competition policy (cepr.online/competition) launches this week. In the first of two special podcasts on the topic, Greg Crawford and Cristina Caffarra tell Tim P...
8 Jun 202114min
S4 Ep22: How central banks saved us from Covid-19
How well has monetary policy coped with the challenge of Covid-19?Central banks get good grades in a new VoxEU ebook. But Bill English and Angel Ubide warn Tim Phillips that success today may lead to ...
3 Jun 202117min
S4 Ep21: Twitter changes how the media reports conflict
Every day we can see harrowing mobile phone footage from conflict zones, shot by civilians, on the TV news. Ekaterina Zhuravskaya tells Tim Phillips that data from the Israel-Palestine conflict sugges...
28 Mai 202115min
S4 Ep20: The financial system and climate risk
The latest Barcelona Report from the CEPR discusses how central banks and asset managers should manage climate and natural disaster risks. Xavier Vives tells Tim Phillips what the report has to say ab...
25 Mai 202113min
S4 Ep19: Are socially responsible banks more resilient?
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance – measures of bank performance are getting a lot of attention from shareholders and policymakers. But might more investment in ESG make banks less resilient?...
21 Mai 202120min
S4 Ep18: Parental age and child health
As more of us wait to have children, more of us also worry if that's best for the health of our babies. Empirical evidence has been inconclusive so far but, based on new evidence, Hans Hvide tells Tim...
7 Mai 202114min
S4 Ep17: Making sense of the US-China trade war
If you had trouble in the last four years keeping up with what was happening in the trade war, you're not alone. Chad Bown tell Tim Phillips about his new paper that explains what happened, when, what...
30 Apr 202118min
S4 Ep16: The problems of digital trade
An increasing amount of trade is digital, but trade negotiations are bogged down by arguments over how to regulate it. A new VoxEU ebook investigates what gets in the way of digital trade, and editors...
27 Apr 202115min
