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CEPR, established in 1983, is an independent, non‐partisan, pan‐European non‐profit organization. Its mission is to enhance the quality of policy decisions through providing policy‐relevant research, based soundly in economic theory.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Dec 14
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 1h
📢 #CallForPapers - European Research Workshop in International Trade 2026
We invite papers on topics related to international #trade, foreign direct investment, #migration, automation, and other issues related to #globalisation.
Deadline: 14 December
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 2h
🎉The 100th session of IMHOS will take place on 22 Oct with a panel on Geoeconomics. If you aren't registered for the series, now is the time!
🗣️@dalecopeland.bsky.social, @jesseschreger.bsky.social, Christoph Trebesch
Chaired by: Kris Mitchener
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Maddalena Ferranna et al. find from 2020 to 2050, #health burdens will cost South American countries $7.3 trillion in lost GDP, equivalent to a 4% annual tax on GDP. Prevention, healthcare reform, & age-friendly policy can turn this burden into a longevity dividend.
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A diagram of the macroeconomic model of how non-communicable diseases and mental health conditions impact economic growth via three channels: morbidity, mortality, and health expenditure. As populations age, noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions are draining South American economies, reducing labour supply and diverting resources from investment. This column presents a macroeconomic model for ten South American countries to examine the effects of noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions on healthcare costs and human capital. The findings suggest that from 2020 to 2050, health burdens will cost these countries $7.3 trillion in lost GDP, equivalent to a 4% annual tax on GDP. Investing in prevention, healthcare reform, and age-friendly policies can turn this burden into a longevity dividend.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 23h
The CEPR Virtual Industrial Organisation Seminar #VIOS Series continues on 15 October featuring Alejandro Sabal (Yale University) presenting: 'Product Entry in the Global Automobile Industry'
Discussant: @fmontag.bsky.social
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PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference @cepr.org

Bringing together researchers studying the behaviour of firms in low-income countries & focusing on the market forces that drive efficiency in these countries.

📅26 - 28 Mar 2026
📍Oxford, UK

⏰Submission deadline: 20 Oct
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 1d
In their 2024 article for VoxEU, Spencer Bastani & Daniel Waldenström argued that overall, capital income taxes offer a more practical approach to taxing the wealthy in advanced economies.
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Do banks' climate commitments represent real change or simply greenwashing? M Bernad, @ralphdehaas.bsky.social, & J Pablo Rud find patterns that suggest voluntary climate initiatives can represent meaningful organisational differences and not just cheap talk.
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The low-carbon transition requires substantial financial mobilisation, yet it is unclear whether banks' public climate commitments represent real change or simply greenwashing. This column uses unique survey data from 335 banks across 33 emerging markets to examine their internal green practices and lending approaches. The authors find that climate-committed banks score substantially higher on green management and lending practices, their borrowers are more likely to make green investments, and environmentally oriented firms preferentially match with green banks locally. These patterns suggest voluntary climate initiatives in emerging markets can represent meaningful organisational differences and not just cheap talk, though uneven adoption also reveals the limits of voluntary approaches.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 1d
#CallForPapers Women in Economic Theory Conference
May 15-16, 2026 @ LSE
Interested researchers are invited to submit papers for the conference, with a preference for completed papers.
Organisers: M Baccara, G Levy, P Onuchic, A Sanktjohanser
Deadline: 14 Dec 2025
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The third annual Women in Economic Theory Conference will take place on May 15 - 16, 2026 at the London School of Economics (LSE), London, UK. This annual event seeks to offer a platform to present and discuss innovative research in microeconomic theory and to create a research community for future collaboration, mentorship, and professional support. We invite all interested researchers to submit papers for the Women in Economic Theory Conference 2026. Complete papers are preferred, but we will consider extended abstracts if a complete paper will be ready by April 15, 2026. We will prioritise early- career female and non-binary economists for presentation slots. Please note, if the committee accepts your paper for the program, we will cover your travel expenses for the conference including accommodation, economy airfare/rail, and transportation. For those whose paper is not accepted and need travel support, we will have limited funds available to help you cover travel expenses.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 12d
🎉VoxTalks Economics, presented by @talknormal.co.uk, is a finalist for a Signal Award in the education category!

🗳️Cast your vote before 9 October at the link below.
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 2d
When plants or animals move, or are moved, to a place they don't belong, there is a risk of damage to natural habitats and an economic cost too.
@franckcourchamp.bsky.social talks to @talknormal.co.uk about how we estimate the size of this risk and what we can do about it

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 2d
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 2d
Alberto Nonnis, Felix Roth, & Ahmed Bounfour highlight significant differences in intangible capital investment between France and Germany. Investment in software appears to be 3x higher in France than in Germany, impacting the measurement of German GDP.
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Chart showing intangible capital investment as a percentage of gross value added, 1995-2021. Closing the productivity gap between the US and Europe will require large investments in intangible capital and new technologies. Using 1995-2021 data from the 2025 EUKLEMS/INTANProd release, this column highlights significant differences in intangible capital investment between France and Germany. Investment in software appears to be three times higher in France than in Germany, while organisational capital is two-and-a-half times larger. Since software, unlike organisational capital, contributes to official GDP calculations, such discrepancies in measurement impact the level of GDP – most notably for Germany, where reported software investment appears unrealistically low.
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 2d
Shunsuke Managi summarises evidence on some of the benefits #AI can bring and also the complex challenges it presents, and highlights the need to create a system that will allow AI and other new tech to contribute to solving global challenges and social issues.
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Quantitative analysis of how AI impacts our professional lives, the integrity of organisations, and even our cognitive skills is essential to harness the power of these new technologies. This column summarises evidence on some of the benefits AI can bring and also the complex challenges it presents, and highlights the need to create a system that will allow AI and other new technologies to contribute to solving global challenges and social issues.
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 2d
Alignment in central bank communication matters. Speeches from #Fed Chairs that echo the preceding Chair's post-FOMC press conference reinforce #monetarypolicy, while dissonant voices weaken it.
M Djourelova, F Ferroni,‪ @leonardo-melosi.bsky.social, A Villa
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Central banks rarely speak with one voice. At the Federal Reserve, for instance, each official brings a distinct perspective, and markets parse every speech for hints of where policy is headed. Different views may help make better decisions, but do they also help when explaining those decisions to the public? And what happens when voices diverge? This column shows that alignment in communication matters: speeches that echo the preceding Chair’s post-FOMC press conference reinforce monetary transmission, while dissonant voices create noise that weakens it.
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 5d
Administrative data from US workers' paycheques and firms' payrolls show considerable monthly fluctuations in earnings. Pay instability is widespread and represent a genuine, welfare-relevant risk.
@ganong.bsky.social, P Noel, C Patterson, J Vavra, A Weinberg
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Graph of the heterogeneity of earnings volatility for salaried and hourly workers measured as a change from the previous month. Over the past decade, cities and states in the US have enacted ‘fair workweek’ laws to stabilise worker schedules. This column uses administrative data on US workers’ paycheques and firms’ payrolls to document considerable monthly fluctuations in earnings. Pay instability is widespread, disproportionately hits lower‑paid hourly workers, and is largely driven by firms’ labour demand rather than worker-related determinants such as childcare demands. These fluctuations represent genuine, welfare-relevant risk that materially shapes household decisions and has attendant effects on the economy.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Sep 8
#CallForPapers - WEFIDEV-RFS-CEPR Conference
Deadline: 16 Nov 2025
Where: Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
When: 18-19 Apr 2026
Dual submission option with the Review of Financial Studies available.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 6d
Change of format! Join us for a fireside w/ Jonathan Kanter moderated by @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social followed by an open panel discussion w/ @lugaricano.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @igorletina.bsky.social & Hans Zenger moderated by @florianederer.bsky.social.
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 6d
China's Belt and Road Initiative has reshaped Japan's overseas infrastructure engagement and diplomacy with participants of the initiative. Shuhei Nishitateno and Yasuyuki Todo find that Japanese project counts fell and foreign leaders visited Japan less often.
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Infrastructure diplomacy has become a central arena for strategic competition. This column examines how China’s Belt and Road Initiative has reshaped Japan’s overseas infrastructure engagement and diplomacy with participants of the initiative. It finds that Japanese project counts fell and foreign leaders visited Japan less often. To be successful, Western initiatives such as Build Back Better World and the EU’s Global Gateway need coordinated strategies and rapid deployment mechanisms. They should also integrate infrastructure finance with strategic diplomacy, ensuring that development efforts reinforce political engagement instead of attempting to replace it.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 6d
Stephen Cecchetti and Kermit L. Schoenholtz argued in a recent CEPR #PolicyInsight that tokenisation is the truly transformative innovation in finance today.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 6d
The Flagship Conference on Global Sustainability began this afternoon in Geneva with welcome remarks by @mlsalles.bsky.social & @wederdim.bsky.social. Co-organised by CEPR, @gvagrad-hcgs.bsky.social, & ReCIPE.
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Marie-Laure Salles gives opening remarks at the Flagship Conference on Global Sustainability.
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 7d
Steven Kamin analyses how, in the months following 'Liberation Day', the dollar switched from rising during periods of market volatility to falling, and thus appeared to switch from a safe-haven to a 'risk-on' currency.
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Graph of the VIX volatility index and DXY dollar index from 1 January to 26 August 2025. A dashed vertical line identifies 'Liberation Day'. There is general agreement that a currency’s safe-haven status can be gauged by its response to changes in financial volatility. This column documents how, in the months following the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” announcement, the dollar switched from rising during periods of market volatility to falling, and thus appeared to switch from a safe-haven to a ‘risk-on’ currency. Its reversion to traditional flight-to-safety behaviour in recent months may indicate that this ‘risk-on’ episode was a one-time event, but it is also possible that even as financial markets have calmed down, foreign entities are taking steps to reduce their dependence on the dollar for trade, payments, and investment.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 8d
The Fall 2025 VDEV/CEPR/BREAD seminars continue on 7 Oct @ 16:00 CEST.
Pauline Rossi presents "Long-run impacts of forced labor migration on fertility behaviors: evidence from colonial West Africa"
Moderator: Giacomo De Giorgi
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 8d
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 8d
Rie Matsumoto introduces recent approaches to identifying innovative and disruptive technologies from academic literature. The methods can help policymakers discuss which fields should receive intensive support and identify areas of risk.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 8d
📆13.10.25 @ 4.15pm BST

Week 2 of the Autumn #WE_ARE Seminars on Macroeconomics & International Economics

🗣️ Salomé Baslandze, Atlanta Fed
💡The Price of Delay: Supply Chain Disruptions and Pricing Dynamics
Host: Isabelle Mejean, Sciences Po

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📆13 Oct 2025 at 4.15pm BST 📢The Autumn #WE_ARE Seminar Series week 2 focus is Macroeconomics & International Economics 🗣️ Presenter: Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and CEPR 💡Paper: The Price of Delay: Supply Chain Disruptions and Pricing Dynamics 🎙️Host: Isabelle Mejean, Sciences Po and CEPR Register 👉 https://mailchi.mp/cepr/cepr-we-are-series-6-october-2025-13568420 #WomenInEcon #EconSky
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