Economists

An economist is a practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are many sub-fields, ranging from the broad philosophical theories to the focused study of minutiae within specific markets, macroeconomic analysis, microeconomic analysis or financial statement analysis, involving analytical methods and tools such as econometrics, statistics, economics computational models, financial economics, mathematical finance and mathematical economics.

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PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 25 October 2024 English

Job losses in fossil industries are often prominent in climate policy discus- sions. Why are job losses costly? Who is most affected? How can welfare costs be re- duced? We …

the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 11, 3, 577-611. https://doi.org/10.1086/726425


ASI: Adam Smith Institute · 24 October 2024 English

Since 2008, the UK has experienced extremely low productivity growth (0.5% per year), in contrast to the US, where productivity has grown at three times that rate;Capital investment is the …

time were influenced by the writings of two US economists, Robert M. Haig and Henry Simons, who proposed the definition of income produced by the US economists Robert M. Haig and Henry Simons to justify their


Cato Institute · 23 October 2024 English

Among the many Biden administration economic policies from which Vice President Kamala Harris stubbornly refuses to separate herself, industrial policy is near the top. In speeches and campaign materials, Harris …

widely cited and relevant studies on EPU, by economists Scott Baker, Nick Bloom, and Steven Davis, develops and countries. Given events here and abroad, economists have recently focused on trade policy uncertainty (TPU)


CSEP: Centre for Social and Economic Progress · 23 October 2024 English

There had been an expectation that after the opening of the economy in the 1990s and the increase in competition, the private sector would be incentivised to give much greater …

all accounts, he was among the more prolific economists of our time, having writ- ten 30 books and more substitution, he was among the very few major economists who did not agree with this predominant view


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 23 October 2024 English

This paper highlights and analyzes how specific iCET deliverables have served as a forcing function within India for deregulation, administrative pivots, and decisionmaking less common in India’s past. Equally, it …

country’s budding semiconductor ecosystem. For some economists, the prospect of India investing in a “race” only be called early observations. First, many economists do not like industrial policies, which makes


ASI: Adam Smith Institute · 23 October 2024 English

At a time when the UK should be aiming to bolster business confidence, the rapid expansion of class action cases and third-party litigation funding is opening many businesses up to …

Much ink has been spilled, by politicians and economists alike, on identifying the reasons behind private


World Bank Group · 23 October 2024 English

the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 1(4), 555- 598), and it was expected that the


RAND Corporation · 22 October 2024 English

U.S.-China trade tensions have waxed and waned for decades but have remained persistently high since 2017. In this report, the authors assess the effectiveness of recent, more-restrictive U.S. economic policies …

$60 billion in 2019 and $36 billion in 2023. Economists Eddy Bekkers and Sofia Schroeter similarly estimated


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 22 October 2024 English

Chapter 1 of the October 2024 Global Financial Stability Report shows that although near-term financial stability risks have remained contained, mounting vulnerabilities could worsen future downside risks by amplifying shocks, …

from survey forecast responses submitted by economists and market participants to Bloomberg Finance


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 22 October 2024 English

Calls for a new Bretton Woods elide considerable disagreement. There are many competing views of the post-1945 international economic order, and each generates alternative understanding of how Bretton Woods should …

comparative advantage in the classical sense used by economists. Geopolitical, technological, and ideational the international monetary system that some economists term as Bretton Woods II. Thus, even as it appeared


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