The economic impact of uncertainty about U.S. regulations of the energy sector
It is frequently said that uncertainty is bad for business: firms, investors, consumers — economic agents, more generally — need to know what they can count on when making decisions, […]
The Cost of a Global Tariff War: A Sufficient Statistics Approach
In an age marked by growing trade tensions and the unraveling of multilateralism, the threat of a global tariff war looms large over the international economic system. But what would […]
Europe’s 2017 Roam-Like-at-Home Regulation
In June 2017, the EU enacted the so-called Roam-Like-At-Home (RLAH) regulation. Essentially, network operators were required to end surcharges to consumers travelling within the European Economic Area (EEA). Before the […]
The effect of import tariffs on exports
In 2018 and 2019, the United States imposed a series of wide-ranging increases in import tariffs: by August of 2019, 12 percent of US imports were subject to an average […]