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Global shocks, institutional development, and trade restrictions: Learning from crises and recoveries between 1990 and 2022

During the past 20 years, the world economy has suffered two major crises in the form of the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. This column identifies the turning points of recessions and expansions in 101 advanced and developing economies between 1990 and 2022 and analyses the drivers of economic recovery. Across the sample, […]

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Why globalisation needs a leader: Hegemons, alignment, and trade

There is a growing concern that tensions between China and the US may lead to an unravelling of globalisation. This column discusses how rivalry between great powers can be detrimental to global trade and welfare and introduces the theory of hegemonic globalisation. Analysis of bilateral and multilateral treaties since 1800 shows that a dominant global […]