This paper investigates the role of trade policy uncertainty (TPU) on resource allocation across heterogeneous Chinese producers and aggregate productivity in the Chinese[...]

Over the past 5 years, real energy and non-energy commodity prices have trended sharply higher. These relative price movements have had important implications for inflati[...]

The author empirically assesses the effects of institutional and political factors on the need and willingness of governments to make large fiscal adjustments. In contras[...]