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Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (CWPE)
A new series of papers from the Faculty of Economics and the Department of Applied Economics, which supersedes the DAE Working Paper series
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Three Essays in Firms, Trade and Development
I present a collection of three essays exploring how firms in developing countries make supply-chain decisions and how those microeconomic decisions aggregate into macroeconomic outcomes. Chapter 1 In the first chapter, ... -
The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Mental Health: Evidence from the US
(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, 2020-05-07)The coronavirus outbreak has caused significant disruptions to people’s lives. We document the impact of state-wide stay-at-home orders on mental health using real time survey data in the US. The lockdown measures lowered ... -
Border Carbon Adjustments and Industrial Competitiveness in a European Green Deal
(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, 2020-05-06)As part of the European Green Deal, the EU is considering the introduction of a Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA) to ensure that the price of imports into the EU more accurately reflects the environmental costs of their carbon ... -
Unexpected Effects: Uncertainty, Unemployment, and Inflation
(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, 2020-05-04)This paper studies the role of uncertainty in a search-and-matching framework with risk-averse households. A mean-preserving spread to future productivity contracts current economic activity even in the absence of nominal ...
