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Empirical research is often contaminated by publication bias. Our paper in the July issue of Journal of Economic Surveys shows - after correcting for publication bias, empirical effects are typically closer to 0 and may switch signs - relative reduction in effect sizes of 45%-60%

Solar (photovoltaic) panel prices have declined from $130.7 per watt in 1975 to 0.31$ today (-99.8%).

Providing homeless people with housing: - reduces crime - increases employment - improves health - does not increase reliance on social benefits. 80% of costs are offset by the benefits in the first 18 months. Evidence from the US

This new paper finds that the funding of Trump's election campaign was not only about money from the ultra wealthy. "Trump underperformed among wealthy Republican donors while mobilizing new non-wealthy donors. Trump also diversified the donorate, especially by education."

Germany's 10-year government yield, which traded near zero for years, rose above 2.9% in March after the announcement of the €1 trillion spending package, but has since fallen to around 2.5%.

Interesting paper: 161 researchers in 73 research teams used the same data and hypothesis (immigration reduces support for social policies among the public), but arrived at different results and conclusions. Paper in PNAS

Research by IMF economists shows that the rise and fall of inflation in advanced economies since 2020 has mostly been driven by supply shocks (energy, food, supply chains). Macroeconomic conditions "played a secondary role".

Inflation in the €zone has fallen back to 2%.