compares the actual performance of markets in Europe and China, two regions of the world that were relatively advanced in the … and by the 18th century the scope of economic activity was far larger than in other parts of the world. This paper … for about two-fifths of the world's population in the mid-18th century, and it considers some three centuries of data. Our …

and compare capital market development in Britain and China. Interest rates for Britain were lower than China's on average … are twice those of the Delta, and three or more times as high as elsewhere in China. Overall, our results suggest capital …

produces roughly 40% of the world's corn. A heat wave in July adversely affected corn production. We extend earlier statistical …

in demand for new research and a corresponding increase in the use of preprint platforms around the world. We find that ….S. institutions receive more attention, than preprints with authors from the rest of the world. In an exploration of potential …

China. First, China has a comparative advantage in this technology. It is substantially more likely to export surveillance … democracies are more likely to import surveillance AI from China. This bias is not observed in AI imports from the US or in … imports of other frontier technologies from China. Third, autocracies and weak democracies are especially more likely to …

-based measures. Examples from countries around the world illustrate the role of political and policy developments as drivers of … market volatility since March 2018, when U.S.-China tensions began to escalate. Lastly, I offer remarks on the interplay …

matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese … production stages conducted in China over the 1992-2014 period, both in the aggregate and within firms over time. Firms span more …