The Black Death killed 40% of Europe's population between 1347-1352, making it one of the largest shocks in the history …

during the crisis. The results suggest that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was heterogeneous across sectors and product …This paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic affected European trade patterns. Specifically, dynamic panel data models … of resilience. In particular, trade flows of durable products were more significantly affected by the pandemic compared …

employment effects of routine-replacing technological change (RRTC), along with the underlying mechanisms. We show that while … new jobs through increased product demand, outweighing displacement effects and resulting in net employment growth …

. Second, many people suffer from socio-economic consequences of the crisis, including a discontinuation of employment, a … crisis. Using common factor analysis, we demonstrate that people’s lives are mainly affected in two ways: First, a notable …

taxes were conducive for Europe's economic growth. This paper provides a political-economic answer to the question why these …. China's contiguous geography allows bureaucrats to establish an autocratic tax system whereas Europe's split geography …

metastudy of the historical demography literature shows that the EMP did not prevail throughout Europe, its three key components …

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused disruptions in international trade and highlighted the dependency of small … open economies in Europe on imports, especially of energy. These events may have changed Europeans' attitude towards … in Europe. We show that two months after the invasion, anti-globalization sentiment in general has not spread, but that …

context of the COVID-19 crisis in Germany. Employment responses differed widely across local labour markets, with differences … in short-time work rates of up to 30 percentage points at the beginning of the pandemic. Using recent advancements in the … difference-in-differences approach with a continuous treatment, we find that pre-crisis digital capital potential reduced short …