the case of metal crime, where in the face of big increases in value driven by world commodity prices, the incidence of … metal thefts in the UK (and elsewhere) rose very sharply in the 2000s. Early in the current decade, they fell sharply again … shows sizeable and significant metal crime-price elasticities, in line with the idea that changing economic returns do shape …

increasing demand for metals like copper and lithium due to the growth in renewable energies and electromobility, metal abundant … heavily on China. In addition, bitcoin shocks seem to have also contributed to Chile's transition to a metals-based economy …, likely as a result of bitcoin's extensive use of energy and the uncertainty and volatility that characterize post-covid times …

Financial frictions are known to raise the volatility of economies to shocks (e.g. Bernanke andGertler 1989). We follow … this line of research to the labor literature concerned by the volatility of labor market outcomes to productivity shocks … are a good candidate to solve the volatility puzzle and rejoin Pissarides (2009) in arguing that hiring costs must be …

and flows via non-participation. Close to two-thirds of the volatility of unemployment in the UK over this period can be …

combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting …

volatility of both inflation and unemployment differentials. Finally, we show that it is important to take into account the …

paper offers a solution to this disagreement, suggesting that volatility carries a positive direct effect, but also a … volatility is then ambiguous. The paper reveals the underlying endogeneity of government size in a balanced panel of 95 countries … increase of volatility lowers growth by up to 0.57 percentage points in a democracy, but raises growth by 1.74 percentage …