Macroeconomics
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Research problems linked to this topic
- What are the longer-term impacts and consequences on the labour market and on productivity of policies introduced to address the challenges of COVID-19?
- To what extent is the market and actors within it able to withstand economic shocks?
- What can we learn about sequencing the levels of intervention and openness in an economy following a shock? How can economic theories, such as transition economics, inform this?
- Macro productivity: To what extent does AI impact national productivity?
- How is freight demand likely to change in the future? What impact will reduce transport costs of delivery have?
- What insights does the academic literature provide on the economics of trade remedies, and issues that have arisen in recent World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes, including subsidies and market distortions?
- How do economic cycles affect employment, unemployment, economic activity and wages? How do any effects vary for different groups?
- To what extent is the market and actors within it able to withstand economic shocks?
- How can we best evaluate the trade restrictiveness of different categories of non-tariff measures (at both bilateral and multilateral levels, across goods, services and investment)?