Global Development and Trade
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Most firms keep cash from tariff refunds, Fed study finds
Bloomberg covers new research by SIEPR's Nick Bloom and Steven Davis, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, examining how companies are spending tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.
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The dollar's dominance is eroding
New research by SIEPR Senior Fellows Arvind Krishnamurthy and Hanno Lustig documents rising investor doubts about the U.S. dollar and Treasury bonds as safe-haven bets.
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Unpacking the real fiscal costs of immigration
The Financial Times exclusively covers a new study by Usama Polani, SIEPR research scholar, measuring the fiscal impacts of immigration in different European countries and the problem of low-earning migrant families where cultural norms prevent females from working.
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The GDP-per-person slowdown threatens global living standards
The Economist highlights research by Scott Rozelle, SIEPR senior fellow, showing steep declines in the number of Chinese who believe that their country is a meritocracy.
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Crypto fans say stablecoins are good for the dollar. The truth is more complicated
Bloomberg Businessweek turns to Amit Seru, SIEPR senior fellow, for insights into the likelihood that stablecoins will drive demand for U.S. Treasury bonds and, in the process, bring down interest rates.
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What's behind the big surge in US government bond yields
Bloomberg podcast, "Odd Lots," turns to Darrell Duffie, SIEPR senior fellow and presenter at the recent Jackson Hole Fed meeting, for insights into what's driving global bond yields to their highest levels since 2008 and what policymakers can and can't do to bring them back down.
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How work makes families more equal
The Economist highlights research by Alice Evans, SIEPR faculty fellow, showing that men's sense of honor is closely tied to keeping women secluded from society, including the workforce, in major regions around the world.
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The Treasury market’s coveted status as a safe haven is fading
New research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Hanno Lustig, showing that growing doubts that U.S. Treasuries are a "safe" asset, figures prominently in the Wall Street Journal's coverage of a surprise Trump administration move to try to lower the U.S. government's borrowing costs.
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New investments by Stanford Impact Labs to help support the work of SIEPR scholars
Research projects awarded 2026 funding include three led by SIEPR senior fellows Marcella Alsan, Arun Chandrasekhar, Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater.
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The ‘assimilate or go home’ crowd could use a history lesson
A Bloomberg opinion columnist details the extensive research by SIEPR's Ran Abramitzky in challenging the latest political rhetoric around U.S. immigrants, including the claim that they don’t work hard, follow the law or integrate into American society.
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Money moves faster than ever. Here’s what it means for the U.S. financial system.
A recent Policy Forum hosted by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research focused on rapid advances in money flows and how best to maximize rewards while minimizing risks.
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Understanding geoeconomics in a volatile world
Matteo Maggiori, SIEPR senior fellow, explains the return of economic competition among powerful countries and predicts it will shape the next decades of international relations, in the latest issue of the International Monetary Fund's Finance & Development magazine.
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How should economists treat morality?
The Economist showcases a new book, "Moral Economics," written by Alvin Roth, a SIEPR senior fellow and Nobel laureate, that examines collisions between morality and markets for, say, sex work, recreational drugs and horse meat..
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Sex, drugs & surrogacy: When morality and markets clash
Stanford’s Alvin Roth won the Nobel Prize for improving how markets work. In a new book, he introduces a new way of thinking about society’s most controversial transactions, from sex work to drugs to assisted dying.
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The great hesitation
In a New York Times op-ed, SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru warns that political dysfunction is seeping into American capitalism. Trump's erratic policies are the key reason, but Biden shares some blame, too.
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When the world stops syncing
On the first anniversary of President Trump's "Liberation Day" declaration, SIEPR's Steve Davis tells Politico Magazine that one potentially lasting consequence of the breakdown in global cooperation is that U.S. companies have fewer reasons to innovate.
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US has caused $10T worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
The Guardian features a new Nature study from SIEPR's Marshall Burke and Solomon Hsiang showing that the U.S. is the largest contributor to economic losses worldwide from rising temps.
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Pain at the pump: What spiking gas prices mean for consumers, the US economy
A new analysis by scholars at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research into the implications of higher gas bills is making waves. Here, two of the authors explain why.
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Trump administration invokes emergency powers to restart oil operations off California coast
Ryan Cummings, SIEPR chief of staff, tells Politico that the Trump administration's order to restart oil drilling off the California coast won't do much to address oil supply problems and surging gas prices tied to the Iran war.
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Mario Draghi: Europe’s ‘immense complacency’ is over
At the 2026 SIEPR Economic Summit, the influential economist gives his take on why the EU economy lags the U.S. and China’s. He’s “cautiously optimistic” about the bloc’s future.
