"This timely book analyses how the EU and China have collaborated in financing and managing projects to improve the functioning of the Middle Corridor. It examines the EU's multifaceted view of China: as an economic competitor, a systemic rival and, increasingly, as a partner for cooperation. In...

This report analyses how foreign direct investment (FDI) influences productivity and innovation among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the European Union. Drawing on rich subnational and firm-level data, it maps the geography of FDI, explores how recent shocks and the rise of...

We examine how functional-form assumptions affect conclusions about the existence of satiation in the relationship between income and emotional well-being. Previous studies have estimated a piecewise log-linear model with one structural break in both intercept and slope, which may lead to...

Schools are increasingly restricting cellphones worldwide amid concerns about achievement and mental health, yet causal evidence on school-level bans remains mixed. We examine cellphone restrictions in Chile before the pandemic, where teacher discretion over cellphone use generated...

Unprecedented climate change, socio-economic shocks, and political conflict exacerbate food insecurity. Worsened conditions and increased vulnerability now give prominence to improving farm resilience to withstand shocks. This article aims to analyse the effect of farm resilience on food...