This paper presents a meta-analysis of the effects of economic diplomacy on international flows (trade and FDI). The tools of economic diplomacy under investigation in our study are: embassies, other foreign offices, investment promotion offices, export promotion offices, trade missions and...

For many years, economics researchers have discussed the importance of sharing code and data files to ensure replicability. The discussion, however, rarely includes questions about long-term access to those files. This paper looks in-depth at the code and data policies from top economics...

Limited liability and asymmetric information between an investment bank and its lenders provide an incentive for a bank to undercapitalise and finance overly risky business projects. To counter this market failure, national governments have imposed solvency constraints on banks. However, these...