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How exchange rates responded to tariffs - VoxTalks Economics

After “Liberation Day,” the dollar fell by 6%—the opposite of what standard economic models would predict after tariffs are imposed. So what explains this surprising move? 

In this episode, Giancarlo Corsetti tells Tim Phillips how new evidence on US tariffs since 2018 suggests that when tariffs are anticipated and retaliation is swift, markets are repricing long-run risk rather than reacting in the textbook way.

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The research activities of the Department cover a wide range of topics in the fields of microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics with a focus on recent theoretical and methodological developments in economic sciences.

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Voting at the kitchen table: Do postal ballots impact how couples vote?

In this #MyEUIResearch story, economics researcher Thomas Taylor discusses his research on how postal voting affects autonomous political decisions within couples. When voting becomes a domestic affair, how does it change the way couples influence—or even treat—one another?

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Warmer days, higher tensions: How temperature affects domestic violence

In this #MyEUIResearch interview, economics researcher Martin Habets uncovers the link between variations in daily temperature and cases of domestic violence. His research reveals an increase in domestic violence on warmer days, particularly for the most vulnerable.

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The hidden hazard of dust: How natural air pollution threatens worker safety

In this #MyEUI research interview, EUI economics researchers Benjamin Hattemer and Ismael Moreno Martinez explain how surging dust events—natural, yet climate-driven episodes—raise accident risks across nearly all worker categories, and they outline practical policy actions to strengthen on-the-job safety.

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The ‘spillover effects’ of the minimum wage, with Filipe B. Caires

What happens when the minimum wage increases? Economics researcher Filipe B. Caires sheds light on how raising the minimum wage leads to salary increases also for workers not targeted by the policy, its link to the organisation of firms, and its consequences for salary inequalities among workers.

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