by Margaret Jodlowski (jodlowski.1@0su.edu) and Cassie Mavis Agricultural employers face the challenging balancing act of navigating tightening margins while needing to attract and retain workers on their operations. While farm labor issues are perhaps not the first thing that comes…
by Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) The world has been on a hot streak over the last 70 years. Global income growth shot up at an average annual pace of 2% per year (Figure 1). This fast pace of wealth accumulation more…
By Dr. Leah Bevis (bevis.16@0su.edu) is an Associate Professor in international development economics at AEDE and Dr. Anne Fitzpatrick (fitzpatrick.88@osu.edu) is an Associate Professor in international development economics at AEDE. She has worked with USAID on multiple projects since 2019….
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) Currently the United States is on course to deviate from its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments by unilaterally resetting all of its previously bound tariffs, President Trump referring to these as “reciprocal tariffs”. However, the interpretation…
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) To trade economists this seems a rather odd question, the answer to which would be: well of course tariffs impose costs on buyers (consumers and firms purchasing inputs), and the basic explanation can be found in…
By Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) Watching the current turmoil at USAID is more than sad. Not only is it devastating to hard working people and their families in all corners of the earth, but it will also have long-term implications for…
by Brent Sohngen (Sohngen.1@osu.edu) Click here for roughly 5 minute podcast version of this post [Global Forest Podcast] Understandably, there has been confusion and concern in the marketplace due to the weekend decision by the Trump Administration to impose tariffs…
Have a look at this piece published in the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/high-rises-made-out-of-wood-what-matters-in-whether-mass-timber-buildings-are-sustainable-240416 High rises made out of wood? What matters in whether ‘mass timber’ buildings are sustainable by Brent Sohngen A material that’s been around since people built shelters – wood…
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) Although commentators argue about the status of the World Trade Organization (WTO) compared to free trade agreements (FTAs), there is consensus that WTO dispute resolution has been its “crown jewel”. Key is the two-instance adjudication system,…
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) In a previous post (Ian Sheldon, “Do US Buyers Bear the Cost of Import Tariffs?”), it was shown that based on analysis of the 2018-19 trade war with China, US buyers bore the cost of US…
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