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Linda Yueh

Linda Yueh

@lindayueh.bsky.social

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Economist at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford & London Business School

Author of The #GreatCrashes & #GreatEconomists
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Linda Yi-Chuang Yueh is a Taiwanese-born British-American economist, lawyer, broadcaster, and author. Yueh is an adjunct professor of economics at London Business School, and a fellow in economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. She was also a visiting professor at Peking University and associated with both the Centre for Economic Performance and IDEAS research centres at the London School of Economics (LSE). .. more

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Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · May 11

The Great Economists and The Great Crashes are both economic history books that draw lessons from history to help with current challenges and opportunities

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Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6h

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Rather than taking jobs away, automation in British factories is linked to higher employment. It is a reminder that new production technologies often expand output and change what people do at work, rather than simply replacing them. @cep-lse.bsky.social research

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Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 3d

The share of self-employed workers struggling to meet basic expenses has fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic, indicating that many have regained or exceeded their pre-Covid economic stability. @cep-lse.bsky.social research

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Road to recovery: Self-employed on the mend?

The eighth LSE-CEP survey of the self-employed shows weekly hours of the self-employed are now seeing some signs of recovery, compared with the last data collection in June 2023. The positive increase in work hours is translating into improvements in wellbeing, especially among the younger age groups.

Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

What aspect of the tariff shock drove this response? We document a small role for heightened inflation expectations but also find evidence consistent with a lack of inflows from international investors, and a rotation towards gold.
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Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

A survey of investors suggests that while they do care about sustainability, they find the classifications of the regulation confusing and struggle to translate disclosures into meaningful decisions.
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The limited effects of regulating greenwashing: Evidence from Europe’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

Disclosure-based regulation is often seen as a low-cost way to address greenwashing. This column uses European mutual fund data to assess the impact of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulati...

Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

The typical safe-haven behaviour of the yen and the Swiss franc is often attributed to their role as funding currencies in carry trades
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The US dollar: Not a traditional safe haven

Safe-haven currencies are generally understood to appreciate when risk sentiment deteriorates, providing investors with insurance. This column demonstrates that the US dollar differs from that of trad...

Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

Europe’s long-term competitiveness may hinge less on gaining global market share and more on closing its persistent productivity gap and completing the single market in key sectors.
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Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

Effect of tariffs imposed by the US on Chinese solar panel imports since 2012. In response, Chinese firms relocated production to countries not subject to the tariffs.
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Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

Existing evidence indicates that FDI promotes growth, but only when host economies can absorb spillovers. Countries need sufficient human capital & deep financial markets to enable domestic firms to learn from, invest alongside, and connect with multinationals.
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Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

While recent analysis has focused on direct impacts of US tariffs and potential retaliation, major US trading partners have intensified trade negotiations with each other, including the recently completed EU–Mercosur and EU–India deals
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Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

Non-degree credentials – badges, certificates, certifications, licences, microcredentials – have been multiplying at breakneck speed as alternatives to HE. Over 1.5 million non-degree credentials now exist in the US, with >1/4 of American adults holding at least 1
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The market value of non-degree credentials: New evidence from 37 million US workers

Non-degree credentials are rapidly multiplying as alternatives to traditional higher education, but in a largely unregulated market. This column draws on nearly 40 million US worker resumes to analyse...

Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

Payment stablecoins are set to become an important financial instrument. Their impact on the financial system will depend on whether the issuers can purchase assets (i) only with bank deposits or (ii) also by issuing liabilities widely accepted as means of payment.
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Stablecoins and the exorbitant privilege of money creation

Payment stablecoins are set to become an important financial instrument. Their impact on the financial system will depend on whether the issuers can purchase assets (i) only with bank deposits or (ii)...

Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

In euro area, policy & money market rates increased by up to 4.5 percentage points during the 2022-25 monetary policy tightening/easing cycle. However, the bank lending rate only increased by up to three percentage points. This opened a gap of 1.5 percentage points.
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Peering beyond the veil of aggregate bank lending rate dynamics: Insights into credit-level pricing and composition effects

During the recent tightening and easing cycle, the aggregate bank lending rate to firms in the euro area increased by less than the rise in policy and money market rates. This column uses granular cre...

Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social · 6d

Intra-EU trade barriers are estimated to be between 2 to 3 times as large as between US states, with simulations suggesting that fully closing the gap with intra-US trade costs could raise EU productivity by nearly 6%
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