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The Forum for the Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets is home to the European, Finance, and US Economic Experts Panels as well as a repository of thoughtful, current, and reliable information regarding topics of the day.
Europe

Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles

Question A:

The proposed US tariffs on Chinese EVs would lead to measurably higher employment in the US automotive industry over the next five years.

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Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology
Question B:

The proposed US tariffs on Chinese EVs would measurably slow the adoption of green technology by consumers.

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Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology
Question C:

Unless the EU matches the proposed US tariffs on Chinese EVs, there would be measurably lower employment in Europe's automotive industry over the next five years.

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Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Environment, Climate Change, & Natural Resources
US

Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles

Question A:

The proposed US tariffs on Chinese EVs would lead to measurably higher employment in the US automotive industry over the next five years.

Responses

Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology
Question B:

The proposed US tariffs on Chinese EVs would lead to measurably higher prices of EVs in the US.

Responses

Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology
Question C:

The proposed US tariffs on Chinese EVs would measurably slow the adoption of green technology by consumers.

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Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology
 
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Environment, Climate Change, & Natural Resources
On Global Markets

Should the Public Go Private?

Private equity investing, as the name rather helpfully suggests, involves buying (and later selling) equity in firms that are not listed on the public markets. Under that, rather broad umbrella, a whole variety of different investing strategies can be found. Varying from venture capital (the provision of early-stage investments to often quickly growing companies) to […] 
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Articles
Europe

Europe’s Single Market

This European survey examines (a) Greater integration of national markets for financial services, energy and telecommunications would give a measurable boost to Europe’s GDP over the next ten years; (b) The potential benefits for GDP from loosening European merger rules to allow greater consolidation within the single market would outweigh the potential harm to consumers from weaker competition

  
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Economic Growth, Development, & Productivity
Finance

Retail Investor Participation in Private Equity

This Finance survey examines that Retail investors account for a large share of global wealth, but a small share in private equity holdings. (see link: https://bain.com/insights/why-private-equity-is-targeting-individual-investors-global-private-equity-report-2023/ (a) A reduction in the barriers to all retail investors investing in private equity funds - notably regulatory restrictions on investor wealth/income and on liquidity - would substantially improve household welfare. 
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Financial Regulation
US

Tariffs

This US survey examines (a) Tripling existing import taxes on Chinese steel and aluminum products would lead to measurably higher employment in the US steel industry over the next five years; (b) Tripling the tariffs would lead to measurably higher steel and aluminum prices for American producers and measurably higher finished-good prices for American consumers; (c) The gains for the American economy from tripling the tariffs would measurably outweigh the losses. 
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International Trade & Exchange Rates
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