Isabella Weber Co-Authors New Working Paper on Price Controls

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Isabella Weber, economics, UMass Amherst, and Tom Krebs, University of Mannheim, have co-authored a new working paper for the Forum for a New Economy. "Can Price Controls be Optimal? The Economics of the Energy Shock in Germany" argues that, "price controls should be part of the policy toolbox to respond to shocks to systemically important sectors because not using them can have large economic and political costs." The authors present evidence from research on recent economic crises causing inflation rates to rise, as well as steps Germany has taken to stabilize prices for citizens. 

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