Alistair Munro

@alistair-munro.bsky.social

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Professor. Co-Chief-Editor Environmental & Resource Economics. Behavioural, Environmental, Experimental, Development. Mostly Ibaraki. バーコードなし. Sky Blue.

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Remy Levin 🌻 @remylevin.bsky.social · 4h

Full paper here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/65r3g...

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Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 7h

Meanwhile, outside the Tweedledee Tweedledum world of PR fluff

Average monthly salary in Tokyo is half that of New York

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 19h

Look forward to reading this, particularly how they identify the effects of Brexit, given the confounding effects of Covid and the UK government's response to it.

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Yan Qin @yanqin.bsky.social · 20h

Full text in English:
On 8 November, China's State Council Information Office released a white paper titled "Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality China's Plans and Solutions."

english.www.gov.cn/archive/whit...

Full text: Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality China's Plans and Solutions

China's State Council Information Office on Saturday released a white paper titled "Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality China's Plans and Solutions."

english.www.gov.cn

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 1d

One of several big difference with Japan is that there is no unrelenting, partisan stream of attacks on the national broadcaster here. The uneven pattern of trust in the UK is largely manufactured by those who stand to gain most from it.

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 1d

But weren't cattle introduced to the Americas from Europe during the Columbian exchange?

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Stephane Hallegatte @hallegatte.bsky.social · 2d

Key highlights include that climate adaptation could yield labor income benefits equivalent to 150 million jobs by 2050, a combination of new jobs created by investments in infrastructure or nature-based solution and jobs that are protected from negative shocks and impacts.

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 2d

Should it be Syrian refugees in Jordan?

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 2d

Last week, Chile, Mexico, and Peru announced new steps toward trade integration with Asian partners.

Latin America’s Pivot to Asia

Chile, Mexico, and Peru announced new trade talks at APEC.

foreignpolicy.com

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 2d

Starting my #econtwitter #econsky recap 🧵 for #neudc2025 @TuftsEconomics! First session: displaced persons. Tamim shows that a housing subsidy for Syrian refugees in Jordan had only minor positive economic effects + led to a deterioration in relations btw hosts + refugees

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 2d

He went to school in Market Rasen. Of course the true musical genius of Lindsey was Rod Temperton

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 2d

Made in India mentions a shop the family ran in a village near Scunthorpe, but it doesn’t give an exact location.

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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 2d

Shy Dubai Guy, Richard Tice MP for Boston & Skegness finally admits to "sea level issues" in his constituency
news.sky.com/story/humans...

Humans have 'possibly' impacted climate change, Richard Tice admits, after calling the idea 'garbage'

Richard Tice's position is still a long way from the scientific consensus that humans have dramatically disrupted the climate, but marks a shift in comparison with earlier in the year, when he told Sk...

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 3d

Born #OnThisDay in 1867 was Marie Skłodowska–Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win twice and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines: Physics for her work on radioactivity, and Chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium. #WomenInSTEM

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 4d

Nope. Now, if it was "Authentic Artisan Zen Geisha Ninja Macha Experience" I might give it a try.

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 4d

The real wages = marginal productivity relationship is used to justify wage-based measures of productivity. That works (possibly) for the private sector but not for the public sector and most of health and education work falls into that category. Perhaps a pinch of Cheshire salt needed here?

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 4d

Is there any 'national' cuisine that is unshaped by the Columbian exchange? Anything in Europe, Asia or Africa that uses chillis, maize, tomatoes or potatoes is ruled out. Anything in the Americas that uses beef, grains, coriander or citrus.

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 5d

Makes sense in a world where all cars are EVs. Creates some interesting moral hazards in a world where IC vehicles are in the majority and still for sale.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

(Published February)

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

www.propublica.org

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Mid terms are November 3rd 2026. Go register voters. @usrbinr.bsky.social · 5d

{renv} is the package you need that you never know you needed

For easy to get up and running and honestly makes your life exceptionally easy.

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renv – RStudio User Guide

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Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 5d

Limit numbers sounds like something the US President favours. Radical numbers, not so much

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 5d

This was the paper I was trying to recall. Thanks!🙏

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t totally agree with the separation. Laws can establish, codify and strengthen social norms. Attitudes to tobacco in the UK hardened after smoking in pubs was banned. Seatbelt laws helped create a mood that unrestrained children in cars were not just illegal but evidence of bad parenting.

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koenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 6d

It’s not laws that make the Spanish, the Italians and the Greeks into moderate drinkers, but social norms.

Why are they so much more powerful?

And why are many countries so set on using criminal law to influence their citizens’ behaviour instead?

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 6d

A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific record and patient safety,” a team of researchers including @deevybee.bsky.social report.

Review mill in Italy targeting ob-gyn journals, researchers allege

Examples of “boilerplate” text used in the suspect reviews.M.A. Oviedo-Garcia et al/medRxiv 2025 A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific…

retractionwatch.com

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 6d

Clever. Looking forward to hearing the Mayor's views.

Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah she’s right wing and doesn’t much care for foreigners but is that enough to drag up stuff from a light interview that’s 30 years ago?

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Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social · 7d

After Elsevier cut off the tap for the journal Water Resources and Economics in 2024, the research is flowing again, with the launch of the independent new journal, Journal of Water Economics. Edited by the same team, backed by U. Waterloo. #Econsky 😃

openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/jo...

Journal of Water Economics

The Journal of Water Economics publishes theoretical and empirical research on the economics of water resources. Topics include allocation, governance, pricing, regulation, policy instruments, valuati...

openjournals.uwaterloo.ca

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 7d

Takeda’s dengue vaccine has demonstrated strong protection against infection and hospitalization for seven years, marking the longest efficacy reported among any available dengue vaccines.

Takeda’s dengue vaccine shows long-lasting protection

The results bolster confidence in Takeda’s two-dose regimen, especially as countries grapple with record dengue outbreaks fueled by climate change.

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Jeffrey Brainard @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social · 7d

A rapidly growing share of letters to journals may be drafted by machines, undetected by editors. Study quantifies recently ‘prolific debutante authors’ who had published no letters before 2022, when ChatGPT debuted. #academicjournals #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI

New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs

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