Gonçalo Pina
@alvespina.bsky.social
I'm a Professor of International Economics at ESCP Business School in Berlin. I study macro policy in open economies (and some other stuff).
Papers: https://sites.google.com/view/goncalopina
Papers: https://sites.google.com/view/goncalopina
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I'm seriously thinking about a Pigouvian tax on "Copy and Paste."
Time for some game theory
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Time for some game theory
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The last episode was December 9th.
I guess this is how it feels when the bridge breaks and no one comes to fix it.
I guess this is how it feels when the bridge breaks and no one comes to fix it.
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Reports of Rome's fall appear to have been premature!
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Reports of Rome's fall appear to have been premature!
Supply shocks are demand shocks (tariffs), demand shocks are supply shocks (deportations), shocks shocks are supply demand, shock shocks are demand supply.
Super interesting!
"What Is a Tariff Shock? Insights from 150 years of Tariff Policy" by Régis Barnichon and Aayush Singh.
www.frbsf.org/wp-content/u...
"What Is a Tariff Shock? Insights from 150 years of Tariff Policy" by Régis Barnichon and Aayush Singh.
www.frbsf.org/wp-content/u...
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Supply shocks are demand shocks (tariffs), demand shocks are supply shocks (deportations), shocks shocks are supply demand, shock shocks are demand supply.
Teaching PPP this week:
Me: It's getting cold. Suppose you can go skiing in Austria for 100€, or Switzerland for 80CHF. The exchange rate is 0.5€/CHF. Assune quality is the same. Where should you go skiing?
Student: The correct answer is Italy.
Me: It's getting cold. Suppose you can go skiing in Austria for 100€, or Switzerland for 80CHF. The exchange rate is 0.5€/CHF. Assune quality is the same. Where should you go skiing?
Student: The correct answer is Italy.
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Teaching PPP this week:
Me: It's getting cold. Suppose you can go skiing in Austria for 100€, or Switzerland for 80CHF. The exchange rate is 0.5€/CHF. Assune quality is the same. Where should you go skiing?
Student: The correct answer is Italy.
Me: It's getting cold. Suppose you can go skiing in Austria for 100€, or Switzerland for 80CHF. The exchange rate is 0.5€/CHF. Assune quality is the same. Where should you go skiing?
Student: The correct answer is Italy.
Ireland's Parrott Portugal's Parrot 💀
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ireland's Parrott Portugal's Parrot 💀
Perhaps it is time to bring back these bad boys to class
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Perhaps it is time to bring back these bad boys to class
When will the Epstein files be translated from Boomlish into English?
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
When will the Epstein files be translated from Boomlish into English?
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Free idea: Duolingo but with song lyrics instead of this crap.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Free idea: Duolingo but with song lyrics instead of this crap.
Cat is not convinced by this shoe tying business this morning.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Cat is not convinced by this shoe tying business this morning.
Cubic function is up, then down, then up, you see
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Cubic function is up, then down, then up, you see
Plus, as far as compound words go, baseball still beats all of facebook, microsoft, dropbox, salesforce, etcetc
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Plus, as far as compound words go, baseball still beats all of facebook, microsoft, dropbox, salesforce, etcetc
Saudi Arabia has the opportunity to do the funniest thing and move to Salop from Hotelling.
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Saudi Arabia has the opportunity to do the funniest thing and move to Salop from Hotelling.
Babe wake up, the lawyers are talking about who pays for the tariffs again.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Chief Justice Roberts Calls Trump’s Tariffs ‘Taxes on Americans’ While Grilling Admin Lawyer
“But, who pays the tariffs? If a tariff is imposed on automobiles, who pays them?” Roberts interjected, appearing skeptical of the Trump admin's argument
www.yahoo.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Babe wake up, the lawyers are talking about who pays for the tariffs again.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Reposted by Gonçalo Pina
"If we don't fight corruption in sport, we should not fight corruption at all."
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"If we don't fight corruption in sport, we should not fight corruption at all."
Fantastic
Infantino will present Fifa's "Peace Prize" on 5 December, the day of the 2026 World Cup draw.
In Washington D.C.
We're all thinking the same thing, yes? Surely he couldn't? Oh yes he could.
inside.fifa.com/organisation...
In Washington D.C.
We're all thinking the same thing, yes? Surely he couldn't? Oh yes he could.
inside.fifa.com/organisation...
FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity
FIFA has announced the introduction of the “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” to reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have unit...
inside.fifa.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Fantastic
You know how in Star Trek people just kept their accents?
Coffee commotion puts German view of venture capital under scrutiny - on.ft.com/4qIvzyN via @FT
Coffee commotion puts German view of venture capital under scrutiny - on.ft.com/4qIvzyN via @FT
Coffee commotion puts German view of venture capital under scrutiny
LAP Coffee’s €2.50 cappuccino is ‘apparently too disruptive for Berlin’, says one founder
on.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
You know how in Star Trek people just kept their accents?
Coffee commotion puts German view of venture capital under scrutiny - on.ft.com/4qIvzyN via @FT
Coffee commotion puts German view of venture capital under scrutiny - on.ft.com/4qIvzyN via @FT
Happy Ricardo day to all who celebrate #Econsky
Me all the time: Nationalism is bad.
Me teaching Ricardo: there are countries that are better at some things, there are countries that are better at other things, and then there are countries like Portugal that are better at everything.
Me teaching Ricardo: there are countries that are better at some things, there are countries that are better at other things, and then there are countries like Portugal that are better at everything.
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Happy Ricardo day to all who celebrate #Econsky
FE guys lost to the IV guys
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
FE guys lost to the IV guys
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
![# 2. Flag any impossible distances (e.g. > 70 yards)
anomalies = df_field_goal[df_field_goal['yardline_100'] > 70]
print("\n=== Anomalous Distances (>70 yd) ===")
print(anomalies[['season', 'yardline_100']])](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjr4fgjicbq6h3fn5t6sqc7h/bafkreifi7bhzbpxwrhrxzdwmpkq4nkuy2cvsl4wobhhlsi52cti2fk33ey@jpeg)
Chartle - A daily chart game
Guess the country in red by analysing today's chart
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November 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM