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Amir Neto
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Director, Regional Economic Research Institute | Associate Professor of Economics @FGCU. @WVU and @ufjfoficial.bsky.social alum.
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🚨 New Publication! 📈📉
W/ my former student Chris Campbell, we look at the relationship between natural hazard & regulation changes. Hazards may lower the cost of policy making incentivizing logrolling. We find that different hazards are associated with distinct policy response.
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Do different natural hazards shape state regulations?
This study delves into the relationship between natural hazards and state-level regulations in the United States. We posit that natural hazards are associated with changing regulations. Natural haz...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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This chart was made in America by skilled artisans.

It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
April 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Looking to do a fully funded, policy-relevant PhD in economics?

The ESRC has funded another joint CMA PhD studentship, this time with Lorenza Rossi and Stefano Fasani at Lancaster University, on the interaction of market power, price setting and macro dynamics.

Please share widely and apply!
ESRC CASE PhD Studentship - Lancaster University
www.lancaster.ac.uk
February 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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ATTENTION!!!! We're still accepting applications for a postdoc (1 year or multiyear) here at Ohio State! It’s not too late to apply!!!

The application link is here: osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...
Post Doctoral Scholar
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February 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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FANTASTIC

ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)

You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have

www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
February 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 We have draft! 📈📉
New working paper with Jamie Pavlik (TTU) and Juan Sayago (U Iowa). We estimate the effect of enterprise zones on business ownership type in #Florida. We find that #EZ attract big businesses and crowd out small, locally owned #firms.

shorturl.at/dCVEY

#Research #Tax #PBP
Tax Incentives and Local Business Ownership: Evidence from the Florida Enterprise Zone Program
The effect of place-based policies like enterprise zones has long been debated. Recent literature finds that even if the short-run effects of such policies are
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February 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Come work for me at UChicago @beckerfriedman.bsky.social ! I'm hiring a full-time pre-doc to start this April/May/June for data analysis on crime, education, mental health, and organized crime, mostly on projects in Latin America. Details & apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...
Research Professional – Christopher Blattman (Full-Time, Benefits Eligible)
Chicago, IL
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January 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
For those in #Economics and #RegionalScience job market, we are hiring a post doc. ABDs are welcomed! We are looking for someone with really good data skills - GIS and Input-Modeling is a plus but not a requirement.

Please apply and share broadly

#EconSky #RegionalEconomics #Job #AcademicJob
The #RERI at Florida Gulf Coast University Lutgert College of Business is hiring a Post Doctoral Research Associate.

This is a 18-month position, with the possibility of renewal, starting ASAP but no later than April 2025. fgcu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/eaglejobs-te...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Job Summary The Regional Economic Research Institute (RERI) at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our team. The PRA will work with and direct...
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January 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The #RERI at Florida Gulf Coast University Lutgert College of Business is hiring a Post Doctoral Research Associate.

This is a 18-month position, with the possibility of renewal, starting ASAP but no later than April 2025. fgcu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/eaglejobs-te...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Job Summary The Regional Economic Research Institute (RERI) at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our team. The PRA will work with and direct...
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January 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Escalating child care costs force women out of the work force www.marketplace.org/2024/12/11/e...
Ballooning child care costs force women out of the workforce - Marketplace
The cost of preschool and daycare has risen by about 26% since 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.marketplace.org
December 12, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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I am thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the 2nd Latin American Sports Economics Conference (LASEC - 2) to be held in @pucp , 17-18 July, 2025. See you in Lima!

sites.google.com/view/jorgeto...
December 12, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R!

stata2r.github.io
Translating Stata to R
Learning R coming from Stata
stata2r.github.io
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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🚨 Job alert! 🚨

The Jacobscenter and Department of Economics is looking for an Assistant Professor specializing in the Economics of Child and Youth Development.

📅 Deadline: TOMORROW!

Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/10...
November 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Check out the call for papers for a Real Estate Economics Special Issue on Housing and Housing Policy with guest editor Ingrid Gould Ellen! areuea.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...
CFP: Real Estate Economics Special Issue on Housing and Housing Policy
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November 12, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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People tend to think there are more immigrants in their country than there really are
October 24, 2024 at 2:50 PM

🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
My former student Joseph Nedved, now at @WVU, and I look at the effects of the introduction of online sports betting in the Pennsylvania market. This was a very cool project that came about from Joe's capstone project in my class.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sports betting cannibalization: Evidence from Pennsylvania
The repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in 2018 resulted in the rapid introduction of sports betting into many U.S. m…
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November 1, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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The Economics Department at CU Denver is hiring this year!

We are looking for an assistant professor in applied microeconomics. We're a friendly and supportive group and did I mention the views?

Our post is up on EJM! Please share widely & feel free to reach out with Qs
October 22, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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I’m recruiting a research assistant to work on projects spanning neighborhood change, housing investment, highways, and innovation. Starting Summer 2025 or earlier. GIS+coding experience preferred. Please mention in your cover letter if you’re specifically interested in working with me. Job posting:
Research Assistant/Sr. Research Assistant (Hybrid)
Company Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Job Description Summary Research assistants (RAs) at the Philadelphia Fed play a key role in the Economic Research Department. Whether they are helping eco...
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October 8, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Hi all. I'm Pedro Picchetti from INSPER Institute of Research and Education, in Brazil. My #EconJMP provides a new method for the identification of dynamic causal effects using Instrumental Variables. sites.google.com/view/pedropi...
October 2, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Nope, it’s actually this completely ignorant person who has no idea what he’s talking about.

Here’s the work of my expert @piie.com colleagues on the impacts of his plans, work they he clearly hopes you won’t read —> www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
JD Vance says he was "annoyed" by Tim Walz citing economists saying Trump's policies will lead to a rise in inflation, because "I don't think economists know what the hell they're talking about"
October 2, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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Send your best work in Historical & Cultural Economics to meet up at 1492m altitude in the Sarntal Alps 🇮🇹
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October 1, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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How will the proposed mass deportations next year affect US workers?

@chloeneast.bsky.social, who co-authored some of the most important research on this herself, has written up a nice explainer —>

www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The labor market impact of deportations
www.brookings.edu
September 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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I made a starter pack of government economists.

go.bsky.app/K7fAcMi
September 18, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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UC Davis Ag and Resource Econ Department is hiring in econometrics - come join me at Davis! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06720
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics: Econometrics
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 11, 2024 at 8:46 AM