Andi
andisr.bsky.social
Andi
@andisr.bsky.social
Interested in Economics and Policy.
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Excited to announce a new @pnas.org publication on the Social Cost of Carbon. We integrate evidence from the literature and expert survey to provide an SCC distribution inclusive of both parametric and structural uncertainties. Our mean 2020 value is $283 per ton CO2
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Synthesis of evidence yields high social cost of carbon due to structural model variation and uncertainties | PNAS
Estimating the cost to society from a ton of CO2—termed the social cost of carbon (SCC)—requires connecting a model of the climate system with a re...
www.pnas.org
December 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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Happy to be on Bluesky. For my first post, let me put an economic stake in the ground - President Biden will be handing off an exceptionally strong economy to President-elect Trump.
November 22, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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Bluesky has 'em shook
November 21, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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Low-income students have been a ridiculously tiny share of elite college enrollment for a century
November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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since James Carr as Trump's FCC commissioner is likely to bring back Elon Musk's $885M Starlink contract, it is worth noting what is at issue. The contract was to provide high-speed Internet to underserved rural areas techcrunch.com/2023/12/12/f...
FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy | TechCrunch
The FCC has made a final denial of Starlink's application for $885 million in public funds to expand its orbital communications infrastructure to cover
techcrunch.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Easily digestible and highly informative presentation and Q&A by Greg Mankiw on fiscal challenges facing the US. Recorded before the election but still highly relevant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtLQ...
The Fiscal Challenges Facing the Next President - Mankiw
YouTube video by Macmillan Learning
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:15 AM
The IGC is doing a virtual PhD course on Urban Economics and all the lectures and materials are available free of charge. You should check it out: www.theigc.org/events/bread... #EconSky
BREAD-IGC Virtual PhD course on urban economics
This virtual PhD-level course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of the economic questions relevant to urbanisation and the economics of cities in low and middle-income countries.
www.theigc.org
November 16, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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The stickiness of the IRA is a feature, not a bug. More than 3/4 of announced IRA clean energy investment is going to Republican districts. In a close house, it won't take many votes to thwart a repeal of manufacturing tax credits.
November 16, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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UK & Japanese Q3 GDP numbers are in, which means another update to my G7 GDP growth chart!

Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:

🇺🇸 +12.2%
🇨🇦 +5.8% (thru Q2)
🇮🇹 +5.1%
🇫🇷 +3.5%
🇬🇧 +3.0%
🇯🇵 +0.2%
🇩🇪 +0.1%
November 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Regardless of your take on Biden's major bills (IRA, CHIPS, Infrastructure), a curious twist is that much of the funding targets Republican-leaning areas. If Trump tries to roll them back, GOP lawmakers may face backlash from constituents who benefit.
November 15, 2024 at 3:38 PM