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Bård Harstad
@bardharstad.bsky.social
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Stanford economist:
Professor of Political Economy; Business & Sustainability.
GSB, Doerr, NBER, CEPR, UiO, TSE, 3ERC.
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/bard-harstad
Climate & environmental economics; micro; theory; institutions; trade .. more

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Jul 7
Today in @financialtimes.com:
OpEd on how it is tempting to let gas outcompete coal,
but why the long-term consequence is less renewables and more emissions
+ policy implications for Europe
based on:
The Gas Trap, with @kholtsmark.bsky.social, forthcoming in JPE.
www.ft.com/content/e969...
The natural gas trap
Switching to gas reduces emissions in the short term but increases them in the long run
www.ft.com

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 3d
The Arctic is regulated in contrast to your wild west...
www.ft.com/content/3dd3...
Stubb and Støre: Why the Arctic is important for allied security
We must build on 20 years of co-operation in the North, and respect each other’s borders
www.ft.com

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 11d
Gass konkurrerer med både kull og fornybare energikilder.
Våre forskningsresultater om det grønne energiskiftet har tydeligvis provosert noen.
Takk til #Minerva for at syv feilaktige påstander om forskningen blir tilbakevist i et åpent tilgjengelig innlegg: www.minerva.no/bard-harstad...
Klimafellefeil av Sjølie
Én forskningsbeskrivelse inneholdt syv betydelige feil
www.minerva.no

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 13d
As always, @arielrubinstein.bsky.social was 20y ahead of everybody else with this one.

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Sascha O. Becker, Niclas Berggren

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 13d
To stay relevant, I am simplifying my syllabuses by replacing all international trade and political economy papers with this single one: academic.oup.com/ej/article-a...

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 17d
Bipartisan (!) bill can "prohibit the Pentagon and the state department from using funds appropriated by Congress to blockade, occupy, annex, conduct military operations against, or otherwise assert control over the territory of a Nato member"
www.ft.com/content/c8b309a0-d214-4bb7-9630-bfcaa91925a3
US senators introduce bill to stop military from occupying Nato territories
Legislation would prevent American forces from using congressional funds to annex Greenland
www.ft.com

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Jan 1
You are just envious that you won't belong to Y before sometime in 2030, @richardtol.bsky.social.

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Jan 1
Once in a while, academic research uncovers good news for some of us.
Happy new year!

Reposted by Ted Temzelides, Bård Harstad

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Severin Borenstein @severinborenstein.bsky.social · Dec 18
John List has a disturbing LinkedIn post on the job market for economists. Between trump's attack on university/research and his destruction of the government infrastructure for managing and evaluating policy, big hit on economics hiring.
www.linkedin.com/posts/johnal...
AEA job market update. The numbers don't lie: this is the toughest market for PhD economists in recent memory. JOE listings are down 20% from last year. Worse: they are 19% below COVID levels. L...
AEA job market update. The numbers don't lie: this is the toughest market for PhD economists in recent memory. JOE listings are down 20% from last year. Worse: they are 19% below COVID levels. Let t...
www.linkedin.com

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Dec 15
This will be interesting (for me) because the project is still very much in progress...
poleconukinar.bsky.social POLECONUK Webinar @poleconukinar.bsky.social · Dec 8
Our last talk this calendar year is on Monday, 15 December 2025. We host Bård Harstad (Stanford), who will present new research titled "Political Commitment Bonds" @bardharstad.bsky.social. See abstract in the thread below 👇

Reposted by Bård Harstad

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POLECONUK Webinar @poleconukinar.bsky.social · Dec 8
Our last talk this calendar year is on Monday, 15 December 2025. We host Bård Harstad (Stanford), who will present new research titled "Political Commitment Bonds" @bardharstad.bsky.social. See abstract in the thread below 👇

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · Nov 10
Who Pays Trump’s Tariffs?

By October, 2025, Importers now bore only 27% of the tariff cost—less than half the estimate for June. A slightly higher 18% was now borne by exporters, and a much higher 55% was being passed on to consumers.

www.cfr.org/article/who-...

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Oct 31
If you read French, I hope you can confirm:
I point to security concerns, the importance of independence of Russian gas, Norway’s relatively clean extraction technology, how it can be transferred to others,
and how all of this relates to The Gas Trap.
Thanks @baptlanglois.bsky.social @lexpress.fr

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Oct 29
FT refers to my criticism of current forest financing
and the solution that payments should be forest-linked loans.
de Resende's concern about indebted tropical countries can be addressed because:
-FLLs can and will replace existing debt
-FLLs are not supposed to be repaid
www.ft.com/content/5e84...
Hard questions loom at COP30 summit
‘Climate finance’ approaches are under scrutiny
www.ft.com