Brendon McConnell
@brendonmcconnell.bsky.social
Associate Professor at City St George's, London.
Research Interests: Economics of crime, criminal sentencing, family, and energy.
Also: bikes, swimming, puppies.
https://brendonmcconnell.github.io/
Research Interests: Economics of crime, criminal sentencing, family, and energy.
Also: bikes, swimming, puppies.
https://brendonmcconnell.github.io/
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First draft of a new paper out today [link: brendonmcconnell.github.io/pdf/plasma.p..., where we document the impact of plasma donation centers on crime in US cities. We find large and sustained effects of these centers on crime, notably property crime and drugs possession. Short thread below..
this has a good overview of the recent Fiscal Studies symposium to which @papiteide.bsky.social and I contributed. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., more on the symposium here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...
October 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
this has a good overview of the recent Fiscal Studies symposium to which @papiteide.bsky.social and I contributed. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., more on the symposium here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...
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Are you preparing a randomized controlled trial? Don't miss a special symposium of Fiscal Studies (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475...) with three articles on power and sample size calculations. (1/3) @theifs.bsky.social
Fiscal Studies | IFS Public Economics Journal | Wiley Online Library
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Are you preparing a randomized controlled trial? Don't miss a special symposium of Fiscal Studies (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475...) with three articles on power and sample size calculations. (1/3) @theifs.bsky.social
nice little thread of our recent work highlighting the crime-reducing benefit of combining hotspot policing methods with spatial network models
🆕 RFBerlin-CReAM Discussion Paper: @corradogiulietti.bsky.social, @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social and @yveszenou.bsky.social propose a new way to fight urban crime by integrating network theory into policing strategies. 🧵
June 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
nice little thread of our recent work highlighting the crime-reducing benefit of combining hotspot policing methods with spatial network models
First draft of a new paper out today [link: brendonmcconnell.github.io/pdf/plasma.p..., where we document the impact of plasma donation centers on crime in US cities. We find large and sustained effects of these centers on crime, notably property crime and drugs possession. Short thread below..
May 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
First draft of a new paper out today [link: brendonmcconnell.github.io/pdf/plasma.p..., where we document the impact of plasma donation centers on crime in US cities. We find large and sustained effects of these centers on crime, notably property crime and drugs possession. Short thread below..
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The Tony Blair Institute's report on climate change is pro-fossil fuels, pro-CCS, pro-AI, pro-carbon markets, pro-nature-based solutions, and pro-nuclear.
These are not solutions to the climate crisis.
But they are everything his clients are asking of him.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
These are not solutions to the climate crisis.
But they are everything his clients are asking of him.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
Tony Blair is a climate lobbyist for Big Tech and Big Polluters
How the media got the story completely wrong.
reddmonitor.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Tony Blair Institute's report on climate change is pro-fossil fuels, pro-CCS, pro-AI, pro-carbon markets, pro-nature-based solutions, and pro-nuclear.
These are not solutions to the climate crisis.
But they are everything his clients are asking of him.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
These are not solutions to the climate crisis.
But they are everything his clients are asking of him.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
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I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (@JacksonmMatt ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: www.monash.edu/business/eve...
Network Economics Conference and Summer School 2025
www.monash.edu
April 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (@JacksonmMatt ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: www.monash.edu/business/eve...
first draft out today: how to use the spatial network structure of crime in a city to improve upon the standard hot spot policing approach, joint with @corrradogiulietti.bsky.social and Yves Zenou. [1/3]
March 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
first draft out today: how to use the spatial network structure of crime in a city to improve upon the standard hot spot policing approach, joint with @corrradogiulietti.bsky.social and Yves Zenou. [1/3]
After a long time of battling with Stata, I finally figured out how to change the aspect on a cmogram graph (I wanted a square format). Sharing in case useful. The line after the cmogram command, I typed "graph display, xsize(1) ysize (1)". Before/After pic attached.
March 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
After a long time of battling with Stata, I finally figured out how to change the aspect on a cmogram graph (I wanted a square format). Sharing in case useful. The line after the cmogram command, I typed "graph display, xsize(1) ysize (1)". Before/After pic attached.
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Our IFS report on air pollution is out! Good news first: air pollution (PM2.5) has HALVED in England since 2003, with a big drop during Covid. There's no rebound post Covid, somewhat puzzlingly. We use DEFRA data, monitoring station data shows the same thing. (1/7)
ifs.org.uk/publications...
ifs.org.uk/publications...
Exposure to air pollution in England, 2003–23 | Institute for Fiscal Studies
We set out how air pollution (PM2.5) has changed across England and explore inequalities by ethnicity, income deprivation, region and age.
ifs.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Our IFS report on air pollution is out! Good news first: air pollution (PM2.5) has HALVED in England since 2003, with a big drop during Covid. There's no rebound post Covid, somewhat puzzlingly. We use DEFRA data, monitoring station data shows the same thing. (1/7)
ifs.org.uk/publications...
ifs.org.uk/publications...