Alex Butler
@financeprof.bsky.social
Finance prof, and other things
Good job, AEA.
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Good job, AEA.
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Consumer Credit and the Incidence of Tariffs: Evidence from the Auto Industry" by Kristine W. Hankins, Morteza Momeni, and David Sovich. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Consumer Credit and the Incidence of Tariffs: Evidence from the Auto Industry
(Forthcoming Article) - Captive finance subsidiaries create a channel for trade policy to affect consumer credit. Examining
the impact of the Trump administration’s metal tariffs on captive automobile...
www.aeaweb.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Forthcoming in the AER: "Consumer Credit and the Incidence of Tariffs: Evidence from the Auto Industry" by Kristine W. Hankins, Morteza Momeni, and David Sovich. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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‘Dire implications’: Duke University president warns of ‘likely’ layoffs due to federal funding cuts www.wbtw.com/news/state-r...
‘Dire implications’: Duke University president warns of ‘likely’ layoffs due to federal funding cuts
“We will, for the foreseeable future, have to be smaller – and do our work with fewer people.”
www.wbtw.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
‘Dire implications’: Duke University president warns of ‘likely’ layoffs due to federal funding cuts www.wbtw.com/news/state-r...
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Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!
April 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!
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Jerk chicken is just regular chicken that imposes tariffs on it's allies.
March 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Jerk chicken is just regular chicken that imposes tariffs on it's allies.
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There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
No, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science Funding
How Endowments Actually Work
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
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I love all my friends saying things like, “I wish I could make a career off being petty and making diss tracks” after the halftime show, and I’m out here like, “Have you considered academia?”
February 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I love all my friends saying things like, “I wish I could make a career off being petty and making diss tracks” after the halftime show, and I’m out here like, “Have you considered academia?”