Jeff Qiu
@jeffqiu.bsky.social
IO economist. Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph in Canada. Formerly at the US DOJ antitrust division.
https://sites.google.com/site/yinjiaqiu
https://sites.google.com/site/yinjiaqiu
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Breaking News: Google must hand over its search results to rival companies, a federal judge ruled in a landmark decision to resolve the company's monopoly in search. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
September 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I once sat through a deposition where the opposing counsel offered us fancy avocado toasts, but we weren’t allowed to touch them for ethical reasons. Things have changed.
The U.S. has now accepted a luxury jet as a gift from Qatar, which the Air Force has been asked to upgrade so it can be used as a new Air Force One for President Trump, a Defense Department spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I once sat through a deposition where the opposing counsel offered us fancy avocado toasts, but we weren’t allowed to touch them for ethical reasons. Things have changed.
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Join the CMA Microeconomics Unit as a UKRI Policy Fellow for 18 months!
Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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UKRI policy fellowships 2025
Spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national an...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Join the CMA Microeconomics Unit as a UKRI Policy Fellow for 18 months!
Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Court finds that Google monopolizes online advertising - very big deal. Huge congratulations to the folks at the Antitrust Division that worked so hard on this. #antitrust #Google #tech #bigtech www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/t...
Google Is Illegally Monopolizing Online Advertising Tech, Judge Rules
The judge ruled that Google monopolized the market for two of three sets of products. It was the second time in a year that a U.S. court found it had acted illegally to remain dominant.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Court finds that Google monopolizes online advertising - very big deal. Huge congratulations to the folks at the Antitrust Division that worked so hard on this. #antitrust #Google #tech #bigtech www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/t...
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Big news day in adtech! #Google #Antitrust
Now, the big question is: what comes next?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/t...
Now, the big question is: what comes next?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/t...
Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge Says (Gift Article)
The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Big news day in adtech! #Google #Antitrust
Now, the big question is: what comes next?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/t...
Now, the big question is: what comes next?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/t...
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We are sad to announce that former faculty member and Minnesota Econ Ph.D. alum Patrick Bajari passed away on Monday.
cla.umn.edu/economics/ne...
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Remembering Patrick L. Bajari (1969-2025)
Patrick L. Bajari was a pioneer spanning the academic and business worlds.
cla.umn.edu
April 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are sad to announce that former faculty member and Minnesota Econ Ph.D. alum Patrick Bajari passed away on Monday.
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Attn: #FundSocSci
Reminder: Arnold Ventures has research funding available. We have an open RFP for causal research related to crime/criminal justice in the US, and can consider other topics as well. (This includes "last mile" funding for high-quality projects with cancelled government grants.)
April 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Attn: #FundSocSci
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Wait until they found out how many economist plagiarized "We leverage a novel instrumental variable that is plausibly exogenous."
Possibly the dumbest of the many dumb plagiarism claims
nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...
nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...
March 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wait until they found out how many economist plagiarized "We leverage a novel instrumental variable that is plausibly exogenous."
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@budgetlab.bsky.social: Trump’s auto tariffs will cause vehicle prices to rise by 13.5% on average, the equivalent of an additional $6,400 to the price of an average new 2024 car. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fis...
The Fiscal, Economic, and Distributional Effects of 25% Auto Tariffs
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March 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
@budgetlab.bsky.social: Trump’s auto tariffs will cause vehicle prices to rise by 13.5% on average, the equivalent of an additional $6,400 to the price of an average new 2024 car. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fis...
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Carl Shapiro has an excellent review of Louis Kaplow's intriguing antitrust book "Rethinking Merger Analysis" in the latest JEL issue.
March 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Carl Shapiro has an excellent review of Louis Kaplow's intriguing antitrust book "Rethinking Merger Analysis" in the latest JEL issue.
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If econ memes had a Nobel Prize, @khoavuumn.bsky.social would have won it by popular acclaim. He's beloved in our community of online economists for his kindness and wit. Definite follow.
March 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If econ memes had a Nobel Prize, @khoavuumn.bsky.social would have won it by popular acclaim. He's beloved in our community of online economists for his kindness and wit. Definite follow.
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Trump fires both Democratic commissioners at the #FTC. Clearly contrary to the intent of the FTC being an independent agency. We’re well on our way to being ruled by an autocratic, authoritarian regime. This has to be stopped.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump fires both Democratic commissioners at FTC, sources say
President Donald Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the situation said, in another major test of the independence of regulatory agencies.
www.reuters.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Trump fires both Democratic commissioners at the #FTC. Clearly contrary to the intent of the FTC being an independent agency. We’re well on our way to being ruled by an autocratic, authoritarian regime. This has to be stopped.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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President Trump has taken an extraordinary and dangerous step of firing two FTC Commissioners.
This is a dramatic ratcheting up of the politicization of the agency--the opposite of the direction it should be going in.
This is a dramatic ratcheting up of the politicization of the agency--the opposite of the direction it should be going in.
March 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
President Trump has taken an extraordinary and dangerous step of firing two FTC Commissioners.
This is a dramatic ratcheting up of the politicization of the agency--the opposite of the direction it should be going in.
This is a dramatic ratcheting up of the politicization of the agency--the opposite of the direction it should be going in.
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These anti-science actions have made me really sad and depressed not just because my salary won't increase, but because I think of my late wife, who was a deep believer of science and who was hoping that science would save those who experience the same cancer in the near future.
March 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
These anti-science actions have made me really sad and depressed not just because my salary won't increase, but because I think of my late wife, who was a deep believer of science and who was hoping that science would save those who experience the same cancer in the near future.
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🚀 Funding opportunity (now with correct link)! 🚀
What does #AI mean for the labor market? 🤔
I'm excited to partner with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers!
🗓️ Deadline March 31 2025 🗓️
🙏 Share! #EconSky
🔗 Learn more & apply: schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work/
What does #AI mean for the labor market? 🤔
I'm excited to partner with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers!
🗓️ Deadline March 31 2025 🗓️
🙏 Share! #EconSky
🔗 Learn more & apply: schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work/
February 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🚀 Funding opportunity (now with correct link)! 🚀
What does #AI mean for the labor market? 🤔
I'm excited to partner with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers!
🗓️ Deadline March 31 2025 🗓️
🙏 Share! #EconSky
🔗 Learn more & apply: schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work/
What does #AI mean for the labor market? 🤔
I'm excited to partner with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers!
🗓️ Deadline March 31 2025 🗓️
🙏 Share! #EconSky
🔗 Learn more & apply: schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work/
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👋 Hello BlueSky! 👋
Yale Economic Growth Center & @yaleeconomics.bsky.social launch our accounts today.
We join #EconSky #GlobalDev community
@cgdev.org @theigc.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social & others to come.
egc.yale.edu
Yale Economic Growth Center & @yaleeconomics.bsky.social launch our accounts today.
We join #EconSky #GlobalDev community
@cgdev.org @theigc.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social & others to come.
egc.yale.edu
February 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
👋 Hello BlueSky! 👋
Yale Economic Growth Center & @yaleeconomics.bsky.social launch our accounts today.
We join #EconSky #GlobalDev community
@cgdev.org @theigc.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social & others to come.
egc.yale.edu
Yale Economic Growth Center & @yaleeconomics.bsky.social launch our accounts today.
We join #EconSky #GlobalDev community
@cgdev.org @theigc.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social @voxdev.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social & others to come.
egc.yale.edu
Receiving breaking news about cuts to the federal workforce every day makes me extremely disturbed and disheartened. My former colleagues are dedicated public servants who sacrifice themselves to serve the nation. Without them, this country could never be great.
February 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Receiving breaking news about cuts to the federal workforce every day makes me extremely disturbed and disheartened. My former colleagues are dedicated public servants who sacrifice themselves to serve the nation. Without them, this country could never be great.
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We are recruiting an Econometrics Adviser. The role would suit someone with a recent PhD (or a masters and some experience), and an interest in empirical IO. This is a unique opportunity to work on high-profile cases and with great data!
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
February 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are recruiting an Econometrics Adviser. The role would suit someone with a recent PhD (or a masters and some experience), and an interest in empirical IO. This is a unique opportunity to work on high-profile cases and with great data!
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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New blockbuster issue of the JEP out now: @zliscow.bsky.social on the economics of permitting, @instrumenthull.bsky.social and coauthors on shift-shares, and a symposium on the 2023 US merger guidelines:
www.aeaweb.org/issues/793
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www.aeaweb.org/issues/793
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Journal of Economic Perspectives
Vol. 39 No. 1 Winter 2025
www.aeaweb.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New blockbuster issue of the JEP out now: @zliscow.bsky.social on the economics of permitting, @instrumenthull.bsky.social and coauthors on shift-shares, and a symposium on the 2023 US merger guidelines:
www.aeaweb.org/issues/793
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/issues/793
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Funding is crucial for research. Cuts like this wouldn’t just reduce research output in the short run—they’d have long-term consequences, too. Research productivity relies on learning by doing, meaning these cuts could slow innovation for years to come.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
Researchers say it would hurt facilities that work on medical issues such as cancer research and heart disease. Elon Musk contends the old policy was ‘a ripoff.’
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Funding is crucial for research. Cuts like this wouldn’t just reduce research output in the short run—they’d have long-term consequences, too. Research productivity relies on learning by doing, meaning these cuts could slow innovation for years to come.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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IT IS OFFICIAL! MY JOB MARKET PAPER IS IN PRINT!!!!
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
January 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
IT IS OFFICIAL! MY JOB MARKET PAPER IS IN PRINT!!!!
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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There is a common notion in antitrust that greater output benefits workers.
But this paper shows that if firms have market power, this is not always the case. At high levels of markups, firms may REDUCE their (labor) input demand when they become more productive.
www.dropbox.com/s/33hq4dlpfz...
But this paper shows that if firms have market power, this is not always the case. At high levels of markups, firms may REDUCE their (labor) input demand when they become more productive.
www.dropbox.com/s/33hq4dlpfz...
December 14, 2024 at 2:26 PM
There is a common notion in antitrust that greater output benefits workers.
But this paper shows that if firms have market power, this is not always the case. At high levels of markups, firms may REDUCE their (labor) input demand when they become more productive.
www.dropbox.com/s/33hq4dlpfz...
But this paper shows that if firms have market power, this is not always the case. At high levels of markups, firms may REDUCE their (labor) input demand when they become more productive.
www.dropbox.com/s/33hq4dlpfz...
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