Juan Felipe Riaño
@juanfeliperiano.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgetown
Formerly: Postdoc at Stanford and Ph.D. at UBC
Political Economy, Development Economics, and EH
#EconSky 📉📈
Website: https://www.juanfeliperiano.com 🇨🇴
Formerly: Postdoc at Stanford and Ph.D. at UBC
Political Economy, Development Economics, and EH
#EconSky 📉📈
Website: https://www.juanfeliperiano.com 🇨🇴
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A memento from Washington PECO’s 10th edition — I will stay humble and say it’s one of the two best political economy conferences out there. Feel free to pick any of the others for the other slot! :) @laurenbouton.bsky.social @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social
✨It was such a great time! Thanks to all who made this event possible, specially to our speakers and discussants!
@jguardado.bsky.social
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
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We’re pleased to announce the annual summer ThReD Conference, co-organized by GSEM and the Geneva Graduate Institute, will be held in Geneva on May 28–29, 2026!
Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...
Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...
thred.devecon.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We’re pleased to announce the annual summer ThReD Conference, co-organized by GSEM and the Geneva Graduate Institute, will be held in Geneva on May 28–29, 2026!
Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...
Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...
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An event of shared interest for our community
Hosted by The GU Americas Institute
🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI
featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM
🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum
Hosted by The GU Americas Institute
🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI
featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM
🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An event of shared interest for our community
Hosted by The GU Americas Institute
🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI
featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM
🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum
Hosted by The GU Americas Institute
🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI
featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM
🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum
✨Great students on the market this year from
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
All addressing very interesting questions in their JMPs!
Excellent showcase of our department's diverse fields and strengths. Take a look! 👇
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
All addressing very interesting questions in their JMPs!
Excellent showcase of our department's diverse fields and strengths. Take a look! 👇
🚨The Department of Economics at Georgetown University is pleased to introduce our 2025–2026 Job Market Candidates.
🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/#
We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread.
#econsky
🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/#
We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread.
#econsky
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
✨Great students on the market this year from
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
All addressing very interesting questions in their JMPs!
Excellent showcase of our department's diverse fields and strengths. Take a look! 👇
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
All addressing very interesting questions in their JMPs!
Excellent showcase of our department's diverse fields and strengths. Take a look! 👇
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🎉 Congratulations to Professor Ivana Komunjer on being elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society
@econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]
@econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Ivana Komunjer on being elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society
@econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]
@econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]
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Without CT we couldn’t have written the paper!
The 4th entry in our Census Tree celebration 🎂🎉 is @guoxu.bsky.social & team's work that uses the CT to show that sudden ⬆️ in female public sector employment during WWI ⬆️ LFP among daughters of civil servants, suggesting that “temporary shocks can give rise to persistent changes in societal norms.”
Beyond the War: Public Service and the Transmission of Gender Norms
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Without CT we couldn’t have written the paper!
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What great news that @iza.org is moving to @liser.lu!
The world's top network of labor economists emerged from tumult with a new and wonderful home.
A visionary choice by both institutions, with large ripple effects for economists worldwide. Thank you @iza.org and @liser.lu
The world's top network of labor economists emerged from tumult with a new and wonderful home.
A visionary choice by both institutions, with large ripple effects for economists worldwide. Thank you @iza.org and @liser.lu
August 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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In a new op-ed, Esther Duflo reminds us: “Development aid is not a waste of public money.”
📖 Read via @lemonde.fr :
📖 Read via @lemonde.fr :
Esther Duflo, Nobel laureate: 'Development aid is not a waste of public money'
OP-ED. As international solidarity wanes, the 2018 winner of the Nobel in Economics points out that development aid is not a mere crutch, but an investment: Increasingly strong research networks,…
buff.ly
July 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In a new op-ed, Esther Duflo reminds us: “Development aid is not a waste of public money.”
📖 Read via @lemonde.fr :
📖 Read via @lemonde.fr :
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🔷 Extremely excited to present our recent work with
@saadgulzar.bsky.social and @jfladino1.bsky.social on "Campaign Contributions and Kickbacks in Public Procurement" tomorrow at the World Bank Conference on Public Institutions for Development.
Program 🔗here: worldbank.org/en/events/20...
@saadgulzar.bsky.social and @jfladino1.bsky.social on "Campaign Contributions and Kickbacks in Public Procurement" tomorrow at the World Bank Conference on Public Institutions for Development.
Program 🔗here: worldbank.org/en/events/20...
World Bank Public Institutions for Development Conference
Join us for the World Bank Conference on Public Institutions for Development on Enabling the Private Sector on Jan 30-31, 2025 in Washington, DC!
worldbank.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🔷 Extremely excited to present our recent work with
@saadgulzar.bsky.social and @jfladino1.bsky.social on "Campaign Contributions and Kickbacks in Public Procurement" tomorrow at the World Bank Conference on Public Institutions for Development.
Program 🔗here: worldbank.org/en/events/20...
@saadgulzar.bsky.social and @jfladino1.bsky.social on "Campaign Contributions and Kickbacks in Public Procurement" tomorrow at the World Bank Conference on Public Institutions for Development.
Program 🔗here: worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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🚨Thrilled🚨 that my paper "Family Ties as Corporate Power" (with @jdodyk.bsky.social and I. Puente) is now available as "just accepted" at the @thejop.bsky.social . Working Paper: doi.org/10.1086/736563
May 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨Thrilled🚨 that my paper "Family Ties as Corporate Power" (with @jdodyk.bsky.social and I. Puente) is now available as "just accepted" at the @thejop.bsky.social . Working Paper: doi.org/10.1086/736563
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University!
🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29
📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26
✅ Register by: Oct 10
🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e...
#EconSky 📉📈
Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University!
🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29
📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26
✅ Register by: Oct 10
🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e...
#EconSky 📉📈
Home
Welcome to the information hub for the inaugural DMV PhD Conference on Political Economy & Development, hosted by the Department of Economics at Georgetown University. This conference will be an excel...
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May 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University!
🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29
📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26
✅ Register by: Oct 10
🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e...
#EconSky 📉📈
Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University!
🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29
📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26
✅ Register by: Oct 10
🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e...
#EconSky 📉📈
✨It was such a great time! Thanks to all who made this event possible, specially to our speakers and discussants!
@jguardado.bsky.social
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
A memento from Washington PECO’s 10th edition — I will stay humble and say it’s one of the two best political economy conferences out there. Feel free to pick any of the others for the other slot! :) @laurenbouton.bsky.social @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
✨It was such a great time! Thanks to all who made this event possible, specially to our speakers and discussants!
@jguardado.bsky.social
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
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Blue sky death spiral continues
May 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Blue sky death spiral continues
🌟 WPECO was elevated by the participation of our second GRTI predoctoral cohort! We’re incredibly proud of them and excited to see their journeys unfold during the upcoming PhD application season.
Are you Interested in be part of the next cohort? more information here:
🔗 upperesearch.org/grti/
Are you Interested in be part of the next cohort? more information here:
🔗 upperesearch.org/grti/
May 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🌟 WPECO was elevated by the participation of our second GRTI predoctoral cohort! We’re incredibly proud of them and excited to see their journeys unfold during the upcoming PhD application season.
Are you Interested in be part of the next cohort? more information here:
🔗 upperesearch.org/grti/
Are you Interested in be part of the next cohort? more information here:
🔗 upperesearch.org/grti/
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Wonderful conference as always !
🚀 The Washington Political Economy Conference (WPECO) 2025 is officially underway! Kicking off today at Georgetown University’s Riggs Library.
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
May 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wonderful conference as always !
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Such a cool conference! 🙏🏽
🚀 The Washington Political Economy Conference (WPECO) 2025 is officially underway! Kicking off today at Georgetown University’s Riggs Library.
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
May 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Such a cool conference! 🙏🏽
🚀 The Washington Political Economy Conference (WPECO) 2025 is officially underway! Kicking off today at Georgetown University’s Riggs Library.
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
May 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🚀 The Washington Political Economy Conference (WPECO) 2025 is officially underway! Kicking off today at Georgetown University’s Riggs Library.
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
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Washington PECO this year will have *both* the 2024 Nobel Laureate @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and the 2025 Clark Medal @s-stantcheva.bsky.social. When I say it’s the best political economy conference around, I’m not being presumptuous — just stating facts… 😉
April 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Washington PECO this year will have *both* the 2024 Nobel Laureate @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and the 2025 Clark Medal @s-stantcheva.bsky.social. When I say it’s the best political economy conference around, I’m not being presumptuous — just stating facts… 😉
🌚🌝 Opinion on opt-out voters!
It is a cultural divide the problem not a political divide! GOP realized this long time ago.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
It is a cultural divide the problem not a political divide! GOP realized this long time ago.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Opinion | If You’re a Voter Reading This, This Essay Is Not About You (Gift Article)
Opt-out voters don’t buy what we’re selling — and even if they did, we’d have a hard time reaching them.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌚🌝 Opinion on opt-out voters!
It is a cultural divide the problem not a political divide! GOP realized this long time ago.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
It is a cultural divide the problem not a political divide! GOP realized this long time ago.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
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🎉 Congratulations to our very own Professor Garance Genicot (@ggenicot.bsky.social) on receiving an honorary doctorate by @amse-aixmarseille.fr
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
👏 Félicitations à Garance Genicot (Georgetown University) pour l’obtention du titre de docteure honoris causa ! Nous sommes fiers de la compter parmi les membres du comité scientifique d'AMSE. Son regard expert et bienveillant est un atout précieux ✨.
Merci à elle pour son engagement à nos côtés !
Merci à elle pour son engagement à nos côtés !
Merci à tous les lauréats pour leur engagement et leur dévouement à la recherche et à l'innovation. Ensemble, nous continuons à repousser les frontières du savoir.
#Recherche #Innovation #Excellence
#Recherche #Innovation #Excellence
April 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our very own Professor Garance Genicot (@ggenicot.bsky.social) on receiving an honorary doctorate by @amse-aixmarseille.fr
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
🙌 Congratulations @ggenicot.bsky.social !!!!
🎉 Congratulations to our very own Professor Garance Genicot (@ggenicot.bsky.social) on receiving an honorary doctorate by @amse-aixmarseille.fr
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
👏 Félicitations à Garance Genicot (Georgetown University) pour l’obtention du titre de docteure honoris causa ! Nous sommes fiers de la compter parmi les membres du comité scientifique d'AMSE. Son regard expert et bienveillant est un atout précieux ✨.
Merci à elle pour son engagement à nos côtés !
Merci à elle pour son engagement à nos côtés !
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🙌 Congratulations @ggenicot.bsky.social !!!!
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Thrilled to be attending LAERE 2025 in beautiful Bogotá! Today at the keynote session by @bengroom.bsky.social, exploring practical ways to price biodiversity. Also, excited to reconnect with colleagues and especially happy to return to Uniandes after so many years. 💚
March 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Thrilled to be attending LAERE 2025 in beautiful Bogotá! Today at the keynote session by @bengroom.bsky.social, exploring practical ways to price biodiversity. Also, excited to reconnect with colleagues and especially happy to return to Uniandes after so many years. 💚
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Men will do anything to avoid [writing that draft for the NBER SI deadline]
March 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Men will do anything to avoid [writing that draft for the NBER SI deadline]
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Why we have #OfficeHours #AcademicChatter
March 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Why we have #OfficeHours #AcademicChatter
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The world's top network of labor economists—@iza.org—will close permanently at the end of this year.
What a loss to research. Especially now when the rising waters of disinformation choke truth.
It is up to us, now, to begin the work to rebuild.
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
What a loss to research. Especially now when the rising waters of disinformation choke truth.
It is up to us, now, to begin the work to rebuild.
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The world's top network of labor economists—@iza.org—will close permanently at the end of this year.
What a loss to research. Especially now when the rising waters of disinformation choke truth.
It is up to us, now, to begin the work to rebuild.
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
What a loss to research. Especially now when the rising waters of disinformation choke truth.
It is up to us, now, to begin the work to rebuild.
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...