Konrad Burchardi
@konradburchardi.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at IIES, Stockholm
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A "coup" we are very excited and proud about! 🙂
Ein Coup für die Uni Zürich: Zwei Nobelpreisträger bauen ein eigenes Zentrum auf
Abhijit Banerjee und Esther Duflo sorgen mit Experimenten dafür, dass Entwicklungsökonomie auch in der Praxis funktioniert. Dank einer Spende der Lemann Foundation bauen sie in Zürich ein Zentrum für ...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A "coup" we are very excited and proud about! 🙂
In 2021 and 2023 I had the chance to serve on the @ERC_Research Starting Grant evaluation panel. There are a couple of things I learned that might be helpful to future applicants. I guess some points apply to other grants as well.
June 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In 2021 and 2023 I had the chance to serve on the @ERC_Research Starting Grant evaluation panel. There are a couple of things I learned that might be helpful to future applicants. I guess some points apply to other grants as well.
💥Research Assistant Positions💥
1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.
1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.
June 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
💥Research Assistant Positions💥
1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.
1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.
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The @reveconstudies.bsky.social (REStud) invites every year some of the world's most promising young researchers in economics to present their work around Europe.
We were proud to host the REStud Tour 2025 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences earlier this week.
We were proud to host the REStud Tour 2025 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences earlier this week.
May 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The @reveconstudies.bsky.social (REStud) invites every year some of the world's most promising young researchers in economics to present their work around Europe.
We were proud to host the REStud Tour 2025 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences earlier this week.
We were proud to host the REStud Tour 2025 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences earlier this week.
Reposted by Konrad Burchardi
The Review of Economic Studies Tour 2025 will stop over at IIES on the 13th of May. We are much looking forward to welcome some of the discipline's most promising young researchers to Stockholm and hear about their work.
sites.google.com/view/restudt...
sites.google.com/view/restudt...
April 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Review of Economic Studies Tour 2025 will stop over at IIES on the 13th of May. We are much looking forward to welcome some of the discipline's most promising young researchers to Stockholm and hear about their work.
sites.google.com/view/restudt...
sites.google.com/view/restudt...
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US academia is unparalleled in the welfare it creates.
But US academia is now under attack and other countries, like Germany, have to keep the flame alive for a while. It will make them more innovative.
See our guest article in @spiegel.de, translated. 👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/news/allc...
But US academia is now under attack and other countries, like Germany, have to keep the flame alive for a while. It will make them more innovative.
See our guest article in @spiegel.de, translated. 👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/news/allc...
Giving US researchers a new home
Amid growing pressure from the US government, Hertie School President Cornelia Woll co-authors op-ed arguing that German institutions have the opportunity to support world-class researchers.
www.hertie-school.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
US academia is unparalleled in the welfare it creates.
But US academia is now under attack and other countries, like Germany, have to keep the flame alive for a while. It will make them more innovative.
See our guest article in @spiegel.de, translated. 👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/news/allc...
But US academia is now under attack and other countries, like Germany, have to keep the flame alive for a while. It will make them more innovative.
See our guest article in @spiegel.de, translated. 👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/news/allc...
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Congratulations to IIES alumnus David Yanagizawa-Drott and Julia Cagé on winning the prestigious Yrjö Jahnsson Award 2025! Their work shows how media shapes political beliefs and underscores the need for media independence in democracy. www.eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-...
April 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Congratulations to IIES alumnus David Yanagizawa-Drott and Julia Cagé on winning the prestigious Yrjö Jahnsson Award 2025! Their work shows how media shapes political beliefs and underscores the need for media independence in democracy. www.eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-...
I hear that many leading researchers currently based at US institutions are thinking of leaving the country.
It seems to me a fantastic opportunity for Europe to make a big investment in research and attract those people to come here. 🇪🇺
It seems to me a fantastic opportunity for Europe to make a big investment in research and attract those people to come here. 🇪🇺
April 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I hear that many leading researchers currently based at US institutions are thinking of leaving the country.
It seems to me a fantastic opportunity for Europe to make a big investment in research and attract those people to come here. 🇪🇺
It seems to me a fantastic opportunity for Europe to make a big investment in research and attract those people to come here. 🇪🇺
Für im Ausland lebende Deutsche:
www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/info/presse/...
www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/info/presse/...
Bundestagswahl 2025: Am 2. Februar endet die Antragsfrist für Deutsche im Ausland - Die Bundeswahlleiterin
www.bundeswahlleiterin.de
January 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Für im Ausland lebende Deutsche:
www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/info/presse/...
www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/info/presse/...
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What happens to companies who get more powerful institutional shareholders?
CEO pay falls by a cumulative 60% over 5 years
Top execs by 40%
Striking endorsement of the view that strong shareholders help solve the principal agent problem
Paper by Falato, Kim & von Wachter
CEO pay falls by a cumulative 60% over 5 years
Top execs by 40%
Striking endorsement of the view that strong shareholders help solve the principal agent problem
Paper by Falato, Kim & von Wachter
January 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What happens to companies who get more powerful institutional shareholders?
CEO pay falls by a cumulative 60% over 5 years
Top execs by 40%
Striking endorsement of the view that strong shareholders help solve the principal agent problem
Paper by Falato, Kim & von Wachter
CEO pay falls by a cumulative 60% over 5 years
Top execs by 40%
Striking endorsement of the view that strong shareholders help solve the principal agent problem
Paper by Falato, Kim & von Wachter
I am so happy that my friend and colleague Arash Nekoei managed to secure the generous ERC support for his fantastically interesting work! 🥳🇪🇺
What drives social mobility over time? Arash Nekoei has received a 1,8M EUR ERC grant to uncover the patterns and drivers of mobility, inequality, and growth using unique Swedish historical data and models. 🌍 #SocialMobility #ERC
www.su.se/english/news...
www.su.se/english/news...
ERC grants 20 Million SEK for research on Increased Social Mobility - Stockholm University
What is behind the increased social mobility that defines today's economic systems in Europe in historical comparison? The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Arash Nekoei, Associate Professor...
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December 5, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I am so happy that my friend and colleague Arash Nekoei managed to secure the generous ERC support for his fantastically interesting work! 🥳🇪🇺
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Hello world! The Association of Swedish Development Economists - ASWEDE - is finally on Bluesky. Stay tuned for the latest news among development economists active in Sweden.
November 18, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Hello world! The Association of Swedish Development Economists - ASWEDE - is finally on Bluesky. Stay tuned for the latest news among development economists active in Sweden.
Agneta Berge, @agnetaberge.bsky.social, is by now probably Sweden's leading expert on the role of labour unions for the economy, with an exciting research agenda covering a broad range of important macroeconomic questions.
Interested in those topics? Make sure to get to know her!
Interested in those topics? Make sure to get to know her!
Introducing our #EconJMC @agnetaberge.bsky.social. In her #EconJMP “Two-tier collective wage bargaining in a frictional labor market” she develops a general equilibrium model of two-tier bargaining, where central negotiations are supplemented with local adjustments bit.ly/4eUBDgR #econsky 1/6
November 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Agneta Berge, @agnetaberge.bsky.social, is by now probably Sweden's leading expert on the role of labour unions for the economy, with an exciting research agenda covering a broad range of important macroeconomic questions.
Interested in those topics? Make sure to get to know her!
Interested in those topics? Make sure to get to know her!
Should we subsidise the care for elderly people?
Patrizia blends elegant theoretical with excellent empirical work to show that an increase of the subsidy in fact paid for itself.
She is an enormously promising researcher.
Check out her work!
Patrizia blends elegant theoretical with excellent empirical work to show that an increase of the subsidy in fact paid for itself.
She is an enormously promising researcher.
Check out her work!
Introducing our #EconJMC Patrizia Massner. In her #EconJMP “Should Elder Care Be Subsidized? Theory and Evidence from Sweden” Patrizia examines the impact of a 2002 elder care fee reform that lowered costs by 40% on average for 2/3 of Sweden’s municipalities. www.su.se/institute-fo... 1/6 #econsky
November 18, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Should we subsidise the care for elderly people?
Patrizia blends elegant theoretical with excellent empirical work to show that an increase of the subsidy in fact paid for itself.
She is an enormously promising researcher.
Check out her work!
Patrizia blends elegant theoretical with excellent empirical work to show that an increase of the subsidy in fact paid for itself.
She is an enormously promising researcher.
Check out her work!
I have a massive conflict of interest here, but I cannot recommend IIES highly enough. Outstanding, curious colleagues, flat hierarchies, plenty of research time, vibrant atmosphere. And Stockholm is wonderful any time of the year.
Apply!
Apply!
We are looking to hire a tenure-track assistant professor in any field in economics. We strive to be an exceptionally supportive place for people to kick off their research careers.*
Plus, you'll live in beautiful Sweden ☀️☃️
Please apply before the 15th of November.
Plus, you'll live in beautiful Sweden ☀️☃️
Please apply before the 15th of November.
🚨 Academic job alert! 🚨
The IIES is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in any field of economics! Low teaching load, competitive salary, & research-focused. PhD (or nearly done) required.
📅 Apply by Nov 15, 2024.
Don’t miss out! www.su.se/institute-fo...
#EconJobs
The IIES is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in any field of economics! Low teaching load, competitive salary, & research-focused. PhD (or nearly done) required.
📅 Apply by Nov 15, 2024.
Don’t miss out! www.su.se/institute-fo...
#EconJobs
November 14, 2024 at 8:18 PM
I have a massive conflict of interest here, but I cannot recommend IIES highly enough. Outstanding, curious colleagues, flat hierarchies, plenty of research time, vibrant atmosphere. And Stockholm is wonderful any time of the year.
Apply!
Apply!
16 years ago. How wrong we were.
November 8, 2024 at 8:56 AM
16 years ago. How wrong we were.
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So the invisible hand doesn't always guide us to socially desirable levels of robustness.
Just as no single driver can prevent a traffic jam, individual firms can't/don't do enough ensure the stability of the supply network.
This raises some big policy questions (for a future thread)
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Just as no single driver can prevent a traffic jam, individual firms can't/don't do enough ensure the stability of the supply network.
This raises some big policy questions (for a future thread)
14/
September 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
So the invisible hand doesn't always guide us to socially desirable levels of robustness.
Just as no single driver can prevent a traffic jam, individual firms can't/don't do enough ensure the stability of the supply network.
This raises some big policy questions (for a future thread)
14/
Just as no single driver can prevent a traffic jam, individual firms can't/don't do enough ensure the stability of the supply network.
This raises some big policy questions (for a future thread)
14/
I just attended the annual meeting of the editorial board of
the Review of Economic Studies. One message from the editors:
REStud is interested in publishing the best work, no matter how short the articles are! If you have very good short papers, you might want to try REStud first.
the Review of Economic Studies. One message from the editors:
REStud is interested in publishing the best work, no matter how short the articles are! If you have very good short papers, you might want to try REStud first.
September 23, 2024 at 1:05 PM
I just attended the annual meeting of the editorial board of
the Review of Economic Studies. One message from the editors:
REStud is interested in publishing the best work, no matter how short the articles are! If you have very good short papers, you might want to try REStud first.
the Review of Economic Studies. One message from the editors:
REStud is interested in publishing the best work, no matter how short the articles are! If you have very good short papers, you might want to try REStud first.
My colleagues Mitch Downey and Ferenc Szucs are looking for a full time RA, who will be supporting exciting projects on political polarisation, conspiracy theories in politics, and democratic accountability.
#EconSky #RAjobs #EconRA
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#EconSky #RAjobs #EconRA
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Available jobs - Stockholm University
Available jobs at Stockholm University. PhD student positions, researchers, teachers and administrative staff.
www.su.se
September 11, 2024 at 1:42 PM
My colleagues Mitch Downey and Ferenc Szucs are looking for a full time RA, who will be supporting exciting projects on political polarisation, conspiracy theories in politics, and democratic accountability.
#EconSky #RAjobs #EconRA
www.su.se/english/abou...
#EconSky #RAjobs #EconRA
www.su.se/english/abou...
I asked the students to work in groups for some minutes, and when standing in the class room to listen in, there was a guy sitting right in front of me playing a game on his phone. The fact that I was standing next to him did not bother him at all.
What do you think is an appropriate reaction?
What do you think is an appropriate reaction?
September 10, 2024 at 4:09 PM
I asked the students to work in groups for some minutes, and when standing in the class room to listen in, there was a guy sitting right in front of me playing a game on his phone. The fact that I was standing next to him did not bother him at all.
What do you think is an appropriate reaction?
What do you think is an appropriate reaction?
True story. Needless to say I am very excited and honoured the ERC decided to support my research agenda. Thank you so much to everybody who helped me along the way!
IIES Associate Professor Konrad Burchardi @konradburchardi.bsky.social has received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for the project Agricultural Productivity and Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa (ADAPT). For more: www.su.se/institute-fo...
Konrad Burchardi receives ERC Consolidator Grant - Institute for International Economic Studies
IIES Associate Professor Konrad Burchardi has received a grant for the project Agricultural Productivity and Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa (ADAPT).
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November 23, 2023 at 4:13 PM
True story. Needless to say I am very excited and honoured the ERC decided to support my research agenda. Thank you so much to everybody who helped me along the way!
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Incredibly bad news for Economics in Germany. It was such a coup to attract a young superstar (from MIT!) to run one of our leading research institutes. I can’t believe we are losing him and all the potential he brought to IZA.
November 10, 2023 at 10:10 PM
Incredibly bad news for Economics in Germany. It was such a coup to attract a young superstar (from MIT!) to run one of our leading research institutes. I can’t believe we are losing him and all the potential he brought to IZA.
I understand the Deutsche Post Foundation has to scale down its financial support. That said, it is very hard to see much value in how they managing that process.
I cannot believe what I'm reading here...
The current CEO of IZA, Simon Jäger, has decided to depart from his leadership role at IZA by the end of 2023 [...]
Effective January 1, 2024, Armin Falk, the current CEO of briq Institute, will take over the leadership of IZA
www.iza.org/wc/files/pre...
The current CEO of IZA, Simon Jäger, has decided to depart from his leadership role at IZA by the end of 2023 [...]
Effective January 1, 2024, Armin Falk, the current CEO of briq Institute, will take over the leadership of IZA
www.iza.org/wc/files/pre...
www.iza.org
November 10, 2023 at 10:36 AM
I understand the Deutsche Post Foundation has to scale down its financial support. That said, it is very hard to see much value in how they managing that process.
Reposted by Konrad Burchardi
I cannot believe what I'm reading here...
The current CEO of IZA, Simon Jäger, has decided to depart from his leadership role at IZA by the end of 2023 [...]
Effective January 1, 2024, Armin Falk, the current CEO of briq Institute, will take over the leadership of IZA
www.iza.org/wc/files/pre...
The current CEO of IZA, Simon Jäger, has decided to depart from his leadership role at IZA by the end of 2023 [...]
Effective January 1, 2024, Armin Falk, the current CEO of briq Institute, will take over the leadership of IZA
www.iza.org/wc/files/pre...
www.iza.org
November 10, 2023 at 8:52 AM
I cannot believe what I'm reading here...
The current CEO of IZA, Simon Jäger, has decided to depart from his leadership role at IZA by the end of 2023 [...]
Effective January 1, 2024, Armin Falk, the current CEO of briq Institute, will take over the leadership of IZA
www.iza.org/wc/files/pre...
The current CEO of IZA, Simon Jäger, has decided to depart from his leadership role at IZA by the end of 2023 [...]
Effective January 1, 2024, Armin Falk, the current CEO of briq Institute, will take over the leadership of IZA
www.iza.org/wc/files/pre...
I find it almost always unhelpful to report effect sizes in terms of "a one standard deviation change" of the explanatory variable.
October 18, 2023 at 12:52 PM
I find it almost always unhelpful to report effect sizes in terms of "a one standard deviation change" of the explanatory variable.