Max Posch
@maxposch.bsky.social
Assistant professor University of Exeter | Harvard affiliate | working on the social and cultural foundations of economic development | FirstGen
Thanks for the invite and the great discussions. I had a lot of fun !
Today @maxposch.bsky.social @uofebusiness.bsky.social presented "Doux Commerce: Markets, Culture, and Cooperation in 1850-1920 U.S."
With Itzchak Raz (Hebrew University), they study how rising market integration fostered universalism and trust, shifting cooperation beyond kin-based ties.
With Itzchak Raz (Hebrew University), they study how rising market integration fostered universalism and trust, shifting cooperation beyond kin-based ties.
October 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thanks for the invite and the great discussions. I had a lot of fun !
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📢 Conference announcement!
Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.
If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.
Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.
If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.
#CallForPapers - Conference on Public Policies for Innovation
ESRC, London Business School, @fuqua.duke.edu & CEPR invite submissions for a #conference on Public Policies for Innovation at LBS on 19-20 March 2026.
cepr.org/events/confe...
Organisers: Paolo Surico & @danielpgross.bsky.social
#EconSky
ESRC, London Business School, @fuqua.duke.edu & CEPR invite submissions for a #conference on Public Policies for Innovation at LBS on 19-20 March 2026.
cepr.org/events/confe...
Organisers: Paolo Surico & @danielpgross.bsky.social
#EconSky
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📢 Conference announcement!
Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.
If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.
Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.
If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.
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Happy to share that the new Econ Seminar Series in Lugano is ready to begin! Find hereby our speakers for the #Autumn25 Series!
📆Check out the full schedule below!
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If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
📆Check out the full schedule below!
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If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
September 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Happy to share that the new Econ Seminar Series in Lugano is ready to begin! Find hereby our speakers for the #Autumn25 Series!
📆Check out the full schedule below!
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If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
📆Check out the full schedule below!
idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...
If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
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🚨Davide Cipullo, Tommaso Colussi, Domenico Rossignoli and I are excited to open the call for the 2nd UniCatt Political Economy workshop! We have 2 great keynotes: Alessandra Casella and David Yanagizawa-Drott. Send us your papers (theory or empirics) and let us meet in Milano on December 18.
August 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨Davide Cipullo, Tommaso Colussi, Domenico Rossignoli and I are excited to open the call for the 2nd UniCatt Political Economy workshop! We have 2 great keynotes: Alessandra Casella and David Yanagizawa-Drott. Send us your papers (theory or empirics) and let us meet in Milano on December 18.
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Excellent piece of historical economic cultural evolution research! I will have to read it in more detail today.
July 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Excellent piece of historical economic cultural evolution research! I will have to read it in more detail today.
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✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
July 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
July 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
✅YES‼️
Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎
We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior
🧵 👇 1/17
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Journal of Political Economy Data Editor Website – JPE Data Editor
jpedataeditor.github.io
July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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For German and French speakers interested in animal culture, this doco will be well worth 43 mins of your time. For everyone else, great tits solving puzzle boxes speak for themselves 🐦🧩🧠@lucymaplin.bsky.social @mchimento.bsky.social
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
Kultur im Tierreich - Voneinander lernen - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
Bei Menschen wie bei Tieren beruht die Weitergabe von Kultur auf sozialem Lernen. Vier Arten geben Einblicke in die Kulturvermittlung im Tierreich: Kohlmeisen und Grünmeerkatzen lernen die Tricks der ...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For German and French speakers interested in animal culture, this doco will be well worth 43 mins of your time. For everyone else, great tits solving puzzle boxes speak for themselves 🐦🧩🧠@lucymaplin.bsky.social @mchimento.bsky.social
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
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📌 Excited to announce the 2nd Northeast Political Economy Conference 📌 We (briangknight.bsky.social) are seeking submissions from economists & political scientists working on political economy topics.
Please submit by June 16 and join us at Brown on Friday, Oct 3 forms.gle/i4wi88Q6P3tJ...
Please submit by June 16 and join us at Brown on Friday, Oct 3 forms.gle/i4wi88Q6P3tJ...
briangknight.bsky.social
briangknight.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
📌 Excited to announce the 2nd Northeast Political Economy Conference 📌 We (briangknight.bsky.social) are seeking submissions from economists & political scientists working on political economy topics.
Please submit by June 16 and join us at Brown on Friday, Oct 3 forms.gle/i4wi88Q6P3tJ...
Please submit by June 16 and join us at Brown on Friday, Oct 3 forms.gle/i4wi88Q6P3tJ...
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Best video to watch during the Easter break 🥚🐣 youtu.be/lmIABocWBHI?...
Cultures in Crisis? Cultural Evolution and the Potential for Global Mismatch
YouTube video by FBE UniMelb
youtu.be
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Best video to watch during the Easter break 🥚🐣 youtu.be/lmIABocWBHI?...
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Please consider applying for a summer RA position in Mozambique. Project with Fulvia Budillon and Andre Gray on traditional medicine. Must speak Portuguese. Job info: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/fiel... Send materials to fbudillo@ucsd.edu and adgray@ucsd.edu, subject Mozambique Intern. Thanks!
Field Research Intern - UC San Diego Economics | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
www.povertyactionlab.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Please consider applying for a summer RA position in Mozambique. Project with Fulvia Budillon and Andre Gray on traditional medicine. Must speak Portuguese. Job info: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/fiel... Send materials to fbudillo@ucsd.edu and adgray@ucsd.edu, subject Mozambique Intern. Thanks!
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Registration is open for the 9th Text-As-Data Workshop!
When: 28-29 April 2025
Where: Online
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @phinifa.bsky.social
More information: cepr.org/events/9th-m...
#EconSky #Workshop #Conference
When: 28-29 April 2025
Where: Online
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @phinifa.bsky.social
More information: cepr.org/events/9th-m...
#EconSky #Workshop #Conference
April 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Registration is open for the 9th Text-As-Data Workshop!
When: 28-29 April 2025
Where: Online
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @phinifa.bsky.social
More information: cepr.org/events/9th-m...
#EconSky #Workshop #Conference
When: 28-29 April 2025
Where: Online
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @phinifa.bsky.social
More information: cepr.org/events/9th-m...
#EconSky #Workshop #Conference
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After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.
April 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.
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1/19: Seems timely to share a paper which explores how people perceive & understand trade and trade policies. Which factors shape the support for different trade policies? Thread below with the key takeaways #EconTwitter 🧵, and full paper here: socialeconomicslab.org/understandin...
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1/19: Seems timely to share a paper which explores how people perceive & understand trade and trade policies. Which factors shape the support for different trade policies? Thread below with the key takeaways #EconTwitter 🧵, and full paper here: socialeconomicslab.org/understandin...
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Submit your work using AI in the social sciences to the annual AI in Social Science conference at The University of Chicago! Submissions due May 1!
The conference will be held September 25-26 in Chicago, IL, USA.
@beckerfriedman.bsky.social @HarrisPolicy @MiiELab
bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
The conference will be held September 25-26 in Chicago, IL, USA.
@beckerfriedman.bsky.social @HarrisPolicy @MiiELab
bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Submit your work using AI in the social sciences to the annual AI in Social Science conference at The University of Chicago! Submissions due May 1!
The conference will be held September 25-26 in Chicago, IL, USA.
@beckerfriedman.bsky.social @HarrisPolicy @MiiELab
bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
The conference will be held September 25-26 in Chicago, IL, USA.
@beckerfriedman.bsky.social @HarrisPolicy @MiiELab
bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
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As opportunity costs rise for Seventh Day Adventists in Sub-Saharan Africa, membership and satisfaction decline, and adherence to health rules drops. New research brief from
@eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris Policy), Dean Yang, and Triana Yentzen. ow.ly/CN5g50VgL9z #EconSky
@eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris Policy), Dean Yang, and Triana Yentzen. ow.ly/CN5g50VgL9z #EconSky
The Price of Faith: Economic Costs and Religious Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa | Becker Friedman Institute
Prior research shows that religious institutions play a major role in shaping economic behaviors, social norms, and development outcomes worldwide. But what happens when religious membership (or belie...
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March 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
As opportunity costs rise for Seventh Day Adventists in Sub-Saharan Africa, membership and satisfaction decline, and adherence to health rules drops. New research brief from
@eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris Policy), Dean Yang, and Triana Yentzen. ow.ly/CN5g50VgL9z #EconSky
@eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris Policy), Dean Yang, and Triana Yentzen. ow.ly/CN5g50VgL9z #EconSky
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📣Now hiring: Predoc in Economics and Data Science
We are hiring a predoc -- work at ETH Zurich on exciting projects in applied econ (political econ, education, etc.), using AI, NLP, and causal inference. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11505
We are hiring a predoc -- work at ETH Zurich on exciting projects in applied econ (political econ, education, etc.), using AI, NLP, and causal inference. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11505
EJM - Econ Job Market
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February 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
📣Now hiring: Predoc in Economics and Data Science
We are hiring a predoc -- work at ETH Zurich on exciting projects in applied econ (political econ, education, etc.), using AI, NLP, and causal inference. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11505
We are hiring a predoc -- work at ETH Zurich on exciting projects in applied econ (political econ, education, etc.), using AI, NLP, and causal inference. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11505
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How did Southern white elites react after Reconstruction? They cut taxes and weakened bureaucratic capacity. Sadly, very relevant research from @pavisuri.bsky.social and @notstevenwhite.bsky.social.
February 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
How did Southern white elites react after Reconstruction? They cut taxes and weakened bureaucratic capacity. Sadly, very relevant research from @pavisuri.bsky.social and @notstevenwhite.bsky.social.
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Updates on US Census Data as of February 5:
According to the Census Bureau, all files on the public FTP server have been made publicly unavailable to comply with the President's executive orders.
They say they'll work to restore the files after they are reviewed and approved.
According to the Census Bureau, all files on the public FTP server have been made publicly unavailable to comply with the President's executive orders.
They say they'll work to restore the files after they are reviewed and approved.
February 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Updates on US Census Data as of February 5:
According to the Census Bureau, all files on the public FTP server have been made publicly unavailable to comply with the President's executive orders.
They say they'll work to restore the files after they are reviewed and approved.
According to the Census Bureau, all files on the public FTP server have been made publicly unavailable to comply with the President's executive orders.
They say they'll work to restore the files after they are reviewed and approved.
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We are seeing some impact on reproducibility efforts with the transition to the new US administration. For now, I suggest that you make backups of any data that required you to actively interact with the Federal government, as there may be a delay in response times.... #openscience
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We are seeing some impact on reproducibility efforts with the transition to the new US administration. For now, I suggest that you make backups of any data that required you to actively interact with the Federal government, as there may be a delay in response times.... #openscience
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New database alert! "A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis", based on work by @rigbydavid.bsky.social and many Landscapes Labs collaborators is now available! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
New database alert! "A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis", based on work by @rigbydavid.bsky.social and many Landscapes Labs collaborators is now available! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict" by Eleonora Guarnieri. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict
(Forthcoming Article) - Ethnically diverse countries are more prone to conflict, but why do
some groups engage in conflict while others do not? I show that civil conflict
in Africa is explained by eth...
www.aeaweb.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Forthcoming in the AER: "Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict" by Eleonora Guarnieri. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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VITAL KNOWLEDGE: “Is DeepSeek the biggest threat to US equity markets? The company seems to have built a groundbreaking AI model at an extremely low price .. calling into question the utility of the hundreds of billions worth of capex being poured into this industry.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/h...
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/h...
How China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening U.S. dominance
An AI lab out of China has ignited panic in Silicon Valley after releasing impressive AI models more cheaply and with less-powerful chips than U.S. AI giants.
www.cnbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
VITAL KNOWLEDGE: “Is DeepSeek the biggest threat to US equity markets? The company seems to have built a groundbreaking AI model at an extremely low price .. calling into question the utility of the hundreds of billions worth of capex being poured into this industry.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/h...
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/h...
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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
NICEP Conference
What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics
📆 May 12-13 -- Submit before March 3rd
📍 Nottingham, UK
Confirmed: Diego Gambetta, Maria Petrova, Sandra Sequeira & Stéphane Wolton
sway.cloud.microsoft/IKXaLZCiPkJh...
#EconSky
NICEP Conference
What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics
📆 May 12-13 -- Submit before March 3rd
📍 Nottingham, UK
Confirmed: Diego Gambetta, Maria Petrova, Sandra Sequeira & Stéphane Wolton
sway.cloud.microsoft/IKXaLZCiPkJh...
#EconSky
January 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
NICEP Conference
What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics
📆 May 12-13 -- Submit before March 3rd
📍 Nottingham, UK
Confirmed: Diego Gambetta, Maria Petrova, Sandra Sequeira & Stéphane Wolton
sway.cloud.microsoft/IKXaLZCiPkJh...
#EconSky
NICEP Conference
What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics
📆 May 12-13 -- Submit before March 3rd
📍 Nottingham, UK
Confirmed: Diego Gambetta, Maria Petrova, Sandra Sequeira & Stéphane Wolton
sway.cloud.microsoft/IKXaLZCiPkJh...
#EconSky