Rhys Williams
@rhyswilliams.bsky.social
PhD Economist at Cambridge Judge Business School and King's College Cambridge
Was lovely to see Dr Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social lecturing at Gresham College today on How Women Made the Global Economy. Based on lessons from her new book, Economica, Dr Bateman explained the central role women have played as entrepreneurs, industrialists, and leaders across time and societies
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Was lovely to see Dr Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social lecturing at Gresham College today on How Women Made the Global Economy. Based on lessons from her new book, Economica, Dr Bateman explained the central role women have played as entrepreneurs, industrialists, and leaders across time and societies
Had a great time in Valencia for @earie-news.bsky.social Summer School and Conference! Thanks to Professor Jan de Loecker for teaching us about production functions and to the local organisers and EARIE committee 🇪🇸
September 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Had a great time in Valencia for @earie-news.bsky.social Summer School and Conference! Thanks to Professor Jan de Loecker for teaching us about production functions and to the local organisers and EARIE committee 🇪🇸
King's E-Lab has launched 3rd Entrepreneurial Essay Competition to encourage UK students to pursue entrepreneurial aspirations.
Prize money for the winners!
Questions and full details: www.kingselab.org/essay-competition
Please share with your schools, teachers, and (eligible-aged) students.
Prize money for the winners!
Questions and full details: www.kingselab.org/essay-competition
Please share with your schools, teachers, and (eligible-aged) students.
March 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
King's E-Lab has launched 3rd Entrepreneurial Essay Competition to encourage UK students to pursue entrepreneurial aspirations.
Prize money for the winners!
Questions and full details: www.kingselab.org/essay-competition
Please share with your schools, teachers, and (eligible-aged) students.
Prize money for the winners!
Questions and full details: www.kingselab.org/essay-competition
Please share with your schools, teachers, and (eligible-aged) students.
Am at the age where my barber asks if I want my eyebrows trimmed :(
February 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Am at the age where my barber asks if I want my eyebrows trimmed :(
Students be worried about what their 9th robustness test should be and not that they have one year of post-treatment data (and that one year discontinuously occurs 2yrs after treatment)
February 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Students be worried about what their 9th robustness test should be and not that they have one year of post-treatment data (and that one year discontinuously occurs 2yrs after treatment)
Reposted by Rhys Williams
📢#EconSky Applications for EARIE's 3rd Summer School now open to Ph.D. students & researchers who defended thesis in past 3 years
Title: Market Power: Empirical Framework and Tools
Speaker: Jan De Loecker (KU Leuven)
🗓️Deadline March 17
📍Valencia, Spain
ℹ️https://earie.org/earie-summer-school/
Title: Market Power: Empirical Framework and Tools
Speaker: Jan De Loecker (KU Leuven)
🗓️Deadline March 17
📍Valencia, Spain
ℹ️https://earie.org/earie-summer-school/
January 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
📢#EconSky Applications for EARIE's 3rd Summer School now open to Ph.D. students & researchers who defended thesis in past 3 years
Title: Market Power: Empirical Framework and Tools
Speaker: Jan De Loecker (KU Leuven)
🗓️Deadline March 17
📍Valencia, Spain
ℹ️https://earie.org/earie-summer-school/
Title: Market Power: Empirical Framework and Tools
Speaker: Jan De Loecker (KU Leuven)
🗓️Deadline March 17
📍Valencia, Spain
ℹ️https://earie.org/earie-summer-school/
Sage advice in the toilets of LSE
January 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Sage advice in the toilets of LSE
Reposted by Rhys Williams
Our CMA-UKRI fellow Flavio Toxvaerd, who unfortunately is not on Bluesky yet, has put together the 4th Cambridge IMS-CMA competition policy symposium.
A fantastic speaker lineup including @proffionasm.bsky.social, Giacomo Calzolari and UK, EU and Belgian competition authorities.
#EconSky
A fantastic speaker lineup including @proffionasm.bsky.social, Giacomo Calzolari and UK, EU and Belgian competition authorities.
#EconSky
4th Cambridge Symposium on Competition Policy | The Weslie and William Janeway Institute for Economics
www.janeway.econ.cam.ac.uk
January 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Our CMA-UKRI fellow Flavio Toxvaerd, who unfortunately is not on Bluesky yet, has put together the 4th Cambridge IMS-CMA competition policy symposium.
A fantastic speaker lineup including @proffionasm.bsky.social, Giacomo Calzolari and UK, EU and Belgian competition authorities.
#EconSky
A fantastic speaker lineup including @proffionasm.bsky.social, Giacomo Calzolari and UK, EU and Belgian competition authorities.
#EconSky
Reposted by Rhys Williams
December 23, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by Rhys Williams
It's Impossible Not to Know What's Going on in Gaza, by
Motty Perry and Ariel Rubinstein
Motty Perry and Ariel Rubinstein
Ungated here: arielrubinstein.org/articles/Per...
arielrubinstein.org
December 25, 2024 at 3:29 AM
It's Impossible Not to Know What's Going on in Gaza, by
Motty Perry and Ariel Rubinstein
Motty Perry and Ariel Rubinstein
Reposted by Rhys Williams
Super helpful table, summarising staggered adoption TWFE approaches, from papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 17, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Super helpful table, summarising staggered adoption TWFE approaches, from papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Had a great evening with Martin Percy last night, discussing whether AI gave us chills or thrills, at the King's E-Lab!
November 29, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Had a great evening with Martin Percy last night, discussing whether AI gave us chills or thrills, at the King's E-Lab!
Just saw a woman go through McDs drive-thru in a mobility scooter
November 29, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Just saw a woman go through McDs drive-thru in a mobility scooter
London needs a tourist tax
December 17, 2023 at 12:08 PM
London needs a tourist tax
Hi #econsky, I'm Rhys, a first year PhD student at Cambridge. My research looks at competition policy in an empirical sense to evaluate whether policies are working or not.
Looking forward to interacting on here!
Looking forward to interacting on here!
October 4, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Hi #econsky, I'm Rhys, a first year PhD student at Cambridge. My research looks at competition policy in an empirical sense to evaluate whether policies are working or not.
Looking forward to interacting on here!
Looking forward to interacting on here!