Reka Juhasz
@rjuhasz.bsky.social
AP, Vancouver School of Economics, UBC. Co-founder of The Industrial Policy Group. Mostly industrial policy and industrialization.
Our IP measurement paper is out! One result in need of more work: we find that advanced economies target their best performing export sectors. That’s not the case for developing countries.
All our data and LLM model weights are publicly available: www.industrialpolicydata.com
All our data and LLM model weights are publicly available: www.industrialpolicydata.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our IP measurement paper is out! One result in need of more work: we find that advanced economies target their best performing export sectors. That’s not the case for developing countries.
All our data and LLM model weights are publicly available: www.industrialpolicydata.com
All our data and LLM model weights are publicly available: www.industrialpolicydata.com
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New interview with our co-founder @rjuhasz.bsky.social with Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse 📰 She discusses the challenges to Europe and how well-thought-through industrial policies designed with vision 🚀, while not a silver bullet, are part of the solution 🙌 www.industrialpolicygroup.com/media
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New interview with our co-founder @rjuhasz.bsky.social with Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse 📰 She discusses the challenges to Europe and how well-thought-through industrial policies designed with vision 🚀, while not a silver bullet, are part of the solution 🙌 www.industrialpolicygroup.com/media
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Coming up 19 May, 17:00 CET @oenb.at: Schumpeter Lecture with Prof. Réka Juhász (@rjuhasz.bsky.social) from Univ. of British Columbia on the “The New Economics of Industrial Policy”. In cooperation with Schumpeter Society & @oenb.at.
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May 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Coming up 19 May, 17:00 CET @oenb.at: Schumpeter Lecture with Prof. Réka Juhász (@rjuhasz.bsky.social) from Univ. of British Columbia on the “The New Economics of Industrial Policy”. In cooperation with Schumpeter Society & @oenb.at.
More: ➡️ shorturl.at/ToEUH
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Governor Macklem presents Professor @rjuhasz.bsky.social of the University of British Columbia with the 2025 Governor’s Award at the Fellowship Learning Exchange conference 🏆
Congratulations Professor!
Learn more: bit.ly/3YA2wRP
#cdnecon #economy #awards #BankOfCanada
Congratulations Professor!
Learn more: bit.ly/3YA2wRP
#cdnecon #economy #awards #BankOfCanada
May 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Governor Macklem presents Professor @rjuhasz.bsky.social of the University of British Columbia with the 2025 Governor’s Award at the Fellowship Learning Exchange conference 🏆
Congratulations Professor!
Learn more: bit.ly/3YA2wRP
#cdnecon #economy #awards #BankOfCanada
Congratulations Professor!
Learn more: bit.ly/3YA2wRP
#cdnecon #economy #awards #BankOfCanada
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You cannot simultaneously do “industrial policy” while gutting state capacity.
April 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
You cannot simultaneously do “industrial policy” while gutting state capacity.
The parallels with Hungary are striking with one key exception in my view: Hungary’s decline has been relative and slow. Hard for voters to understand. Trump’s willingness to visibly break the economy in pursuit of economically illiterate tariff policy may put the US on a different path soon.
Last week, I wrote about how authoritarianism leads to poverty and corruption. Feels like an appropriate moment to post it again.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The parallels with Hungary are striking with one key exception in my view: Hungary’s decline has been relative and slow. Hard for voters to understand. Trump’s willingness to visibly break the economy in pursuit of economically illiterate tariff policy may put the US on a different path soon.
We’re hiring predocs at VSE with a start date of summer 2025. Come work with me on industrial policy and industrialization past and present. Not your thing? A number of my wonderful colleagues are also hiring! Listing is here: economics.ubc.ca/news/pre-doc...
Pre-Doctoral Fellow/Research Technician Opportunities - Vancouver School of Economics
Join the Vancouver School of Economics: Pre-Doctoral Fellow/Research Technician Opportunities The Vancouver School of Economics (VSE) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is excited to announce...
economics.ubc.ca
December 13, 2024 at 11:56 PM
We’re hiring predocs at VSE with a start date of summer 2025. Come work with me on industrial policy and industrialization past and present. Not your thing? A number of my wonderful colleagues are also hiring! Listing is here: economics.ubc.ca/news/pre-doc...
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How do major infrastructure projects reshape the lives of those displaced and those residing in affected communities? In my JMP, I answer this question in the context of the construction of the Interstate Highway System.🛣️🚧
A thread of my results 🧵🧵 #EconJMP
A thread of my results 🧵🧵 #EconJMP
November 19, 2024 at 10:14 PM
How do major infrastructure projects reshape the lives of those displaced and those residing in affected communities? In my JMP, I answer this question in the context of the construction of the Interstate Highway System.🛣️🚧
A thread of my results 🧵🧵 #EconJMP
A thread of my results 🧵🧵 #EconJMP
A humbling read for Europeans. Being an infant industry is super hard.
“The Chinese are being so fast on this,” said one former Northvolt chemical engineer. “They are established and they have already done it. So they’re just better. We are late to the party.”
on.ft.com/3V3OQwH
“The Chinese are being so fast on this,” said one former Northvolt chemical engineer. “They are established and they have already done it. So they’re just better. We are late to the party.”
on.ft.com/3V3OQwH
How Europe’s battery champion descended into crisis
Insiders say Northvolt, Europe’s best-funded start-up, has been beset by problems from the start
on.ft.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
A humbling read for Europeans. Being an infant industry is super hard.
“The Chinese are being so fast on this,” said one former Northvolt chemical engineer. “They are established and they have already done it. So they’re just better. We are late to the party.”
on.ft.com/3V3OQwH
“The Chinese are being so fast on this,” said one former Northvolt chemical engineer. “They are established and they have already done it. So they’re just better. We are late to the party.”
on.ft.com/3V3OQwH