Ron Davies
@ronbdavies.bsky.social
Husband, dad, metal head, economist.
This lineup is just mind-blowing.
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT!
We’re stoked to reveal another wave of artists for ATG 2026! 💥 Please welcome Eivør, NOTHING, Master Boot Record, the long‑awaited return of Arcane Roots after 7+ years, plus many more.
🎫 Final tickets ON SALE NOW
⚠️ 4‑Day Tickets nearly gone.
www.arctangent.co.uk
We’re stoked to reveal another wave of artists for ATG 2026! 💥 Please welcome Eivør, NOTHING, Master Boot Record, the long‑awaited return of Arcane Roots after 7+ years, plus many more.
🎫 Final tickets ON SALE NOW
⚠️ 4‑Day Tickets nearly gone.
www.arctangent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:38 AM
This lineup is just mind-blowing.
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📢 ANNOUNCEMENT!
We’re stoked to reveal another wave of artists for ATG 2026! 💥 Please welcome Eivør, NOTHING, Master Boot Record, the long‑awaited return of Arcane Roots after 7+ years, plus many more.
🎫 Final tickets ON SALE NOW
⚠️ 4‑Day Tickets nearly gone.
www.arctangent.co.uk
We’re stoked to reveal another wave of artists for ATG 2026! 💥 Please welcome Eivør, NOTHING, Master Boot Record, the long‑awaited return of Arcane Roots after 7+ years, plus many more.
🎫 Final tickets ON SALE NOW
⚠️ 4‑Day Tickets nearly gone.
www.arctangent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT!
We’re stoked to reveal another wave of artists for ATG 2026! 💥 Please welcome Eivør, NOTHING, Master Boot Record, the long‑awaited return of Arcane Roots after 7+ years, plus many more.
🎫 Final tickets ON SALE NOW
⚠️ 4‑Day Tickets nearly gone.
www.arctangent.co.uk
We’re stoked to reveal another wave of artists for ATG 2026! 💥 Please welcome Eivør, NOTHING, Master Boot Record, the long‑awaited return of Arcane Roots after 7+ years, plus many more.
🎫 Final tickets ON SALE NOW
⚠️ 4‑Day Tickets nearly gone.
www.arctangent.co.uk
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✨ Starting 2026 with a new opportunity!
UNU-WIDER is hiring a Data Scientist for the #SATIED programme in Pretoria 🇿🇦. Work with administrative tax data to support evidence-based policy and inclusive development.
👉 Apply here: go.unu.edu/Z5KSu
UNU-WIDER is hiring a Data Scientist for the #SATIED programme in Pretoria 🇿🇦. Work with administrative tax data to support evidence-based policy and inclusive development.
👉 Apply here: go.unu.edu/Z5KSu
January 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
✨ Starting 2026 with a new opportunity!
UNU-WIDER is hiring a Data Scientist for the #SATIED programme in Pretoria 🇿🇦. Work with administrative tax data to support evidence-based policy and inclusive development.
👉 Apply here: go.unu.edu/Z5KSu
UNU-WIDER is hiring a Data Scientist for the #SATIED programme in Pretoria 🇿🇦. Work with administrative tax data to support evidence-based policy and inclusive development.
👉 Apply here: go.unu.edu/Z5KSu
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Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
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Today we're announcing a new joint initiative, Admin Data for Tax Justice, aimed at strengthening global collaborations around administrative tax data. Our new website provides the first systematic database of academic and policy research using this data. taxjustice.net/2025/12/11/a...
Admin Data for Tax Justice: A New Global Initiative Advancing the Use of Administrative Data for Tax Research - Tax Justice Network
Over the past decade, the use of administrative tax data has somewhat quietly transformed academic research on tax abuse, compliance, and enforcement. These datasets—corporate tax returns, country by ...
taxjustice.net
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Today we're announcing a new joint initiative, Admin Data for Tax Justice, aimed at strengthening global collaborations around administrative tax data. Our new website provides the first systematic database of academic and policy research using this data. taxjustice.net/2025/12/11/a...
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Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund
Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund
Carmaker’s seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meeting
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Business live – latest updates
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has said it will vote against a $1tn (£765bn) pay package for the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk.
The fund, which is the biggest national wealth fund in the world, said that while it appreciated the “the significant value created under Mr Musk’s visionary role” it would vote against his performance award. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund
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It's that time of year again...
#EconSky
#EconSky
Econ job market candidate intros.
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's that time of year again...
#EconSky
#EconSky
A bit of promo for my upcoming talk on Space Economics (which I REALLY hope people start calling Astronomics)! @ucddublin.bsky.social @skatteforsk.bsky.social @rethink-gsc.bsky.social
www.kaakaa.no/artikler/bef...
www.kaakaa.no/artikler/bef...
Before we go to “infinity and beyond” — KÅKÅ.no
Av Ron Davies
www.kaakaa.no
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A bit of promo for my upcoming talk on Space Economics (which I REALLY hope people start calling Astronomics)! @ucddublin.bsky.social @skatteforsk.bsky.social @rethink-gsc.bsky.social
www.kaakaa.no/artikler/bef...
www.kaakaa.no/artikler/bef...
Looking forward to participating in this one: www.kaakaa.no/program/spac...
Spaceonomics: Grunnrenteskatt i verdensrommet? / Resource Rent Tax in Outer Space? — KÅKÅ.no
Ron Davies, Henrik Jorem, Vincent Seffinga Ordstyrer: Annette Alstadsæter
www.kaakaa.no
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Looking forward to participating in this one: www.kaakaa.no/program/spac...
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The day after Budget Day 2026 started with an interview with BBC NI’s Good Morning Ulster and will end with a UCD Econ alumni & staff reunion at @isweconomics.bsky.social’s post-budget analysis tonight @mueconomics.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie. #economicsfun
@ucddublin.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social
We are delighted to host the fifth annual ISWE Post Budget Analysis Event which will take place in 2.31 MUSSI Seminar Room, Iontas Building on Wednesday 8th of October @ 5:30pm. The event is free to attend but registration is required and places are limited. Register here: buff.ly/98fLmkc
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The day after Budget Day 2026 started with an interview with BBC NI’s Good Morning Ulster and will end with a UCD Econ alumni & staff reunion at @isweconomics.bsky.social’s post-budget analysis tonight @mueconomics.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie. #economicsfun
@ucddublin.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social
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Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
acdatacollective.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
I was very pleased to be part of this project!
💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀!
Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.
📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...
#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social
Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.
📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...
#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social
Rethinking Global Supply Chains | Complexity matters
YouTube video by Kiel Institute for the World Economy
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I was very pleased to be part of this project!
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💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀!
Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.
📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...
#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social
Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.
📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...
#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social
Rethinking Global Supply Chains | Complexity matters
YouTube video by Kiel Institute for the World Economy
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀!
Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.
📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...
#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social
Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.
📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...
#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social
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Missed last week’s RETHINK-GSC conference on the future of global supply chains? 🌍
🎥 The full recording is now online — watch insights from our researchers & policy leaders.
🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin...
🎥 The full recording is now online — watch insights from our researchers & policy leaders.
🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin...
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Missed last week’s RETHINK-GSC conference on the future of global supply chains? 🌍
🎥 The full recording is now online — watch insights from our researchers & policy leaders.
🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin...
🎥 The full recording is now online — watch insights from our researchers & policy leaders.
🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin...
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We're hiring a Full Professor of Economics - below you can now see the ad on our website!
@univdauphine.bsky.social
leda.dauphine.fr/fr/recruteme...
@univdauphine.bsky.social
leda.dauphine.fr/fr/recruteme...
Full Professor position in Economics | Laboratoire d’Économie de Dauphine (LEDa)
leda.dauphine.fr
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We're hiring a Full Professor of Economics - below you can now see the ad on our website!
@univdauphine.bsky.social
leda.dauphine.fr/fr/recruteme...
@univdauphine.bsky.social
leda.dauphine.fr/fr/recruteme...
Our fearless leader Holger Görg explains why policies that ignore global supply chains don’t have a leg to stand on. @rethink-gsc.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our fearless leader Holger Görg explains why policies that ignore global supply chains don’t have a leg to stand on. @rethink-gsc.bsky.social
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If you teach an undergrad international trade course and want some hands-on experience with real data & Stata or R, consider my “Gravity for Undergrads” Chapter. It may be useful in econometrics, undergrad seminars, and undergrad theses. Gravity Rules 💪
yotoyotov.com/Gravity_Unde...
yotoyotov.com/Gravity_Unde...
September 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you teach an undergrad international trade course and want some hands-on experience with real data & Stata or R, consider my “Gravity for Undergrads” Chapter. It may be useful in econometrics, undergrad seminars, and undergrad theses. Gravity Rules 💪
yotoyotov.com/Gravity_Unde...
yotoyotov.com/Gravity_Unde...
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📢 RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online
Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.
🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online
Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.
🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC
September 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
📢 RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online
Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.
🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online
Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.
🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC
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📙 Read the paper here: rethink-gsc.eu/knowledge-jo...
🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...
🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...
June 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📙 Read the paper here: rethink-gsc.eu/knowledge-jo...
🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...
🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...
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Even short-term shocks can reshape supply chains. 🚢
New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.
Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...
New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.
Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...
August 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Even short-term shocks can reshape supply chains. 🚢
New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.
Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...
New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.
Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...
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🚢 Klimaschocks hinterlassen Spuren!
Unsere Forschung zeigt, dass das Niedrigwasser 2018 Unternehmen in Deutschland dauerhaft von der Binnenschifffahrt auf Schiene & Straße umsteigen ließ.
📰 Der Spiegel berichtet über @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.socials Studie👇
#Lieferketten #Resilienz #Klimawandel
Unsere Forschung zeigt, dass das Niedrigwasser 2018 Unternehmen in Deutschland dauerhaft von der Binnenschifffahrt auf Schiene & Straße umsteigen ließ.
📰 Der Spiegel berichtet über @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.socials Studie👇
#Lieferketten #Resilienz #Klimawandel
Bei Extremwetterereignissen werden auch Frachtrouten wie der Rhein stark beeinträchtigt. Alternative Transportmittel werden dann nachgefragt und genutzt. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Umstellung ist dauerhaft.
IfW-Studie: Klimaschocks wie Niedrigwasser verändern Lieferketten dauerhaft
Bei Extremwetterereignissen werden auch Frachtrouten wie der Rhein stark beeinträchtigt. Alternative Transportmittel werden dann nachgefragt und genutzt. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Umstellung ist dauerhaft.
www.spiegel.de
September 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚢 Klimaschocks hinterlassen Spuren!
Unsere Forschung zeigt, dass das Niedrigwasser 2018 Unternehmen in Deutschland dauerhaft von der Binnenschifffahrt auf Schiene & Straße umsteigen ließ.
📰 Der Spiegel berichtet über @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.socials Studie👇
#Lieferketten #Resilienz #Klimawandel
Unsere Forschung zeigt, dass das Niedrigwasser 2018 Unternehmen in Deutschland dauerhaft von der Binnenschifffahrt auf Schiene & Straße umsteigen ließ.
📰 Der Spiegel berichtet über @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.socials Studie👇
#Lieferketten #Resilienz #Klimawandel
Johannes Scheuerer presenting work with Annette Alstadsaeter and @jakobbrounstein.bsky.social on tax evasion penalty rates. @skatteforsk.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Johannes Scheuerer presenting work with Annette Alstadsaeter and @jakobbrounstein.bsky.social on tax evasion penalty rates. @skatteforsk.bsky.social
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Thou shalt not use tariffs to tax working class Americans and then pretend the money is being paid by foreign countries.
August 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Thou shalt not use tariffs to tax working class Americans and then pretend the money is being paid by foreign countries.
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Very happy to see my work with Annette Alstadsæter & @andokl.bsky.social on using leaked data for academic research out in early access for @itaxjournal.bsky.social,
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Safely opening Pandora’s box: a guide for researchers working with leaked data - International Tax and Public Finance
The use of leaked data is becoming increasingly common in empirical research, particularly in public finance. Although these data can be an enormously powerful tool for investigating behavior that is ...
link.springer.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Very happy to see my work with Annette Alstadsæter & @andokl.bsky.social on using leaked data for academic research out in early access for @itaxjournal.bsky.social,
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...