Soroush Sabet
@soroushs.bsky.social
Economics phd candidate @ LSE | on the 2025-2026 job market | macroeconomics, finance and development
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Population aging creates room for the government to increase debt without increasing interest rates. But a large eventual fiscal adjustment is still needed to pay for entitlements, from Adrien Auclert, Hannes Malmberg, Matthew Rognlie, and Ludwig Straub www.nber.org/papers/w34470
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Population aging creates room for the government to increase debt without increasing interest rates. But a large eventual fiscal adjustment is still needed to pay for entitlements, from Adrien Auclert, Hannes Malmberg, Matthew Rognlie, and Ludwig Straub www.nber.org/papers/w34470
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Boot camp in Behavioral Macro is back!
where: Cambridge, Massachusetts
when: May 14–15, 2026
who is eligible: full-time PhD students at a US or Canadian university
#EconSky
where: Cambridge, Massachusetts
when: May 14–15, 2026
who is eligible: full-time PhD students at a US or Canadian university
#EconSky
Behavioral Macroeconomics Research Boot Camp for Graduate Students
www.nber.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Boot camp in Behavioral Macro is back!
where: Cambridge, Massachusetts
when: May 14–15, 2026
who is eligible: full-time PhD students at a US or Canadian university
#EconSky
where: Cambridge, Massachusetts
when: May 14–15, 2026
who is eligible: full-time PhD students at a US or Canadian university
#EconSky
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In a new working paper, my co-authors Knut Are Aastveit,
@jesper-bojeryd.bsky.social, Magnus Andreas Haare Gulbrandsen, @ragnarjuelsrud.bsky.social and I investigate "What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption".
www.norges-bank.no/en/news-even...
@jesper-bojeryd.bsky.social, Magnus Andreas Haare Gulbrandsen, @ragnarjuelsrud.bsky.social and I investigate "What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption".
www.norges-bank.no/en/news-even...
What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption?
www.norges-bank.no
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In a new working paper, my co-authors Knut Are Aastveit,
@jesper-bojeryd.bsky.social, Magnus Andreas Haare Gulbrandsen, @ragnarjuelsrud.bsky.social and I investigate "What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption".
www.norges-bank.no/en/news-even...
@jesper-bojeryd.bsky.social, Magnus Andreas Haare Gulbrandsen, @ragnarjuelsrud.bsky.social and I investigate "What do 12 billion card transactions say about house prices and consumption".
www.norges-bank.no/en/news-even...
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🚀 I'm on the #EconSky Job Market!
My JMP asks a classic question:
Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation?
To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont.
A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)
My JMP asks a classic question:
Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation?
To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont.
A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚀 I'm on the #EconSky Job Market!
My JMP asks a classic question:
Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation?
To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont.
A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)
My JMP asks a classic question:
Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation?
To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont.
A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)
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Macro outcomes depend on the distribution of markups across firms/time, making firm-level markup estimates key for macro analysis. Firm data with wide coverage primarily comes from financial statements. Can markups be accurately estimated with such data? buff.ly/tgD0OID
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Macro outcomes depend on the distribution of markups across firms/time, making firm-level markup estimates key for macro analysis. Firm data with wide coverage primarily comes from financial statements. Can markups be accurately estimated with such data? buff.ly/tgD0OID
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Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
paulgp.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
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Many of the 'facts' that travel the furthest from economic research are based on a flawed method of scaling cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate.
@benmoll.bsky.social and I have written about this 'missing intercept' problem, and what economists can do about it, here ⤵️
@benmoll.bsky.social and I have written about this 'missing intercept' problem, and what economists can do about it, here ⤵️
🆕 The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro
Today on VoxDev, @benmoll.bsky.social (LSE) and @olihanney.bsky.social explain the problem with scaling cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level, and discuss solutions for economists: voxdev.org/topic/method...
Today on VoxDev, @benmoll.bsky.social (LSE) and @olihanney.bsky.social explain the problem with scaling cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level, and discuss solutions for economists: voxdev.org/topic/method...
The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro
Many applied microeconomics papers conclude with a back-of-the-envelope calculation that scales their cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level. These types of aggregate estimates are only vali...
voxdev.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Many of the 'facts' that travel the furthest from economic research are based on a flawed method of scaling cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate.
@benmoll.bsky.social and I have written about this 'missing intercept' problem, and what economists can do about it, here ⤵️
@benmoll.bsky.social and I have written about this 'missing intercept' problem, and what economists can do about it, here ⤵️
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Log-linear relative asset demand (the basis of Demand System Asset Pricing) is shown to represent a radical deviation from traditional investment and asset pricing models, from Narayana R. Kocherlakota www.nber.org/papers/w34395
October 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Log-linear relative asset demand (the basis of Demand System Asset Pricing) is shown to represent a radical deviation from traditional investment and asset pricing models, from Narayana R. Kocherlakota www.nber.org/papers/w34395
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CFM congratulates Philippe Aghion who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Professor Aghion was awarded the prize jointly with Joel Mokyr from Northwestern University and Peter Howitt from Brown University “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth.”
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
CFM congratulates Philippe Aghion who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Professor Aghion was awarded the prize jointly with Joel Mokyr from Northwestern University and Peter Howitt from Brown University “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth.”
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Macro PhD students in London:
Register to attend our PhD workshop at LSE on 14 November! We have a great programme of PhD presentations and lots of time to get to know your London-based colleagues.
See the provisional programme and register here: sites.google.com/view/london-...
Register to attend our PhD workshop at LSE on 14 November! We have a great programme of PhD presentations and lots of time to get to know your London-based colleagues.
See the provisional programme and register here: sites.google.com/view/london-...
London Macro PhD Workshop
Join us for a workshop to connect PhD students in macroeconomics in and around London!
sites.google.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Macro PhD students in London:
Register to attend our PhD workshop at LSE on 14 November! We have a great programme of PhD presentations and lots of time to get to know your London-based colleagues.
See the provisional programme and register here: sites.google.com/view/london-...
Register to attend our PhD workshop at LSE on 14 November! We have a great programme of PhD presentations and lots of time to get to know your London-based colleagues.
See the provisional programme and register here: sites.google.com/view/london-...
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Scientific Modeling Cheatsheet: #MATLAB vs #Python vs #Julialang
Side-by-side comparison for:
• Differential equations
• Optimization
• Automatic differentiation
• Symbolic computing
• More!
Highlights ecosystem differences & best practices.
sciml.github.io/Scientific_M...
Side-by-side comparison for:
• Differential equations
• Optimization
• Automatic differentiation
• Symbolic computing
• More!
Highlights ecosystem differences & best practices.
sciml.github.io/Scientific_M...
Scientific Modeling Cheatsheet – MATLAB – Python – Julia Quick Reference
sciml.github.io
September 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Scientific Modeling Cheatsheet: #MATLAB vs #Python vs #Julialang
Side-by-side comparison for:
• Differential equations
• Optimization
• Automatic differentiation
• Symbolic computing
• More!
Highlights ecosystem differences & best practices.
sciml.github.io/Scientific_M...
Side-by-side comparison for:
• Differential equations
• Optimization
• Automatic differentiation
• Symbolic computing
• More!
Highlights ecosystem differences & best practices.
sciml.github.io/Scientific_M...
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Our paper provides a method to estimate demand elasticities and infer quality change in settings beyond the CES preferences. Applying method to US imports, we show official measures of inflation in import prices are upward biased bc they don’t account for quality improvements.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Aggregation and the Estimation of Quality Change: Application to U.S. Import Prices,” by Errico and Lashkari (@ldaniall.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Validate User
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Our paper provides a method to estimate demand elasticities and infer quality change in settings beyond the CES preferences. Applying method to US imports, we show official measures of inflation in import prices are upward biased bc they don’t account for quality improvements.
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🚨We're delighted to announce our next seminar!
Rebecca Diamond will be presenting "Where is Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption" with a discussion by Cristian Badarinza
When? 🗓️ Friday 3rd October 15:30-17:00 BST
Register here tinyurl.com/mrnbu48w
Rebecca Diamond will be presenting "Where is Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption" with a discussion by Cristian Badarinza
When? 🗓️ Friday 3rd October 15:30-17:00 BST
Register here tinyurl.com/mrnbu48w
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨We're delighted to announce our next seminar!
Rebecca Diamond will be presenting "Where is Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption" with a discussion by Cristian Badarinza
When? 🗓️ Friday 3rd October 15:30-17:00 BST
Register here tinyurl.com/mrnbu48w
Rebecca Diamond will be presenting "Where is Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption" with a discussion by Cristian Badarinza
When? 🗓️ Friday 3rd October 15:30-17:00 BST
Register here tinyurl.com/mrnbu48w
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NEW EPISODE:
We speak to the legend Emi Nakamura about her paper at Jackson Hole about why and when central banks can deviate from Taylor Rule orthodoxy and still achieve good inflation outcomes.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
We speak to the legend Emi Nakamura about her paper at Jackson Hole about why and when central banks can deviate from Taylor Rule orthodoxy and still achieve good inflation outcomes.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Emi Nakamura on Central Bank Credibility and the Taylor Rule
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 08/29/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
NEW EPISODE:
We speak to the legend Emi Nakamura about her paper at Jackson Hole about why and when central banks can deviate from Taylor Rule orthodoxy and still achieve good inflation outcomes.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
We speak to the legend Emi Nakamura about her paper at Jackson Hole about why and when central banks can deviate from Taylor Rule orthodoxy and still achieve good inflation outcomes.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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If you're interested in learning #JuliaLang and are currently an #RStats user (or even if you're not!), then here's a little introduction to getting started! 📊
Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social
Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social
Introduction to Julia for R users – Nicola Rennie
This blog post will give R users an overview of what Julia is and why they might want to use it, introduce some data processing Julia packages, and show how they can incorporate Julia into existing R ...
nrennie.rbind.io
August 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you're interested in learning #JuliaLang and are currently an #RStats user (or even if you're not!), then here's a little introduction to getting started! 📊
Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social
Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social
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🚨 Breaking news 🚨
Two epic tutorials announced for #JuliaCon Local Paris 2025: one about Pluto notebooks and one about using JuMP for optimization. Be sure to get your tickets this week, otherwise the early bird pricing will be gone 🦜
@juliacon.bsky.social @julialang.org @pydataparis.bsky.social
Two epic tutorials announced for #JuliaCon Local Paris 2025: one about Pluto notebooks and one about using JuMP for optimization. Be sure to get your tickets this week, otherwise the early bird pricing will be gone 🦜
@juliacon.bsky.social @julialang.org @pydataparis.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 Breaking news 🚨
Two epic tutorials announced for #JuliaCon Local Paris 2025: one about Pluto notebooks and one about using JuMP for optimization. Be sure to get your tickets this week, otherwise the early bird pricing will be gone 🦜
@juliacon.bsky.social @julialang.org @pydataparis.bsky.social
Two epic tutorials announced for #JuliaCon Local Paris 2025: one about Pluto notebooks and one about using JuMP for optimization. Be sure to get your tickets this week, otherwise the early bird pricing will be gone 🦜
@juliacon.bsky.social @julialang.org @pydataparis.bsky.social
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📢 #CallForPapers STEG Annual Conference & Theme Workshops - Jan 2026
Deadline: 31 August 2025 | Location & Date TBC
The 6th Annual STEG Conference will showcase keynote talks, academic & policy panels, projects, & recent papers related to structural transformation
mailchi.mp/cepr.org/ste...
#EconSky
Deadline: 31 August 2025 | Location & Date TBC
The 6th Annual STEG Conference will showcase keynote talks, academic & policy panels, projects, & recent papers related to structural transformation
mailchi.mp/cepr.org/ste...
#EconSky
August 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
📢 #CallForPapers STEG Annual Conference & Theme Workshops - Jan 2026
Deadline: 31 August 2025 | Location & Date TBC
The 6th Annual STEG Conference will showcase keynote talks, academic & policy panels, projects, & recent papers related to structural transformation
mailchi.mp/cepr.org/ste...
#EconSky
Deadline: 31 August 2025 | Location & Date TBC
The 6th Annual STEG Conference will showcase keynote talks, academic & policy panels, projects, & recent papers related to structural transformation
mailchi.mp/cepr.org/ste...
#EconSky
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I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.
Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
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Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.
Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
1/
Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
1/
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Calling all Macro PhD students based in and around London!
Join us for a workshop at LSE on 14 Nov to get to know each other and discuss your research.
Submit your papers by August 15!
sites.google.com/view/london-...
#EconSky
Join us for a workshop at LSE on 14 Nov to get to know each other and discuss your research.
Submit your papers by August 15!
sites.google.com/view/london-...
#EconSky
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Calling all Macro PhD students based in and around London!
Join us for a workshop at LSE on 14 Nov to get to know each other and discuss your research.
Submit your papers by August 15!
sites.google.com/view/london-...
#EconSky
Join us for a workshop at LSE on 14 Nov to get to know each other and discuss your research.
Submit your papers by August 15!
sites.google.com/view/london-...
#EconSky
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Revisions to economic statistics are not manipulation. Initial numbers should be very current, so they go to bed before all the data are in. Final numbers should be very accurate. /1
August 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Revisions to economic statistics are not manipulation. Initial numbers should be very current, so they go to bed before all the data are in. Final numbers should be very accurate. /1
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We are collaborating with the @eeanews.bsky.social for a third year in a row. EEA Replication Games in Bordeaux, France on August 24. Virtual participation is possible and the focus is on economics papers for this event!
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
July 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We are collaborating with the @eeanews.bsky.social for a third year in a row. EEA Replication Games in Bordeaux, France on August 24. Virtual participation is possible and the focus is on economics papers for this event!
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
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Recently accepted to #REStud, "Estimating Welfare Effects in a Nonparametric Choice Model: The Case of School Vouchers," from Kamat and Norris:
www.restud.com/estimating-w...
#econsky
www.restud.com/estimating-w...
#econsky
August 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Recently accepted to #REStud, "Estimating Welfare Effects in a Nonparametric Choice Model: The Case of School Vouchers," from Kamat and Norris:
www.restud.com/estimating-w...
#econsky
www.restud.com/estimating-w...
#econsky
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Announcing the #ASSA2026 AEA/AFA Joint Luncheon speaker, Tarun Ramadorai of Imperial College London. He will be speaking about his work on household finance and personal finance markets. bsky.app/profile/tram...
July 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Announcing the #ASSA2026 AEA/AFA Joint Luncheon speaker, Tarun Ramadorai of Imperial College London. He will be speaking about his work on household finance and personal finance markets. bsky.app/profile/tram...
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We just finalized the program for this year's @nber.org Summer Institute session on Macro Public Finance:
www.nber.org/conferences/...
Join us on July 17!
@s-stantcheva.bsky.social @dirkkruegerier.bsky.social
www.nber.org/conferences/...
Join us on July 17!
@s-stantcheva.bsky.social @dirkkruegerier.bsky.social
SI 2025 Macro Public Finance
www.nber.org
June 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
We just finalized the program for this year's @nber.org Summer Institute session on Macro Public Finance:
www.nber.org/conferences/...
Join us on July 17!
@s-stantcheva.bsky.social @dirkkruegerier.bsky.social
www.nber.org/conferences/...
Join us on July 17!
@s-stantcheva.bsky.social @dirkkruegerier.bsky.social
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Thrilled to have my research feature at @unu-wider.bsky.social’s amazing WIDERAngle blog!
Brazil's Bolsa Familia - the world's largest cash transfer programme - does not discourage work. Instead, it increases women's employment by helping them overcome barriers to enter the labour force 👇
Brazil's Bolsa Familia - the world's largest cash transfer programme - does not discourage work. Instead, it increases women's employment by helping them overcome barriers to enter the labour force 👇
💼 Can cash transfers empower women without disadvantaging men?
Gabriel Leite Mariante analyses how Brazil’s largest unconditional cash transfer program boosts women's employment while supporting men too. A must-read before #WIDERDevConf2025!
Read more: go.unu.edu/72HTH
Gabriel Leite Mariante analyses how Brazil’s largest unconditional cash transfer program boosts women's employment while supporting men too. A must-read before #WIDERDevConf2025!
Read more: go.unu.edu/72HTH
June 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thrilled to have my research feature at @unu-wider.bsky.social’s amazing WIDERAngle blog!
Brazil's Bolsa Familia - the world's largest cash transfer programme - does not discourage work. Instead, it increases women's employment by helping them overcome barriers to enter the labour force 👇
Brazil's Bolsa Familia - the world's largest cash transfer programme - does not discourage work. Instead, it increases women's employment by helping them overcome barriers to enter the labour force 👇