Tim Bresnahan
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Attending the ASSAs in January? If so, check out the sessions hosted by the Society of Government Economists on January 5!
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Attending the ASSAs in January? If so, check out the sessions hosted by the Society of Government Economists on January 5!
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John Leahy, the chair of Michigan’s economics department, has suddenly passed away. I deeply mourn his loss. He was exceptionally smart and humorous, but most importantly, he had deep empathy. It is so difficult to process what happened. May he rest in peace.
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
John Leahy, the chair of Michigan’s economics department, has suddenly passed away. I deeply mourn his loss. He was exceptionally smart and humorous, but most importantly, he had deep empathy. It is so difficult to process what happened. May he rest in peace.
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sites.google.com/view/memoriesofkateho
My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here.
With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]
My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here.
With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]
Memories of Kate Ho
A place for us to gather and share memories of Kate.
sites.google.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
sites.google.com/view/memoriesofkateho
My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here.
With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]
My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here.
With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]
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Tragic death of John Leahy. An amazing economist, wonderful adviser, consistently modest and kind, he will be greatly missed.
May his memory be a blessing.
May his memory be a blessing.
December 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Tragic death of John Leahy. An amazing economist, wonderful adviser, consistently modest and kind, he will be greatly missed.
May his memory be a blessing.
May his memory be a blessing.
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Excerpt from The Antitrust Paradigm (2019) that seems relevant today
December 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Excerpt from The Antitrust Paradigm (2019) that seems relevant today
Thread with link to obits for the late, great, Kate Ho.
May her memory be a blessing. Here are some obits for Kate Ho. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
Economics professor Kate Ho passes away after long battle with cancer
Professor Kate Ho made seminal contributions to the economics of modeling competition in the healthcare sector and taught well-loved courses in industrial organization.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Thread with link to obits for the late, great, Kate Ho.
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🧵1/3 J-PAL North America is thrilled to announce our 2025 #EvidenceChampion awardees! Both @nomadj1s.bsky.social and Dr. Owen Garrick have dedicated their careers to advancing racial equity and evidence-based policymaking. Learn more 👇
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🧵1/3 J-PAL North America is thrilled to announce our 2025 #EvidenceChampion awardees! Both @nomadj1s.bsky.social and Dr. Owen Garrick have dedicated their careers to advancing racial equity and evidence-based policymaking. Learn more 👇
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The Economics Department at @Princeton is saddened to share the news of Professor Kate Ho's passing. Professor Ho was an exemplary teacher, researcher, adviser, colleague, and friend. She will be dearly missed.
https://bit.ly/497s4Lw
https://bit.ly/497s4Lw
December 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Economics Department at @Princeton is saddened to share the news of Professor Kate Ho's passing. Professor Ho was an exemplary teacher, researcher, adviser, colleague, and friend. She will be dearly missed.
https://bit.ly/497s4Lw
https://bit.ly/497s4Lw
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🧵I am a survivor of the synagogue attack in Pittsburgh in which 11 innocent people were murdered simply for being Jews. We now see the repetition of this horrific hate fueled violence in Bondi Beach, Australia.
December 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🧵I am a survivor of the synagogue attack in Pittsburgh in which 11 innocent people were murdered simply for being Jews. We now see the repetition of this horrific hate fueled violence in Bondi Beach, Australia.
Princeton Economics (short) obituary for Kate Ho, great researcher, teacher, mentor and all around right guy. economics.princeton.edu/news/honorin...
Honoring the Life and Work of Kate Ho - Princeton University - Department of Economics
economics.princeton.edu
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Princeton Economics (short) obituary for Kate Ho, great researcher, teacher, mentor and all around right guy. economics.princeton.edu/news/honorin...
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Cool intro essay. Thanks @mdrelichman.bsky.social
The Economic History Review has published a virtual issue collecting the contributions of 2025 Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr in the journal. I had the privilege of writing the introductory essay. You can read it here, together with Joel's articles and reviews.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the title to browse this issue
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Cool intro essay. Thanks @mdrelichman.bsky.social
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This is an *empirical* claim made without a shred of *empirical* evidence.
Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is an *empirical* claim made without a shred of *empirical* evidence.
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Message from NBER President Jim Poterba
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Message from NBER President Jim Poterba
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Devastating news. Kate was a great economist and a generous person.
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Devastating news. Kate was a great economist and a generous person.
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announces Mira Frick as the 2025 Elaine Bennett Research Prize winner! Visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations Mira!
announces Mira Frick as the 2025 Elaine Bennett Research Prize winner! Visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations Mira!
Elaine Bennett Research Prize
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December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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announces Mira Frick as the 2025 Elaine Bennett Research Prize winner! Visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations Mira!
announces Mira Frick as the 2025 Elaine Bennett Research Prize winner! Visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations Mira!
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@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Donna Ginther as the 2025 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award winner! Visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations to Donna Ginther!
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Donna Ginther as the 2025 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award winner! Visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations to Donna Ginther!
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At Princeton's holiday party in 2023, I recorded a version of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" with the lyrics changed to "Kate Ho is the Best Advisor." I still feel that way. I couldn't have asked for a better advisor. I can't believe she's gone.
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
At Princeton's holiday party in 2023, I recorded a version of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" with the lyrics changed to "Kate Ho is the Best Advisor." I still feel that way. I couldn't have asked for a better advisor. I can't believe she's gone.
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OMG. I never met her, but her work was incredibly brilliant and important. What a huge loss.
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
December 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
OMG. I never met her, but her work was incredibly brilliant and important. What a huge loss.
A loss to us all and to the progress of Economics.
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A loss to us all and to the progress of Economics.
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110% what Zack Cooper says. Debating health insurance subsidies is looking in the wrong place. Monopoly power by hospitals and insurers is killing our economy, and literally, some of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
110% what Zack Cooper says. Debating health insurance subsidies is looking in the wrong place. Monopoly power by hospitals and insurers is killing our economy, and literally, some of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...
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Fantastic opportunity for junior Econ profs!
Applications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up.
Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
@aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky
Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
@aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky
CeMENT: Mentoring for Junior Faculty
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December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Fantastic opportunity for junior Econ profs!
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Here's my thread of this year's new scholars in Economics of Education and Education Policy.
These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).
And now onto the scholars... 👇
These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).
And now onto the scholars... 👇
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Here's my thread of this year's new scholars in Economics of Education and Education Policy.
These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).
And now onto the scholars... 👇
These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).
And now onto the scholars... 👇
Interesting thread. I am not sure we can get workers at Ford Motor Credit or pretty much anywhere at Apple to classify themselves outside manufacturing. Their firm, though not their establishment, is in manufacturing.
Given how often we talk about manufacturing, and how important it is, we really should have a clearer idea about how many people are actually working in manufacturing.
Spoiler: depending on who/how you ask, the answer differs by million of jobs.
Spoiler: depending on who/how you ask, the answer differs by million of jobs.
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Interesting thread. I am not sure we can get workers at Ford Motor Credit or pretty much anywhere at Apple to classify themselves outside manufacturing. Their firm, though not their establishment, is in manufacturing.
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Following her fireside chat on the Future of Higher Education CEPR is proud to announce Wendy Carlin was awarded the Lifetime Service to the Profession for her contributions to The CORE Project, increasing access and changing the way economics is taught. Our heartfelt congratulations to Wendy!
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Following her fireside chat on the Future of Higher Education CEPR is proud to announce Wendy Carlin was awarded the Lifetime Service to the Profession for her contributions to The CORE Project, increasing access and changing the way economics is taught. Our heartfelt congratulations to Wendy!