Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@tradediversion.bsky.social
Economist at Columbia University. Trade Diversion is a blog about trade & globalization.
www.tradediversion.net
www.tradediversion.net
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November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The White House thinks the decline in US exports of education services is good and is celebrating it. 🙄
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The White House thinks the decline in US exports of education services is good and is celebrating it. 🙄
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New in RSUE: How local is local development? Evidence from casinos, by Ari Anisfeld, Jordan Rosenthal-Kay. #econsky #urbanecon
How local is local development? Evidence from casinos
Publication date: November 2025
Source: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 115
Author(s): Ari Anisfeld, Jordan Rosenthal-Kay
www.sciencedirect.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New in RSUE: How local is local development? Evidence from casinos, by Ari Anisfeld, Jordan Rosenthal-Kay. #econsky #urbanecon
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@ckhead.bsky.social & @thierry-mayer.bsky.social argue that the recent estimate of an equivalent 45% tariff in intra-EU costs is likely too high & vastly overstates the barriers which could be lowered due to Commission policy decisions.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
@ckhead.bsky.social & @thierry-mayer.bsky.social argue that the recent estimate of an equivalent 45% tariff in intra-EU costs is likely too high & vastly overstates the barriers which could be lowered due to Commission policy decisions.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
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‘A new service called Objector is offering “policy-backed objections in minutes” to people who are upset about planning applications near their homes.’
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
‘A new service called Objector is offering “policy-backed objections in minutes” to people who are upset about planning applications near their homes.’
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Trade JMCs: Each year, I compile a list of international-trade job-market papers. To make sure you're on my list (& save me some work), please reply with your info in the following format:
Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
[Spatial JMCs: reply to other post]
Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
[Spatial JMCs: reply to other post]
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trade JMCs: Each year, I compile a list of international-trade job-market papers. To make sure you're on my list (& save me some work), please reply with your info in the following format:
Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
[Spatial JMCs: reply to other post]
Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
[Spatial JMCs: reply to other post]
Spatial JMCs: Each year, I compile a list of spatial-economics job-market papers. To make sure you're on my list (& save me some work), please reply with your info in the following format:
Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
[Trade JMCs: reply to other tweet]
Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
[Trade JMCs: reply to other tweet]
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Spatial JMCs: Each year, I compile a list of spatial-economics job-market papers. To make sure you're on my list (& save me some work), please reply with your info in the following format:
Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
[Trade JMCs: reply to other tweet]
Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
[Trade JMCs: reply to other tweet]
I enjoy this week's class in my PhD course because it's important and I'm still figuring things out.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I enjoy this week's class in my PhD course because it's important and I'm still figuring things out.
github.com/jdingel/econ...
github.com/jdingel/econ...
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Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
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will there be any followup to this fascinating story by the president of the united states that a friend of his sent him a check for $130 million dollars and the president is going to give the money to the military because i for one am fascinated about the details tbh
Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
will there be any followup to this fascinating story by the president of the united states that a friend of his sent him a check for $130 million dollars and the president is going to give the money to the military because i for one am fascinated about the details tbh
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I so appreciate the colleges that report the median grade for the course on transcripts. I wish that practice was universal.
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I so appreciate the colleges that report the median grade for the course on transcripts. I wish that practice was universal.
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Uh oh; "A fire at Novelis’s Oswego, N.Y., plant, which supplies about 40% of U.S. auto industry aluminum, will disrupt automakers for months"
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Uh oh; "A fire at Novelis’s Oswego, N.Y., plant, which supplies about 40% of U.S. auto industry aluminum, will disrupt automakers for months"
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
PhD students underestimate the value (and difficulty) of writing well.
Hiring faculty skim dozens of JMPs in a short time. If your contribution is unclear, you will get fewer interviews.
Editing improves economics papers (RCT): doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
I am happy to recommend www.amyedits.net
Hiring faculty skim dozens of JMPs in a short time. If your contribution is unclear, you will get fewer interviews.
Editing improves economics papers (RCT): doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
I am happy to recommend www.amyedits.net
September 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
PhD students underestimate the value (and difficulty) of writing well.
Hiring faculty skim dozens of JMPs in a short time. If your contribution is unclear, you will get fewer interviews.
Editing improves economics papers (RCT): doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
I am happy to recommend www.amyedits.net
Hiring faculty skim dozens of JMPs in a short time. If your contribution is unclear, you will get fewer interviews.
Editing improves economics papers (RCT): doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
I am happy to recommend www.amyedits.net
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Join this @budgetlab.bsky.social webinar on Tuesday at noon on “Tariffs in an Uncertain Legal Environment,” ft. @scottlincicome.bsky.social @anaswanson.bsky.social @natasharsarin.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Join this @budgetlab.bsky.social webinar on Tuesday at noon on “Tariffs in an Uncertain Legal Environment,” ft. @scottlincicome.bsky.social @anaswanson.bsky.social @natasharsarin.bsky.social
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NYT simply failing to ask if kitchen cabinets are a national security emergency here, well done www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
September 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
NYT simply failing to ask if kitchen cabinets are a national security emergency here, well done www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
New to me: Chipman (1965): "it would seem fair to say that both Torrens and Ricardo contributed in essential ways to the development of the law of comparative advantage; and that credit for the principal discovery should go to Torrens." doi.org/10.2307/1911...
A Survey of the Theory of International Trade: Part 1, The Classical Theory on JSTOR
John S. Chipman, A Survey of the Theory of International Trade: Part 1, The Classical Theory, Econometrica, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul., 1965), pp. 477-519
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
New to me: Chipman (1965): "it would seem fair to say that both Torrens and Ricardo contributed in essential ways to the development of the law of comparative advantage; and that credit for the principal discovery should go to Torrens." doi.org/10.2307/1911...
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Restricting visas doesn’t lead to hiring non-immigrants—it leads to hiring foreigners. For every H-1B visa rejection, multinationals add ~0.4–0.9 foreign employees, especially in R&D hubs like India, China, and Canada.
via @florianederer.bsky.social
via @florianederer.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Restricting visas doesn’t lead to hiring non-immigrants—it leads to hiring foreigners. For every H-1B visa rejection, multinationals add ~0.4–0.9 foreign employees, especially in R&D hubs like India, China, and Canada.
via @florianederer.bsky.social
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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Professor Robert Staiger, the Roth Family Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, has been appointed as the new Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization. @wto.org
Robert W. Staiger - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Professor Robert Staiger, the Roth Family Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, has been appointed as the new Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization. @wto.org
Unsurprising because it’s Noto: this episode is fantastic. Students and junior faculty should listen about how to negotiate with chairs and deans.
I enjoyed this conversation; here's the summary of what we talked about:
September 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Unsurprising because it’s Noto: this episode is fantastic. Students and junior faculty should listen about how to negotiate with chairs and deans.
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The thing to emphasize here is that this treatment is *utterly normal.* It's part of the system of detention which has existed for decades. Folkston has been like this for many, many years,
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The thing to emphasize here is that this treatment is *utterly normal.* It's part of the system of detention which has existed for decades. Folkston has been like this for many, many years,
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Predoc opportunity in health/labor/public economics at @beckerfriedman.bsky.social: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...
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Research Professional – Josh Gottlieb and Matt Notowidigdo (Full-Time, Benefits Eligible)
Chicago, IL
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September 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Predoc opportunity in health/labor/public economics at @beckerfriedman.bsky.social: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...
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