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🗓️ On Monday, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Albrecht Glitz (@upf.edu & Barcelona School of Economics) for BESTEPS Lecture 4, “Crafting the Job Market Paper.”
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚨 The @economiaempresaub.bsky.social of the @ub.edu will host #EALE2026 from Aug 31–Sept 2!
Join Europe’s top labour economics conference: 

🔹 Keynotes, flash talks, posters 
🔹 Job Market sessions 
🔹 Networking & policy roundtable

📅 Submit by Feb 1, 2026 

🔗 More info: https://www.ub.edu/eale2026/
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📊 Our researchers @dforemny.bsky.social, Núria Rodríguez Planas, and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela, have been appointed members of the new Council for Productivity and Economic Leadership in Catalonia, created by the Government of Catalonia.
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📢#JobMarket Paper by @favredenoguera.bsky.social:
📑 "Do far-right mayors affect environmental policies? Evidence from Italian Municipalities"
🔹This paper examines how far-right municipal governments in Italy affect local environmental policy
@assameeting.bsky.social @matteogamalerio.bsky.social 🧵👇🏼
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Today's #seminar: 'You Are Fired, My Lord! Experimental Evidence on Deferential Narratives and Democratic Accountability'

🗣️@pstanig.bsky.social (Bocconi University)
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/qbsrphhifk
🗃️ IPERG ‬seminar
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Cyclical Information and Precautionary Saving'

🗣️Céline Poilly (Aix-Marseille University)
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/gbyutxzxzs
🗃️ Economic Theory seminar
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢#JobMarket Paper by Alyvia McTague:

📑 "Firearms laws and violence against women"
🔹This paper examines whether state-level firearm restrictions for domestic abusers reduce violence against women in the U.S.

@assameeting.bsky.social @mfeliu.bsky.social @ub.edu @juditvall.bsky.social 🧵👇🏼
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Today's #seminar: 'The Political Costs of Debt Deflation: Agricultural Crises and the Rise of the Nazi Party'

🗣️@mreiske.bsky.social (Humboldt University Berlin)
⏰17:00 CET
📍Online
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/iaanabkncp
🗃️ International Macro History Online Seminar (IMHOS) ‬seminar
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Las accionistas del Banco de España: primera aproximación (1856-1962)'

🗣️Susana Martínez (Universidad de Murcia)
⏰14:00 CET
📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/hoyflfvwbn
🗃️ Economic History seminar
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today's #seminar: 'From rainfall to resilience: a regional analysis for hydrogeological risk reduction'

🗣️Lorenzo Ciulla (University of Florence)
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1030, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/zlwljwlkmb
🗃️ AQR-IREA seminar
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
⏳Call for expressions of interest for Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowships call.

📁 Applied Economics
🔴 Deadline: 2 December 2025.
🗓️ 3-year postdoctoral fellowship aimed at researchers who obtained their PhD in 2024 or 2025.
🏠 @fundacioieb.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today's #seminar: 'Tracing the Genetic Footprints of the UK National Health Service'

🗣️@nicolaumb.bsky.social (University of Bologna)
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/qykkyczbak
🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social seminar
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Who wants Power? Measuring Intrinsic Preferences for Power and Their Behavioral Signature'

🗣️Holger Herz (University of Fribourg)
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/fmubkiylyi
🗃️ Economic Theory seminar
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
⏳Call for expressions of interest for Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowships call.

📁 Macroeconomics and Microeconomics (applied theory; broadly defined).

🔴 Deadline: 8 December 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📢 Don't miss the DEMOCRAT Final Conference!
 
🗣️ "How can schools, educators, and policymakers work together to strengthen democratic resilience in Europe?"
🗓️ November 20-21
📍Aula Magna, 696 Building, for Main Event. Other rooms for Parallel sessions.
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/lvtszdbktq
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📢#JobMarket Paper by Julia McGee:

📑 "Big Apple, Small Shops?"
🔹This paper studies the effects of a 2012 New York City policy limiting storefront size on business composition and property values
@assameeting.bsky.social @mfeliu.bsky.social @ub.edu
@eviladecans.bsky.social @rosasanchisg.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🎓 Congratulations to our researcher Javier Vázquez-Grenno, who has been awarded one of the prestigious research grants from the Social Observatory of the Fundación ”la Caixa”!

🔗 www.ub.edu/school-econo...

#Research #Economics #LaCaixaFoundation🧵👇🏼
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Do Green Parties Change Talk in Parliaments? A Comparative Study of Swedish and Finnish Party Dynamics'

🗣️Dylan Pashley (Lund University)
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1031, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/jjrtvdiejn
🗃️ PhD in Economic History activity
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Using a new energy justice index to investigate CO2 emission dynamics: A study on 95 countries'

🗣️Caterina De Lucia (University of Foggia)
⏰14:00 CET
📍Seminar Room 2, Espais de Recerca ERE, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/vfrjaysmzq
🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social ‬seminar
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Fourth UB Macro Workshop'

⏰9:30 CET
📍Sala de Graus, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/xacxmcszce
🗃️ Workshop
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Today's #seminar: 'Inclusive Networks'

🗣️Kemal Kıvanç Aköz (HSE University)
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/oqvnghljfs
🗃️ Economic Theory seminar
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Reposted by UB School of Economics
bse.eu/research/are... Check out our new working paper that investigates whether types of cancers that affect more strongly women than men are receiving less research funding from European Institutions! 👇👇👇 With @luongthuha.bsky.social and @lidiafarre.bsky.social @ubeconomics.bsky.social
Are Female-dominated Cancers Underfunded? | Barcelona School of Economics
Read or download BSE Working Paper 1509, "Are Female-dominated Cancers Underfunded?" by Lidia Farré, Ha Luong, Judit Vall
bse.eu
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today's #seminar: 'Democratic Backsliding in Times of Crisis'

🗣️Maxim Senkov @ub.edu 
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ykscnlpwyb
🗃️ Game Theory and Economic Dynamics Seminar
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today's #seminar: 'What If You See It? Workers’ perceptions of and reactions to LLMs'

🗣️@ainagallego.bsky.social @ub.edu 
⏰14:30 CET
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/miyovwdgjv
🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social ‬seminar
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today's #seminar: 'TBA'

🗣️Paula Bustos @upf.edu 
⏰12:15 CET
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ejqlntchiq
🗃️ Economic Theory seminar
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM