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Eric Verhoogen
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Economist at Columbia (Econ & SIPA), studying firms & development.

http://www.columbia.edu/~ev2124/

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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 19d
Looking forward to the @theigc.bsky.social / @yaleegc.bsky.social Firms/Trade/Development conference tomorrow and Saturday! Conference page is here: egc.yale.edu/events/2025/.... There's a virtual option.

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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 19d
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 19d
The Columbia New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference is coming up Nov. 6-7. We have a great program lined up: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/sites/cdep.s... Conference page: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-... Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/18HK... Please register by Oct. 30.
ericverhoogen.bsky.social Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Sep 10
Submission deadline for the Columbia New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference is this Friday, Sept. 12, 11:59pm ET. Congressman Ro Khanna (@khanna.house.gov) will be the keynote speaker. Send us your papers!
ericverhoogen.bsky.social Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Aug 7
Call for papers! 3rd New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference ‪at Columbia, Nov. 6-7, 2025. Submit here by Sept. 12: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... Conf page: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-.... Hosts:
‪@ipdcolumbia.bsky.social‬, @cdepcolumbia.bsky.social, ‪@columbiaigp.bsky.social‬, CPE.

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International Growth Centre @theigc.bsky.social · 25d
How can firm-level decisions drive productivity & inclusive growth?

During the Firms, Trade & Development Conference, we'll discuss topics such as:
💡Gender & hiring
💡Retention
💡Family firms
💡Diversity
Read more: theigc.org/blogs/firm-l...

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How can firm-level decisions drive productivity and inclusive growth?
Explore how firm-level decisions impact hiring, diversity and job creation in South Asia and Africa at the 2025 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference.
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NBER @nber.org · Oct 2
Knowledge spillovers are key to growth but hard to estimate. Randomly giving out energy-efficient motors to leather-goods firms in Bangladesh led to strong local spillovers, from Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, Siddharth Sharma, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w34296

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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Sep 28
Short version: using two county-level difference-in-difference strategies, we show that the Act had significant employment effects that began with a Senate precursor bill (USICA) and anticipated the actual CHIPS awards. Check it out. Final version will be posted soon.

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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Sep 28
It was a real pleasure to present at the @brookings.edu BPEA conference on Thursday, a new paper on the employment effects of the CHIPS Act in the US, with @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and @bilgeerten.bsky.social. Video, slides, and preliminary draft are here: www.brookings.edu/events/bpea-...
BPEA Fall 2025 Conference | Brookings
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Sep 10
Submission deadline for the Columbia New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference is this Friday, Sept. 12, 11:59pm ET. Congressman Ro Khanna (@khanna.house.gov) will be the keynote speaker. Send us your papers!
ericverhoogen.bsky.social Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Aug 7
Call for papers! 3rd New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference ‪at Columbia, Nov. 6-7, 2025. Submit here by Sept. 12: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... Conf page: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-.... Hosts:
‪@ipdcolumbia.bsky.social‬, @cdepcolumbia.bsky.social, ‪@columbiaigp.bsky.social‬, CPE.

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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Sep 2
Submission deadline is this Sunday.
ericverhoogen.bsky.social Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Aug 25
Submission deadline for this PEDL young scholars workshop (to take place the day before the Oct 24-25 @theigc.bsky.social/@yaleegc.bsky.social ‬Firms/Trade/Development conference) is Sept 7 (soon!). For researchers post-PhD but untenured (or <=8 years out). Hope to see many of you there.
imanelici.bsky.social Isabela Manelici @imanelici.bsky.social · Aug 14
📥 PEDL will hold a 1-day workshop for young researchers on Oct 23, 2025, as part of the IGC and the Yale Economic Growth Center “Firms, Trade, and Development” conference on Oct 24-25. All events will take place in person @yaleeconomics.bsky.social. More details: www.theigc.org/call-papers-...

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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Aug 25
Submission deadline for this PEDL young scholars workshop (to take place the day before the Oct 24-25 @theigc.bsky.social/@yaleegc.bsky.social ‬Firms/Trade/Development conference) is Sept 7 (soon!). For researchers post-PhD but untenured (or <=8 years out). Hope to see many of you there.
imanelici.bsky.social Isabela Manelici @imanelici.bsky.social · Aug 14
📥 PEDL will hold a 1-day workshop for young researchers on Oct 23, 2025, as part of the IGC and the Yale Economic Growth Center “Firms, Trade, and Development” conference on Oct 24-25. All events will take place in person @yaleeconomics.bsky.social. More details: www.theigc.org/call-papers-...
Call for papers: Young Researchers Workshop
Learn more about the Call for papers: Young Researchers Workshop for the IGC/EGC Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development 2025
www.theigc.org