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Georg Weizsäcker
@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
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Microeconomist, Behavioral Economist, Author of "Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication"

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Georg Heinrich von Weizsäcker is a German economist and currently the Professor for Microeconomic Theory and Applications at the Humboldt University of Berlin. His research interests include microeconomics, experimental economics, financial decision making, game theory and decision theory. In 2017, Weizsäcker's contributions to a better understanding of expectations formation and decisions under uncertainty were awarded the Gossen Prize. .. more

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 7h
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aanixel.bsky.social Ian Axel Anderson @aanixel.bsky.social · 7h
We're so back [to the undergrad participant pools?] -- though looks like this might have been from a press release about a paper that's not out yet, no one can find the link (not in the piece), so please share below if you have seen it...
404media.co 404 Media @404media.co · 17h
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

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Ian Axel Anderson @aanixel.bsky.social · 7h
We're so back [to the undergrad participant pools?] -- though looks like this might have been from a press release about a paper that's not out yet, no one can find the link (not in the piece), so please share below if you have seen it...

Reposted by Alistair Munro

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 8h
A data source dries up

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 8h
Dear Germany, please don't fall into the trap of corruption.

👇🏻A newspaper report that a private company sells access to federal ministers. The company's owner is - a federal minister.

www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gese...
Wolfram Weimers Medienunternehmen verkauft Abendessen mit Ministern für 80.000 Euro
Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer soll seine Nähe zur Macht vermarkten. Die Weimer Media Group bietet Unternehmen gegen Geld exklusiven Zugang zu Bundesministern.
www.berliner-zeitung.de

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 17h
Just in case you wondered about certain norms of behavior
rationalitycrc.bsky.social CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 1d
Does the scientific community sanction sexual misconduct unrelated to research integrity? Our new study finds a citation penalty: a significant decline in citations to the prior work of accused scientists.

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Reposted by Alistair Munro, Aaron Sojourner, Georg Weizsäcker

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404 Media @404media.co · 17h
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

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Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social · 18h
Interested in a PhD program that offers students the opportunity to do interdisciplinary research at the nexus of natural science and economics? Please join us for a SustDev information session December 4 from 10:15-12 ET.

Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 21h
But NEW int'l students are down by 17%. Together with the previously reported loss of only 1% for all int'l students, it implies that many existing students must hang on to their visas via internships etc., but this substitution won't last long.

Fewer cheers then, sorry!

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Reposted by Joshua S. Weitz, Scott L. Greer, David R. Miller , and 4 more

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23h
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Alistair Munro, Georg Weizsäcker

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 1d
Does the scientific community sanction sexual misconduct unrelated to research integrity? Our new study finds a citation penalty: a significant decline in citations to the prior work of accused scientists.

190researchblog.subs...

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1d
Thinking about what keeps people where they are (mobility frictions) improves the measurements of quality of life 👇🏼
rationalitycrc.bsky.social CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 2d
How can traditional models fall short in measuring urban appeal? Our analysis reveals that neglecting mobility frictions causes an underestimation of the urban quality-of-life premium (QoL): increasing a region's population is associated with a significant increase in QoL.

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1d
Interesting contest of ideas
janpfa.bsky.social Jan Pfänder @janpfa.bsky.social · 5d
🎉 You’ve exceeded even our most optimistic expectations — we received 107 intervention proposals.

THANK YOU!

🕵 Our advisory board will now begin reviewing all interventions.

🔗 More information: janpfander.github.io/trust_climat...
colognaviktoria.bsky.social Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · Oct 15
Climate science is facing significant opposition in the US. Today we are launching the collaborative Strengthening Trust in Climate Scientists Megastudy 📈 Find out more and join our efforts 👇🧵

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 1d
Underconfidence in the search for a good school can lead to violations of very basic stability properties of the matching algorithm

New work by @vincentmeisner.bsky.social, @mgesuer.bsky.social and coauthors
rationalitycrc.bsky.social CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 3d
How market design can fall short despite strategy-proofness: Our new experiment shows that underconfidence systematically induces significantly more instability (justified envy) than overconfidence in school choice.

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Reposted by Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Georg Weizsäcker

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 2d
How can traditional models fall short in measuring urban appeal? Our analysis reveals that neglecting mobility frictions causes an underestimation of the urban quality-of-life premium (QoL): increasing a region's population is associated with a significant increase in QoL.

190researchblog.subs...

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

rationalitycrc.bsky.social
CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 3d
How market design can fall short despite strategy-proofness: Our new experiment shows that underconfidence systematically induces significantly more instability (justified envy) than overconfidence in school choice.

190researchblog.subs...

Reposted by David A. Jaeger

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
The Brits have many nice understatements for really poor decisions ("a bit ill-advised", etc.) that this paper may bring out. In plain words: an economic disaster.

www.nber.org/papers/w34459
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

Milton Friedman: I was at a corner solution.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Jan W. Mueller, Roger A. Pielke , and 32 more

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Joe Fore @joefore.bsky.social · 3d
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.

It's a surreal--and troubling--read.

drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 3d
@patrick-bernau.de :)

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Peter Thorne, Dirk Pilat , and 2 more

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 4d
In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.

The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 4d
freedom is lost or gained in little pieces

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBJZ...
SKY Claudio Pizarro Freedom
YouTube video by Charley Stadler
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 4d
Certain kinds of info asymmetry can lead to market failure - ok. But if we look for info endogenously, do we ameliorate or exacerbate the issue?

Find the info here 👇🏼
rationalitycrc.bsky.social CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 4d
How can information backfire in fighting hidden actions? Our new theory reveals the mechanism of surplus squeezing: costly perfect verification enables the seller to extract all buyer surplus, collapsing trade, while noisy verification sustains market exchange.
When Too Much Information Kills the Deal: The Surplus Squeezing Effect
Achim & Lefez: "Surplus Squeeze and Informational Hold-Up" CRC Discussion Paper No. 538
190researchblog.substack.com

Reposted by Alistair Munro

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 4d
Boosting research integrity 👇🏼

Nowadays with extra-high return, thanks to AI and fake news
rationalitycrc.bsky.social CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 5d
Pre-registration has become mainstream, yet trade-offs persist: Our new survey finds that researchers assign a credibility premium to significant results from pre-registered tests, but a significant proportion expects a negative impact on research creativity and volume.
Mapping Open Science: New Data on Pre-Registration in Experimental Economics
Imai et al.: "Pre-Registration and Pre-Analysis Plans in Experimental Economics" CRC Discussion Paper No. 530
190researchblog.substack.com

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

rationalitycrc.bsky.social
CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 4d
How can information backfire in fighting hidden actions? Our new theory reveals the mechanism of surplus squeezing: costly perfect verification enables the seller to extract all buyer surplus, collapsing trade, while noisy verification sustains market exchange.
When Too Much Information Kills the Deal: The Surplus Squeezing Effect
Achim & Lefez: "Surplus Squeeze and Informational Hold-Up" CRC Discussion Paper No. 538
190researchblog.substack.com

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 5d
@pierre-azoulay.bsky.social @csteinwender.bsky.social

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

rationalitycrc.bsky.social
CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 5d
Pre-registration has become mainstream, yet trade-offs persist: Our new survey finds that researchers assign a credibility premium to significant results from pre-registered tests, but a significant proportion expects a negative impact on research creativity and volume.
Mapping Open Science: New Data on Pre-Registration in Experimental Economics
Imai et al.: "Pre-Registration and Pre-Analysis Plans in Experimental Economics" CRC Discussion Paper No. 530
190researchblog.substack.com

Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker

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Jan Pfänder @janpfa.bsky.social · 5d
🎉 You’ve exceeded even our most optimistic expectations — we received 107 intervention proposals.

THANK YOU!

🕵 Our advisory board will now begin reviewing all interventions.

🔗 More information: janpfander.github.io/trust_climat...
colognaviktoria.bsky.social Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · Oct 15
Climate science is facing significant opposition in the US. Today we are launching the collaborative Strengthening Trust in Climate Scientists Megastudy 📈 Find out more and join our efforts 👇🧵

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 5d
If you have home bias and your home is big, then so is your bias.

New publication by Qiu, Steinwender & Azoulay.
rationalitycrc.bsky.social CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 6d
Is China a "Paper Tiger" when it comes to scientific quality? Our investigation into citation home bias reveals China exhibits the largest bias globally, demonstrating that its apparent rise in citation rankings is overstated.

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 5d
Ah, better-than-expected numbers of students

Three cheers to US academia!
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d
The number of foreign students in the U.S. decreased by less than 1 percent this fall, according to new federal data, despite predictions that their enrollment would plummet this year due to a crackdown by the Trump administration.
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students barely impacts enrollment, data shows
About 1.3 million students in the U.S. had active visas in October, down less than 1 percent from a year ago.
www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Mark J. Brandt, Mary Feeney , and 3 more

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · 6d
Three preregistered experiments with prolific participants (N = 2,254) found no evidence for experimenter demand effects

osf.io/preprints/ps...