Alan Finkelstein Shapiro
alanfinkshap.bsky.social
Alan Finkelstein Shapiro
@alanfinkshap.bsky.social
Associate professor at Tufts University working in macro-labor, macro-climate, and international macroeconomics. Views are my own.

https://sites.google.com/view/alanfinkelsteinshapiro
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🚨 New Research on Carbon Taxation in Emerging Economies 🚨

What happens when a large emerging economy introduces a carbon tax?

Our new paper studies South Africa—the first African country to implement a nationwide carbon tax

@unu-wider.bsky.social @nber.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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The Economics Nobel committee delivers a pretty clear rebuke to Trump's war on science and university research.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified ...
www.nobelprize.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I'm delighted to announce the release of the Flagship Report of the Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT Working Group on Climate Coalitions on "Building a Climate Coalition: Aligning Carbon Pricing, Trade, and Development."

ceepr.link/3VmgC7g

A 🧵 on what we do/find:
ceepr.link
September 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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🌳Join us on September 22nd to launch the LSE Green Skills Lab that will produce academic research on the labour market dynamics of the green and digital twin transition and the development and evaluation of industrial policy to achieve a Just Transition.
LSE Green Skills Lab: Launch Event - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Join us to launch the LSE Green Skills Lab, a new interdisciplinary initiative supported by the LSE Global School of Sustainability that will produce academic research on the labour market dynamics of the green and digital twin transition, the identification of skill gaps in the green transition, and the development and evaluation of industrial policy to achieve a Just Transition.
www.lse.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Very useful discussion on the perils of using micro/cross-sectional parameter estimates in inferring the aggregate effects of policies/shocks. This is pervasive in Economics, yet the two effects can even have the opposite signs. (Example in next post.) voxdev.org/topic/method...
The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro
Many applied microeconomics papers conclude with a back-of-the-envelope calculation that scales their cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level. These types of aggregate estimates are only vali...
voxdev.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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August 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Plz apply and share widely! Applications due Dec 1, GRE scores required. As a new program, we will be extremely invested in the success of our new arrivals. /n
August 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The #WEFIDEV #webinar series is back this fall!

We are looking for *preliminary or early-stage work* in #Finance and #Development to be presented

We also aim to have a session devoted to job candidates in finance and development on the market this fall

Submit:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Webinar in Finance and Development (WEFIDEV)
This form collects interest for presentations in the fall season of the Webinar series in Finance and Development (WEFIDEV) for junior scholars working on finance topics in developing countries. We ar...
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August 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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If you are in Cambridge, don't miss out on this session including fascinating papers by @mickeygb.bsky.social
and @benmoll.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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🚨 Call for papers:

Environment week at LSE will be Sept 22-25th.

Submissions are due soon (July 14)!

www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...
LSE Environment Week 2025 — LSE Environment Week
www.lse-environment-week.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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¡Es miércoles y hay nuevo episodio de Capital y Trabajo!

En esta ocasión, conversamos con @alvarolaparra.bsky.social sobre la economía de la esclavitud y su legado histórico, inspirados por la impactante y oscarizada "12 años de esclavitud".
T10E2: 12 años de esclavitud
Capital y Trabajo · Episode
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May 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨

In the largest multi-model study of U.S. decarbonization strategies to date, we explore technology and policy implications for reaching net-zero emissions using 14 energy-economic models. A thread of key takeaways in 10 charts...
May 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Changing Business Cycles: The Role of Women’s Employment" by Stefania Albanesi. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Changing Business Cycles: The Role of Women’s Employment
(Forthcoming Article) - Women's labor force participation in the United States rose rapidly until the mid-1990s when it flattened out. I examine the impact of this change in trend on aggregate busines...
www.aeaweb.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Congratulations to @s-stantcheva.bsky.social on her well deserved Clark Medal!
April 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Foreign currency reserve requirements can be an effective tool to moderate aggregate credit growth in the face of capital inflows. In partially dollarised economies, asymmetries across banks make design of #macroprudential policy more complex.
E Andreasen, V Nuguer
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#EconSky
April 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🤩🤩 Paper finally out in the AER!

With my co-authors (incl. @bluebery-planterose.com & @s-stantcheva.bsky.social) we surveyed climate attitudes in 20 countries covering 72% of global emissions.

In brief, people want ambitious, global, and fair climate policies. A 🧵⬇️

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
April 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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The University of Nottingham promoted me to associate professor!

This would have been impossible without fantastic coauthors, advisors, colleagues and the invaluable support from my family and friends.

THANK YOU!
April 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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🚨Incredible lineup at @nber.org conference this Thurs/Fri 3/20-21: **Energy Markets, Decarbonization, and Trade**

📑Agenda www.nber.org/conferences/...

🎥 Webstream www.youtube.com/nbervideos

Organized w Natalia Ramondo, supported by @sloanfoundation.bsky.social
Energy Markets, Decarbonization, and Trade, Spring 2025
www.nber.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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I was promoted to Full Professor! 🎉
March 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Temporary Layoffs, Firm Entry and Exit Dynamics, and Aggregate Fluctuations" by Sanjay K. Chugh and Alan Finkelstein Shapiro. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Temporary Layoffs, Firm Entry and Exit Dynamics, and Aggregate Fluctuations
(Forthcoming Article) - We build a model to study how the countercyclicality of temporary layoffs affects unemployment, firm entry and exit dynamics, and macroeconomic fluctuations. Calibrating the mo...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Congratulations!
March 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The Econ Department of the University of Alberta (@ualberta.bsky.social @uaeuofa.bsky.social) will be hosting the 9th InsTED Workshop on Sep 20-21, 2025.

Prof. Nathan Nunn (@ubcvse.bsky.social) & Daniel Trefler (@rotmanschool.bsky.social @econuoft.bsky.social) will be our keynote speakers.
#EconSky
February 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM