Alejandro Riaño
@alejandroriano.bsky.social
International trade economist; Associate Professor City, University of London. GEP & CESIfo Fellow. Export subsidies; Volatility; SEZ; Structural models of international trade. Penn State and Uniandes alumnus; formerly University of Nottingham and IDB.
Some days bliss is simply not having to take the Northern Line 🙂
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Some days bliss is simply not having to take the Northern Line 🙂
The view from my office today... 😎🎾
June 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The view from my office today... 😎🎾
I am Loki, destroyer of worlds!
June 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I am Loki, destroyer of worlds!
The view from my office today 😎
April 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The view from my office today 😎
Minimising my loss function 😉
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Minimising my loss function 😉
I suppose that now that the EU is back to 10%, there goes the Brexit dividend 🙃
April 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I suppose that now that the EU is back to 10%, there goes the Brexit dividend 🙃
Happy to announce that I have been awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy!
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Happy to announce that I have been awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy!
Its a 🌞🌞🌞 weekend in the UK!!!
March 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Its a 🌞🌞🌞 weekend in the UK!!!
📣📣Worth shouting it from the rooftops! 📣📣
Updated OBR migration analysis:
Typical migrant only starts receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax at age 92. Lifetime contribution entirely positive.
Low-age migrants have a lifetime negative fiscal impact on average. Typical UK resident's impact is neutral or slightly negative.
Typical migrant only starts receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax at age 92. Lifetime contribution entirely positive.
Low-age migrants have a lifetime negative fiscal impact on average. Typical UK resident's impact is neutral or slightly negative.
March 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
📣📣Worth shouting it from the rooftops! 📣📣
Spring please come nooooow 🌈🌈🌷🌷
February 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Spring please come nooooow 🌈🌈🌷🌷
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I have several papers that explore tariff wars using economic models. Here’s what they tell us about likely outcomes (🧵)
TLDR: All countries ultimately lose. While the overall impact isn’t catastrophic for larger economies like the US, it’ll be devastating for small countries.
TLDR: All countries ultimately lose. While the overall impact isn’t catastrophic for larger economies like the US, it’ll be devastating for small countries.
February 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I have several papers that explore tariff wars using economic models. Here’s what they tell us about likely outcomes (🧵)
TLDR: All countries ultimately lose. While the overall impact isn’t catastrophic for larger economies like the US, it’ll be devastating for small countries.
TLDR: All countries ultimately lose. While the overall impact isn’t catastrophic for larger economies like the US, it’ll be devastating for small countries.
Reposted by Alejandro Riaño
"Here’s what could get more expensive with Trump’s new tariffs signed today" https://buff.ly/42znN0L?
February 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Here’s what could get more expensive with Trump’s new tariffs signed today" https://buff.ly/42znN0L?
FWIW the tiny silver lining of all the craziness going on is that it fully justified my choice of starting trade courses w commercial policy and the theorem of 2nd best/principle of targetting instead of the classical models of the pattern of trade
February 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
FWIW the tiny silver lining of all the craziness going on is that it fully justified my choice of starting trade courses w commercial policy and the theorem of 2nd best/principle of targetting instead of the classical models of the pattern of trade
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What Francis Fukuyama failed to mention is when you get to the End of History the tape automatically rewinds
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What Francis Fukuyama failed to mention is when you get to the End of History the tape automatically rewinds
Just finished Gabrielle Zevin's 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow' and absolutely loved it! It resonated with me on so many levels. First, loved the references to so many games I grew up with: arcade Donkey Kong, Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest and, of course, Oregon Trail 🦬
January 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just finished Gabrielle Zevin's 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow' and absolutely loved it! It resonated with me on so many levels. First, loved the references to so many games I grew up with: arcade Donkey Kong, Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest and, of course, Oregon Trail 🦬
Yes!!!
I was moved last night to hear Simon Schama talk about the *gift* of immigration. At last! It was like rain falling in the desert. My grandfather came to Britain to work. He worked hard, he built a good life. Immigration has been a triumph.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Simon Schama’s Story of Us - Series 1: 2. Whose Britain Is It Anyway?
Simon Schama examines how artists and writers, ranging from James Bond creator Ian Fleming to two-tone band The Specials, have responded to the changing face of post-imperial Britain.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yes!!!
R.I.P. David Lodge -- the best satyrist of academia I've ever read. Still very grateful to @upanizza.bsky.social for having introduced me to his work many years ago...
January 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
R.I.P. David Lodge -- the best satyrist of academia I've ever read. Still very grateful to @upanizza.bsky.social for having introduced me to his work many years ago...
If you are interested in international trade, do yourself a favour an read @josephinequinn.bsky.social 's How the World Made the West!
December 29, 2024 at 11:52 AM
If you are interested in international trade, do yourself a favour an read @josephinequinn.bsky.social 's How the World Made the West!
Me right now...
December 27, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Me right now...
This is extremely worrisome. Universities UK needs to launch a massive campaign educating the public about where Unis funding comes from
Less than one person in three thinks UK universities are short of money, and less than a quarter believe HEIs should be allowed to raise tuition fees to solve their funding challenges, finds Public First polling for All-Party Parliamentary Group for Universities. Jack Grove reports
bit.ly/3VIkhN6
bit.ly/3VIkhN6
UK university financial crisis ‘failing to register with public’
Polling indicates lack of awareness over sector’s funding turmoil, with public seeing more international enrolments as solution to difficulties
bit.ly
December 18, 2024 at 1:55 PM
This is extremely worrisome. Universities UK needs to launch a massive campaign educating the public about where Unis funding comes from
🎉Happy to share that my paper "Reproducing the stylized facts that motivate models of international trade with heterogeneous firms" is out in the Journal of Economic Education (open access) 🎉, right on time for next term's teaching prep www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... a short summary follows:
Reproducing the stylized facts that motivate models of international trade with heterogeneous firms
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www.tandfonline.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:32 AM
🎉Happy to share that my paper "Reproducing the stylized facts that motivate models of international trade with heterogeneous firms" is out in the Journal of Economic Education (open access) 🎉, right on time for next term's teaching prep www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... a short summary follows:
Troop of howling monkeys in front of my parents' place in Colombia's coffee growing region!
December 11, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Troop of howling monkeys in front of my parents' place in Colombia's coffee growing region!
I know that I'm a slow researcher but Dropbox is trolling my coauthors and I horribly today 😭
November 28, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I know that I'm a slow researcher but Dropbox is trolling my coauthors and I horribly today 😭
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“Proportional representation would instantly give a lot more trust in politics because people would feel their vote actually counts.The two party system forces you to be opposites all of the time and you lose the nuance of the debate.”
Daisy Cooper
#Peston
#getPRdone
Daisy Cooper
#Peston
#getPRdone
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 AM
“Proportional representation would instantly give a lot more trust in politics because people would feel their vote actually counts.The two party system forces you to be opposites all of the time and you lose the nuance of the debate.”
Daisy Cooper
#Peston
#getPRdone
Daisy Cooper
#Peston
#getPRdone
If you are in London and are interested in international trade and history I cannot recommend highly enough the Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum (open till Feb '25)
November 23, 2024 at 11:10 AM
If you are in London and are interested in international trade and history I cannot recommend highly enough the Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum (open till Feb '25)