Alexander Donges
@alexanderdonges.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Mannheim, Department of Economics.
Research: Economic History, Innovation & Patents.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/alexanderdonges
Research: Economic History, Innovation & Patents.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/alexanderdonges
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Thank you for the amazing podcast episode and for featuring @thilohuning.bsky.social and my research on the role of wine growing for long-run regional development in Baden-Württemberg (academic.oup.com/ereh/advance...) in the episode!
May 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you for the amazing podcast episode and for featuring @thilohuning.bsky.social and my research on the role of wine growing for long-run regional development in Baden-Württemberg (academic.oup.com/ereh/advance...) in the episode!
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We are looking to hire post-doc interested in working on migration, citizenship, and diaspora. Come join us in Münster! Generous contract + no teaching for 2 years.
Many details and link to job add here:
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
Please PM me incase you have questions!
Many details and link to job add here:
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
Please PM me incase you have questions!
Thilo N. H. Albers - Job ads
2 years postdoc with a thematic focus on Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship
sites.google.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We are looking to hire post-doc interested in working on migration, citizenship, and diaspora. Come join us in Münster! Generous contract + no teaching for 2 years.
Many details and link to job add here:
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
Please PM me incase you have questions!
Many details and link to job add here:
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
Please PM me incase you have questions!
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After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.
April 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.
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Going to give this website a try - with a new profile picture! Definitely feels like an econ bubble, but I guess that’s the point.
Expect a thread on my newest work, Malthusian Migrations (with @romainwacziarg.bsky.social), soon! 🚨
www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/...
Expect a thread on my newest work, Malthusian Migrations (with @romainwacziarg.bsky.social), soon! 🚨
www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/...
November 19, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Going to give this website a try - with a new profile picture! Definitely feels like an econ bubble, but I guess that’s the point.
Expect a thread on my newest work, Malthusian Migrations (with @romainwacziarg.bsky.social), soon! 🚨
www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/...
Expect a thread on my newest work, Malthusian Migrations (with @romainwacziarg.bsky.social), soon! 🚨
www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/...
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🚨 Migration as escape valve from Malthus 🚨
1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas
2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth
www.nber.org/papers/w33542
@nber.org @romainwacziarg.bsky.social
1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas
2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth
www.nber.org/papers/w33542
@nber.org @romainwacziarg.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨 Migration as escape valve from Malthus 🚨
1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas
2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth
www.nber.org/papers/w33542
@nber.org @romainwacziarg.bsky.social
1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas
2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth
www.nber.org/papers/w33542
@nber.org @romainwacziarg.bsky.social
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*Best Paper Award Economic and Social History*
Bis zum 09. März kann man sich noch mit Vorträgen, die für den kommenden 6. Kongress für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte angenommen wurden, für den Best Paper Award Economic and Social History bewerben. Alle weiteren Informationen hier: udue.de/0ifec
Bis zum 09. März kann man sich noch mit Vorträgen, die für den kommenden 6. Kongress für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte angenommen wurden, für den Best Paper Award Economic and Social History bewerben. Alle weiteren Informationen hier: udue.de/0ifec
March 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
*Best Paper Award Economic and Social History*
Bis zum 09. März kann man sich noch mit Vorträgen, die für den kommenden 6. Kongress für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte angenommen wurden, für den Best Paper Award Economic and Social History bewerben. Alle weiteren Informationen hier: udue.de/0ifec
Bis zum 09. März kann man sich noch mit Vorträgen, die für den kommenden 6. Kongress für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte angenommen wurden, für den Best Paper Award Economic and Social History bewerben. Alle weiteren Informationen hier: udue.de/0ifec
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Can winegrowing cause rural development? @wahlfabi.bsky.social and I have just published our little piece on this in the European Historical Economics Review! academic.oup.com/ereh/advance... #econhist #economics #history
February 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Can winegrowing cause rural development? @wahlfabi.bsky.social and I have just published our little piece on this in the European Historical Economics Review! academic.oup.com/ereh/advance... #econhist #economics #history
This is a great data source for scholars working on the economic history of the interwar period 👇
Raymond Hicks (@arpie71.bsky.social) has just posted a vast amount of "raw" interwar trade data; it is available at
github.com/arpie71/inte...
#econhist
github.com/arpie71/inte...
#econhist
GitHub - arpie71/interwar: Interwar Trade data
Interwar Trade data. Contribute to arpie71/interwar development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is a great data source for scholars working on the economic history of the interwar period 👇
For me, the most striking result of these regressions is the that the „East Germany“ effect gets insignificant when controlling for enough variables, at least in the most recent election. (Also knowing that we only see correlations.) Would be interesting to see the effect of „Home Ownership Rate“ 1/
If one attempts to fit a simple regression model for the AfD's gain since 2021, other predictors appear to be more robust than the GDP per capita of a constituency. Per capita disposable income also seems to be a weak predictor and quickly becomes insignificant when control variables are added.
February 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
For me, the most striking result of these regressions is the that the „East Germany“ effect gets insignificant when controlling for enough variables, at least in the most recent election. (Also knowing that we only see correlations.) Would be interesting to see the effect of „Home Ownership Rate“ 1/
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If one attempts to fit a simple regression model for the AfD's gain since 2021, other predictors appear to be more robust than the GDP per capita of a constituency. Per capita disposable income also seems to be a weak predictor and quickly becomes insignificant when control variables are added.
February 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
If one attempts to fit a simple regression model for the AfD's gain since 2021, other predictors appear to be more robust than the GDP per capita of a constituency. Per capita disposable income also seems to be a weak predictor and quickly becomes insignificant when control variables are added.
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🚨🚨🚨PhD summer school at the University of Southern Denmark 🚨🚨🚨What can we learn about tariffs and trade from history? Chris Meisner, our keynote speaker, is one of the most renowned experts on historical trade and policy. + Learn ML + NLP tools in a hands-on-approach. Join us 11-22 August 2025!
February 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨🚨🚨PhD summer school at the University of Southern Denmark 🚨🚨🚨What can we learn about tariffs and trade from history? Chris Meisner, our keynote speaker, is one of the most renowned experts on historical trade and policy. + Learn ML + NLP tools in a hands-on-approach. Join us 11-22 August 2025!
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Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28
February 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28
This is one of the best recent articles on the development of AI companies and NVIDIA‘s market power (which may decrease in the near feature, raising serious doubts about its current valuation…)
youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com/blog/05_the_...
youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com/blog/05_the_...
The Short Case for Nvidia Stock
All the reasons why Nvidia will have a very hard time living up to the currently lofty expectations of the market.
youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is one of the best recent articles on the development of AI companies and NVIDIA‘s market power (which may decrease in the near feature, raising serious doubts about its current valuation…)
youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com/blog/05_the_...
youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com/blog/05_the_...
This is a very important paper for economists analyzing spatial data 👇
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨
w/ @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Do you run regressions on spatial data? Then keep reading!
We present a guide and Stata package for methods by Müller and Watson (2024 ECTA) to deal with Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions.
Link in 🧵 (1/n)
w/ @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Do you run regressions on spatial data? Then keep reading!
We present a guide and Stata package for methods by Müller and Watson (2024 ECTA) to deal with Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions.
Link in 🧵 (1/n)
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is a very important paper for economists analyzing spatial data 👇
A larger 🧵 on the economic system of Nazi Germany (motivated by Alice Weidel’s recent claim that Germany was „communist“ under the Nazi regime and that the German industry was „nationalized“ - both claims are historically wrong): 1/
January 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A larger 🧵 on the economic system of Nazi Germany (motivated by Alice Weidel’s recent claim that Germany was „communist“ under the Nazi regime and that the German industry was „nationalized“ - both claims are historically wrong): 1/
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We're hiring! The School of Economics at the University of Edinburgh has a call for several AP/Lecturer positions open. Deadline 27th January, details at:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK480/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK480/l...
Lecturer in Economics at The University of Edinburgh
An academic position as a Lecturer in Economics is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We're hiring! The School of Economics at the University of Edinburgh has a call for several AP/Lecturer positions open. Deadline 27th January, details at:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK480/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK480/l...
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Economists like to say that Christmas gift giving is inefficient- I think that's wrong. A defense of Christmas from a Keynesian perspective: comments welcome!
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December 21, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Economists like to say that Christmas gift giving is inefficient- I think that's wrong. A defense of Christmas from a Keynesian perspective: comments welcome!
gabrielmathy.weebly.com/uploads/7/3/...
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As an economic historian, I would have expected to find a strong affect of the Suez Canal opening on world trade - nice that there is now a paper that quantifies the effects. I am looking forward to read it…
The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 led to a 72 percent relative increase in bilateral exports for affected country pairs and a likely permanent increase in world trade, from David S. Jacks, Christopher M. Meissner, and Nikolaus Wolf https://www.nber.org/papers/w33250
December 19, 2024 at 11:15 PM
As an economic historian, I would have expected to find a strong affect of the Suez Canal opening on world trade - nice that there is now a paper that quantifies the effects. I am looking forward to read it…
Book production was obviously crucial to the diffusion of knowledge but it took more than 300 years until we observe a steady increase in GDP per capita in Europe. Following the arguments by Mokyr & Co., the scientific knowledge (printed in books) could hardly be used economically until the IR.
What can the history of book production teach us about economic growth?
December 18, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Book production was obviously crucial to the diffusion of knowledge but it took more than 300 years until we observe a steady increase in GDP per capita in Europe. Following the arguments by Mokyr & Co., the scientific knowledge (printed in books) could hardly be used economically until the IR.
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📢We are hiring 📢
We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!
5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964
Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!
@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!
5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964
Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!
@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
December 13, 2024 at 12:11 PM
📢We are hiring 📢
We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!
5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964
Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!
@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
We look to fill a Postdoc position in Economic History!
5-year position funded by ERC project „Entrenched: Elite Capture and Social Mobility“
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/1964
Deadline: Jan 17, 2025
Please spread widely!
@econtribute.bsky.social
#EconSky
This is a great paper of one of our current Econ job market candidates 👇 #EconSky
December 5, 2024 at 8:43 AM
This is a great paper of one of our current Econ job market candidates 👇 #EconSky
If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb):
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
December 1, 2024 at 3:17 PM
If you are interested in working with historical German data, this special issue of the German Economic Review gives an overview of existing research and available dataset, including our article on patent data (co-author: Jochen Streb):
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
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Apply for EHA dissertation fellowships: EHA Graduate Fellowships ($10,000); EHA Fellowship for students outside traditional economics departments ($10,000); Cambridge UP Dissertation Fellowship ($10,000); Sokoloff Fellowship ($17,500). eh.net/grants-fellowships-3/ Deadline January 14
Grants and Fellowships – EH.net
eh.net
November 27, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Apply for EHA dissertation fellowships: EHA Graduate Fellowships ($10,000); EHA Fellowship for students outside traditional economics departments ($10,000); Cambridge UP Dissertation Fellowship ($10,000); Sokoloff Fellowship ($17,500). eh.net/grants-fellowships-3/ Deadline January 14