Today I ran the Airborne Freedom Run for Pawel Sobota and all the other (young) people who died for our freedom in WWII.

Which band? Which album? Which city? Tonight they play in Dortmund, Germany.

Today the final day of the Behavioural and Experimental Economics Workshop in Florence. I heard many great talks and am glad to be part of it. Thx to the organizers!

Putin in 2005. Take a tip from one who knows…
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For the second time, I have been asked to review a paper with made-up references. I am pretty shocked how many of such papers (and "scientists") apparently are floating around. Who has had similar experiences?

Yesterday, @mvoldeniel.bsky.social defended his excellent dissertation. He did very well and fully deserved the drinks in the evening with (old) friends and family. Thanks to @julianafziger.bsky.social for being part of the committee.

Creative minds we lost in 2024:
John Mayall - blues musician
Frans de Waal - Dutch primatologist
Daniel Kahneman
Bob Goudzwaard - economist
Wim Hazeu - biographer
Tonke Dragt - Dutch writer children's literature
Breyten Breytenbach
Ruut Veenhoven
Karl Wallinger - Waterboys and World Party

This Christmas, I read Frederic Vermeulens book De heks van Gottem, a captivating (family) story about the witch hunts in the Spanish Netherlands around 1590. Well-researched just like his scientific work, but (unlike Econometrica contributions) also a real page turner. www.lannoo.be/nl/de-heks-v...

Lieke has been the creative mind and driving force in these nice projects with the Innovation Panel. Please send her any comments you have.

The deadline for COMPIE is approaching (28 Feb)! Join us in Amsterdam for a great event, with keynotes Martha Bailey and @cdechaisemartin.bsky.social

Local organization with @basvdklaauw.bsky.social & supported by Tinbergen Institute

Call for papers: knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/sites/defaul...

Happy to announce that my paper “Sharing with Minimal Regulation? Evidence from Neighborhood Book Exchange” (with Anouk Schippers) has now appeared in Eur. Econ. Review. A fun project to work on. A short thread (1/4)

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