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Christian Traxler
@chtraxler.bsky.social
Prof of Economics @ Hertie School & BSoE Berlin | Public Econ, Applied Micro, Behavioral | Law #Enforcement, #TaxEvasion, Transportation Policy | #FirstGen
https://www.hertie-school.org/traxler
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"The more immediately a punishment is inflicted, the more ... useful it will be." Beccaria (1764)

In a new paper with Libor Dusek, we estimate the effects of a swift & delayed punishment on subsequent behavior in a straightforward context: speeding tickets

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ideas.repec.org/p/bdp/dpaper...
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📢The #Fribourg #WinterSchool in #DataAnalytics & #MachineLearning is coming up (Feb 2–13, 2026)! On site at @unifr.bsky.social or online - covering data analytics, predictive & causal machine learning, and deep learning using Python, R, Julia & Knime. Register now: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/w...
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Looking fwd to our Polit Econ Lunch Seminar tomorrow, where @aalrababah.bsky.social will present co-authored work on the Political Consequences of the Tour de France🚴‍♂️

Drop (or cycle) by, if you're in town!

Paper👉 osf.io/preprints/so...

PELS program👉 www.hertie-school.org/fileadmin/2_...
October 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
@cunef.bsky.social is hiring Assistant Professors in Economics and related fields.

Application deadline: November 15 ⏰
More info: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Apply to join one of Europe’s most dynamic Economics departments!
October 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congrats, @pnicolaides.bsky.social, great to see this published. Still recall when we discussed this figure for the first time;)
Recently published in @itaxjournal.bsky.social "Characteristics and responses of winners in the Greek tax lottery" by Panayiotis Nicolaides

Available at: rdcu.be/eJnj8
Characteristics and responses of winners in the Greek tax lottery
rdcu.be
October 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This was fun👇 #twec2025
diw.de DIW Berlin @diw.de · Sep 26
Here are some impressions from the 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime taking place at DIW Berlin. Thanks to all participants & the co-organizers @annabindler.bsky.social & Christian Traxler (@hertieschool.bsky.social).
🔗Event page: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
September 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Later this week, @annabindler.bsky.social & I will host the 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime #TWEC2025 in Berlin @diw.de

We are very much looking forward to many exciting papers, discussions, and keynotes by Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard & Paolo Pinotti.
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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📯 On October 8, join our yearly Welcome Event with a lecture on the Economics of Women’s Rights✨

📍 The event will be hosted by the @hertieschool.bsky.social, one of the founding members

More details & Register👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

@humboldtuni.bsky.social
#welcome #newmembers
September 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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📢 Opening of the Berlin School of Economics Academic Year at the Hertie School!

As a founding member, we're honoured to host the opening of the BSoE's new academic year on 8 October.

👉You can find more information here: bit.ly/42s8BBC
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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🚨NEW RESULTS (w/ Slattery & Nober)
- When gov't engineers retire, highway projects cost more: the engineers pay for themselves 6 times over
- Improving gov’t engineer quality from the 25th to 75th percentile reduces costs by 14%, equal to 3x avg. engineer pay

Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We're looking forward to hosting the opening of @bsoeberlin.bsky.social' acadmic year @hertieschool.bsky.social on October 8. To join us at this event, which includes (among others) a keynote by Michèle Tertilt on 'The Economics of Women’s Rights', register via👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...
September 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🚨CfA🚨(Associate/Full) Prof of International Economics @hertieschool.bsky.social & @kiel.institute, based in Berlin, Germany - 3 more weeks to apply #EconSky
👉 apply.interfolio.com/169770

Pls share @bsoeberlin.bsky.social @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @mdoepke.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you watch closely, you'll also see Wallace & Gromit harvesting cheese #Mondfinsternis #eclipselunar
September 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Very much looking forward to the Public Economics workshop @cunef.bsky.social in Madrid #MadPub2025

Many thx @cmtneztt.bsky.social @miguelalmunia.bsky.social @dforemny.bsky.social for putting together a great program 👉 madpub.eu
2025
madpub.eu
September 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Excellent performance by the inimitable Felix Gall 🚴‍♂️& strong 4th in this surprisingly explosive stage. Looking fwd to week 2+3 of #LaVuelta25 and hoping for Top3 GC🤞
🎬 𝐂𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐎 | #LaVuelta25
August 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
.@hertieschool.bsky.social & IfW Kiel are jointly 🚨 recruiting a Professor of International Economics🚨 (Associate/Full).

👉 apply.interfolio.com/169770

Great opportunity to join Berlin's thriving econ community. No kings here.

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025

Please share widely! #EconSky
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July 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Great to (finally) see this in print:

"Fines, nonpayment, and revenues"
joint w/@libordusekeu.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/jleo/article...

Haven't thread-posted on research in a while (and missing this type of content on bsky!), so let me tell you a bit more about this paper (1/5)

#EconSky
Fines, nonpayment, and revenues: evidence from speeding tickets
Abstract. We estimate the effect of the level of fines on payment compliance and revenues collected from speeding tickets. Exploiting discontinuous increas
academic.oup.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
@hertieschool.bsky.social comms team did a fun #July4 video summarizing Egon Tripodi's great work on "Talking Across the Aisle" in a polarized world (joint w/ Luca Braghieri & Peter Schwardmann)👇

www.youtube.com/shorts/VlN4S...
Can a 5 minute chat save democracy?
YouTube video by Hertie School
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July 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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We are looking for PhD students! More information at www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...
Call for Applications: EQUALFIN Doctoral Fellowships 2026
www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you're interested in political economy and/or the Econ of media, you should definitely apply for this #PreDoc option in #Berlin, with the wonderful @ariannaornaghi.bsky.social ( @hertieschool.bsky.social @bsoeberlin.bsky.social)👇
📣📣📣 I am looking for a Research Associate (Predoc) to work on exciting projects in the economics of media and political economy. Please share and apply!
For more info: tinyurl.com/hertie-appli....
Deadline: June 31.
#econsky #econra #econ_ra
Research Associate - Applied Microeconomics (gn) part-time (30 hours/week)
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June 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Today we presented the new #MetallRente Study, a representative survey of 2,500 17-27yo young adults in GER. A striking result: instead of ↗️retirement age or ↘️pensions, kids prefer paying more to fund public #pension system. Details @hertieschool.bsky.social at www.hertie-school.org/en/news/rese...
June 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Excited to release this working paper
nber.org NBER @nber.org · Jun 3
A criminal record reduces earnings and shifts workers across firms. Firms vary substantially—even within industry—in their propensity to hire workers with records, from Randi Hjalmarsson, Matthew J. Lindquist, Louis-Pierre Lepage, and Conrad Miller https://www.nber.org/papers/w33865
June 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣

Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions

tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7

Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻

When? November 20-21 November 🍂

For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career

Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨

Please circulate!
May 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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BeNA is on Bluesky! Since 2004, we’ve been connecting early-career labor economists in and around #Berlin. Follow us to stay up to date with the network and our events! #BeNA #laborEcon #econsky
May 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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❗️Deadline is approaching: Don’t forget to submit your paper for the #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin @diw.de, 26-27 September, jointly organised with @chtraxler.bsky.social

⏱️ Deadline: **May 02** (this Friday)

All details below 👇
#TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of #Crime, Berlin, 26-27 September, jointly organized w/ @annabindler.bsky.social

📝Call for papers:
drive.google.com/file/d/16bOU...

⏱️Submission deadline in 3 weeks:
02 May 2025

📥Submit your papers➡️ bit.ly/4183vJ8

#EconSky #EconConf
(1/2)
drive.google.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM