Mike Powell
@convexify.bsky.social
Organizational economist at Kellogg
Reposted by Mike Powell
How Tariffs Affect Trade Deficits...
... a new paper with amazing trade economist Arnaud Costinot.
Many politicians and the general public expect tariffs to reduce imports lower imports and thus work to close a trade deficit.
Economists typically say "not so fast"...
🧵1/n
... a new paper with amazing trade economist Arnaud Costinot.
Many politicians and the general public expect tariffs to reduce imports lower imports and thus work to close a trade deficit.
Economists typically say "not so fast"...
🧵1/n
April 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How Tariffs Affect Trade Deficits...
... a new paper with amazing trade economist Arnaud Costinot.
Many politicians and the general public expect tariffs to reduce imports lower imports and thus work to close a trade deficit.
Economists typically say "not so fast"...
🧵1/n
... a new paper with amazing trade economist Arnaud Costinot.
Many politicians and the general public expect tariffs to reduce imports lower imports and thus work to close a trade deficit.
Economists typically say "not so fast"...
🧵1/n
Reposted by Mike Powell
PLEASE RT :)
Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics
Deadline Jan 30 (soon!)
Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford
Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics
Deadline Jan 30 (soon!)
Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford
January 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
PLEASE RT :)
Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics
Deadline Jan 30 (soon!)
Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford
Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics
Deadline Jan 30 (soon!)
Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford
Reposted by Mike Powell
NBER Innovation Boot Camp is back this summer for a 4th run (thanks open_phil!)! Lectures by Heidi Williams, Pierre Azoulay, Ina Ganguli, Ben Jones, Chad Jones, Kyle Myers, and me, a great policy panel and keynotes, plus attendance at Summer Institute innovation session. www.nber.org/calls-papers...
https://nber.org/calls-papers-a…
January 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
NBER Innovation Boot Camp is back this summer for a 4th run (thanks open_phil!)! Lectures by Heidi Williams, Pierre Azoulay, Ina Ganguli, Ben Jones, Chad Jones, Kyle Myers, and me, a great policy panel and keynotes, plus attendance at Summer Institute innovation session. www.nber.org/calls-papers...
Reposted by Mike Powell
The 10th edition of the Empirical Management Conference has just started! We have a great line up of presenters and papers:
www.hbs.edu/faculty/rese...
Just started a list of participants of current and past editions, ping me if you want to be added.
www.hbs.edu/faculty/rese...
Just started a list of participants of current and past editions, ping me if you want to be added.
Empirical Management Conference - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School
www.hbs.edu
December 12, 2024 at 2:14 PM
The 10th edition of the Empirical Management Conference has just started! We have a great line up of presenters and papers:
www.hbs.edu/faculty/rese...
Just started a list of participants of current and past editions, ping me if you want to be added.
www.hbs.edu/faculty/rese...
Just started a list of participants of current and past editions, ping me if you want to be added.
Reposted by Mike Powell
Forthcoming in AEJ: Microeconomics: "Monitoring Team Members: Information Waste and the Transparency Trap" by Matteo Camboni and Michael Porcellacchia. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Monitoring Team Members: Information Waste and the Transparency Trap
(Forthcoming Article) - In a model of moral hazard in teams, we demonstrate that firms’
concerns about low trust among teammates can justify two common
but otherwise puzzling patterns: information was...
www.aeaweb.org
November 21, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Forthcoming in AEJ: Microeconomics: "Monitoring Team Members: Information Waste and the Transparency Trap" by Matteo Camboni and Michael Porcellacchia. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Reposted by Mike Powell
Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know" is Dezsö Szalay's @reveconstudies.bsky.social paper, "The Economics of Clear Advice and Extreme Options". The paper concerns itself with information acquisition choices under delegated decision making. Let's go through an example...
November 20, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know" is Dezsö Szalay's @reveconstudies.bsky.social paper, "The Economics of Clear Advice and Extreme Options". The paper concerns itself with information acquisition choices under delegated decision making. Let's go through an example...
Reposted by Mike Powell
Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know" is Amanda Friedenberg's @econometric.bsky.social paper, "Bargaining Under Strategic Uncertainty: The Role of Second-Order Optimism". It's a wonderful example of a paper that delivers new insights from studying an old game.
November 19, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Today's edition of "📈📉 papers you should know" is Amanda Friedenberg's @econometric.bsky.social paper, "Bargaining Under Strategic Uncertainty: The Role of Second-Order Optimism". It's a wonderful example of a paper that delivers new insights from studying an old game.
Reposted by Mike Powell
My guy Walker Hanlon has a cool new book:
Very happy to add this to my reading list - an excellent economist addresses to an important topic.
www.amazon.com/Laissez-Fair...
www.amazon.com/Laissez-Fair...
Amazon.com: The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 eBook : Hanlon, W. Walker: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914 eBook : Hanlon, W. Walker: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:01 PM
My guy Walker Hanlon has a cool new book:
Reposted by Mike Powell
I made a theory starter pack. It includes some CS/Econ, pol-econ, and behavioral types as well... Lmk if you'd like to be added (or removed!) and I'll do my best - the edit functionality is a bit wonky atm
go.bsky.app/KAGmZH4
go.bsky.app/KAGmZH4
November 12, 2024 at 10:53 PM
I made a theory starter pack. It includes some CS/Econ, pol-econ, and behavioral types as well... Lmk if you'd like to be added (or removed!) and I'll do my best - the edit functionality is a bit wonky atm
go.bsky.app/KAGmZH4
go.bsky.app/KAGmZH4
Reposted by Mike Powell
Episode 82: Wouter Dessein on how Organisations Allocate Decision-Making Power. #EconSky Listen now at: www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
Episode 82: Wouter Dessein on how Organisations Allocate Decision-Making Power — The Visible Hand
www.thevisiblehand.uk
October 31, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Episode 82: Wouter Dessein on how Organisations Allocate Decision-Making Power. #EconSky Listen now at: www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...