Gábor Békés
@gaborbekes.bsky.social
Economics Associate Prof, CEU Vienna.
Trade, applied IO, organisations. sites.google.com/site/bekesg
Author, "Data Analysis for Business, Economics, and Policy" (Cambridge UP) https://gabors-data-analysis.com/
@arsenalfc fan.
Trade, applied IO, organisations. sites.google.com/site/bekesg
Author, "Data Analysis for Business, Economics, and Policy" (Cambridge UP) https://gabors-data-analysis.com/
@arsenalfc fan.
Reposted by Gábor Békés
It started 14 years ago. With my then Phd student, Peter Harasztosi (now at EIB) we were asked to use a historical IV (I'm not proud of it). In the process he found text on firm level exports in the Hungarian National Library from the 1880s-1890s.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It started 14 years ago. With my then Phd student, Peter Harasztosi (now at EIB) we were asked to use a historical IV (I'm not proud of it). In the process he found text on firm level exports in the Hungarian National Library from the 1880s-1890s.
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Reposted by Gábor Békés
First some info. This a joint project with
@csteinwender.bsky.social of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and our @ceu-economics.bsky.social student @mmatyas.bsky.social . (Pic is at LMU history books)
Money comes from @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de . Cheers!
We start in January. 3years.
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@csteinwender.bsky.social of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and our @ceu-economics.bsky.social student @mmatyas.bsky.social . (Pic is at LMU history books)
Money comes from @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de . Cheers!
We start in January. 3years.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
First some info. This a joint project with
@csteinwender.bsky.social of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and our @ceu-economics.bsky.social student @mmatyas.bsky.social . (Pic is at LMU history books)
Money comes from @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de . Cheers!
We start in January. 3years.
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@csteinwender.bsky.social of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and our @ceu-economics.bsky.social student @mmatyas.bsky.social . (Pic is at LMU history books)
Money comes from @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de . Cheers!
We start in January. 3years.
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Reposted by Gábor Békés
Since we (mostly Matyas) collected tons of data from archives. Our hunch 14ys ago was right: there is plenty. Of course I vastly underestimated the workload...
The era is fascinating. Many policies.
More people to join. More data. More AI.
#IP-KuK, here we go.
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The era is fascinating. Many policies.
More people to join. More data. More AI.
#IP-KuK, here we go.
9/N ENDS
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Since we (mostly Matyas) collected tons of data from archives. Our hunch 14ys ago was right: there is plenty. Of course I vastly underestimated the workload...
The era is fascinating. Many policies.
More people to join. More data. More AI.
#IP-KuK, here we go.
9/N ENDS
The era is fascinating. Many policies.
More people to join. More data. More AI.
#IP-KuK, here we go.
9/N ENDS
Since we (mostly Matyas) collected tons of data from archives. Our hunch 14ys ago was right: there is plenty. Of course I vastly underestimated the workload...
The era is fascinating. Many policies.
More people to join. More data. More AI.
#IP-KuK, here we go.
9/N ENDS
The era is fascinating. Many policies.
More people to join. More data. More AI.
#IP-KuK, here we go.
9/N ENDS
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Since we (mostly Matyas) collected tons of data from archives. Our hunch 14ys ago was right: there is plenty. Of course I vastly underestimated the workload...
The era is fascinating. Many policies.
More people to join. More data. More AI.
#IP-KuK, here we go.
9/N ENDS
The era is fascinating. Many policies.
More people to join. More data. More AI.
#IP-KuK, here we go.
9/N ENDS
The final push was the arrival of @mmatyas.bsky.social . Phd student who is interested in economics + history + speaks Hungarian and German.
cepr.org/multimedia/n...
So we had a gap in lit, personal interest, a small team and hope for data.
The first intro email goes back to 3 October 2023.
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cepr.org/multimedia/n...
So we had a gap in lit, personal interest, a small team and hope for data.
The first intro email goes back to 3 October 2023.
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The next generation: Paris ‘24
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. Whenever economists gather, you will find many of tomorrow’s best economists too. They get a rare chance to present their research, and traditionally we like to ask three of them to talk to us about it too. In this episode, Tim Phillips talks to three more young researchers about their work – and about how economics can do better. Matyas Molnar of Central European University describes his paper “International exhibitions as trade promotion”. Laura Arnemann of the University of Mannheim investigated “Taxes and Pay without Performance: Evidence from Executives”. And Gustavo García Bernal of Sciences Po speaks about “From Parent to Child: Intergenerational Wealth Dynamics and Inequalities.”
cepr.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The final push was the arrival of @mmatyas.bsky.social . Phd student who is interested in economics + history + speaks Hungarian and German.
cepr.org/multimedia/n...
So we had a gap in lit, personal interest, a small team and hope for data.
The first intro email goes back to 3 October 2023.
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cepr.org/multimedia/n...
So we had a gap in lit, personal interest, a small team and hope for data.
The first intro email goes back to 3 October 2023.
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Then a year after we met again. Her train stopped for hours and started to look for data.
This was the time she worked with @rjuhasz.bsky.social on historical industrial policy. They realized we know so little outside a few countries. So there is a gap.
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This was the time she worked with @rjuhasz.bsky.social on historical industrial policy. They realized we know so little outside a few countries. So there is a gap.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Then a year after we met again. Her train stopped for hours and started to look for data.
This was the time she worked with @rjuhasz.bsky.social on historical industrial policy. They realized we know so little outside a few countries. So there is a gap.
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This was the time she worked with @rjuhasz.bsky.social on historical industrial policy. They realized we know so little outside a few countries. So there is a gap.
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A few years ago, i was at @cepr.org #ERWIT and heard @csteinwender.bsky.social present her work using Chinese patents data from about same time. I was amazed, and we started to chat a little.
Then nothing happened for a year ...
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Then nothing happened for a year ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A few years ago, i was at @cepr.org #ERWIT and heard @csteinwender.bsky.social present her work using Chinese patents data from about same time. I was amazed, and we started to chat a little.
Then nothing happened for a year ...
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Then nothing happened for a year ...
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Nothing happened for a decade.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nothing happened for a decade.
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I always thought, this is a super interesting period. First wave of globalization. Starting in 1867 Hungarian Kingdom is becoming more independent. Fast growth, Budapest becoming the city it is now. National champions. + AT-HU is custom and currency union + small fiscal + multi ethnic. See?
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I always thought, this is a super interesting period. First wave of globalization. Starting in 1867 Hungarian Kingdom is becoming more independent. Fast growth, Budapest becoming the city it is now. National champions. + AT-HU is custom and currency union + small fiscal + multi ethnic. See?
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It started 14 years ago. With my then Phd student, Peter Harasztosi (now at EIB) we were asked to use a historical IV (I'm not proud of it). In the process he found text on firm level exports in the Hungarian National Library from the 1880s-1890s.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It started 14 years ago. With my then Phd student, Peter Harasztosi (now at EIB) we were asked to use a historical IV (I'm not proud of it). In the process he found text on firm level exports in the Hungarian National Library from the 1880s-1890s.
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First some info. This a joint project with
@csteinwender.bsky.social of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and our @ceu-economics.bsky.social student @mmatyas.bsky.social . (Pic is at LMU history books)
Money comes from @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de . Cheers!
We start in January. 3years.
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@csteinwender.bsky.social of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and our @ceu-economics.bsky.social student @mmatyas.bsky.social . (Pic is at LMU history books)
Money comes from @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de . Cheers!
We start in January. 3years.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
First some info. This a joint project with
@csteinwender.bsky.social of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and our @ceu-economics.bsky.social student @mmatyas.bsky.social . (Pic is at LMU history books)
Money comes from @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de . Cheers!
We start in January. 3years.
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@csteinwender.bsky.social of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and our @ceu-economics.bsky.social student @mmatyas.bsky.social . (Pic is at LMU history books)
Money comes from @fwf-at.bsky.social and @dfg.de . Cheers!
We start in January. 3years.
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We have been conducting a similar exercise in @ceu-economics.bsky.social in Vienna.
Happy to report strong external validity to your results.
Happy to report strong external validity to your results.
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We have been conducting a similar exercise in @ceu-economics.bsky.social in Vienna.
Happy to report strong external validity to your results.
Happy to report strong external validity to your results.
We can still do it.
But maybe not in US.
Vienna?
But maybe not in US.
Vienna?
October 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We can still do it.
But maybe not in US.
Vienna?
But maybe not in US.
Vienna?