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🚨The Department of Economics at Georgetown University is pleased to introduce our 2025–2026 Job Market Candidates.
🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/#
We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread.
#econsky
🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/#
We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread.
#econsky
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We’re pleased to announce the annual summer ThReD Conference, co-organized by GSEM and the Geneva Graduate Institute, will be held in Geneva on May 28–29, 2026!
Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...
Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...
thred.devecon.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We’re pleased to announce the annual summer ThReD Conference, co-organized by GSEM and the Geneva Graduate Institute, will be held in Geneva on May 28–29, 2026!
Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...
Call for Papers now open — submissions due Jan 25, 2026 (midnight EST). thred.devecon.org/conferences/...
Arik Levinson (@ariklevinson.bsky.social) & alumna Claire Brunel (PhD ’15) have a forthcoming NBER paper, “Carbon Tariffs.” Using Econ 101 tools, they show how taxing imports can reverse “leakage” from climate policy.
www.nber.org/books-and-ch...
www.nber.org/books-and-ch...
Carbon Tariffs
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Arik Levinson (@ariklevinson.bsky.social) & alumna Claire Brunel (PhD ’15) have a forthcoming NBER paper, “Carbon Tariffs.” Using Econ 101 tools, they show how taxing imports can reverse “leakage” from climate policy.
www.nber.org/books-and-ch...
www.nber.org/books-and-ch...
🌟Call for papers
👉The Hopkins-Georgetown Geoeconomics Conference April 17-18 2026.
⌚️Deadline: January 5th 2026
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1v1tg...
👉The Hopkins-Georgetown Geoeconomics Conference April 17-18 2026.
⌚️Deadline: January 5th 2026
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1v1tg...
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🌟Call for papers
👉The Hopkins-Georgetown Geoeconomics Conference April 17-18 2026.
⌚️Deadline: January 5th 2026
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1v1tg...
👉The Hopkins-Georgetown Geoeconomics Conference April 17-18 2026.
⌚️Deadline: January 5th 2026
🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1v1tg...
An event of shared interest for our community
Hosted by The GU Americas Institute
🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI
featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM
🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum
Hosted by The GU Americas Institute
🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI
featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM
🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An event of shared interest for our community
Hosted by The GU Americas Institute
🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI
featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM
🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum
Hosted by The GU Americas Institute
🎯Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI
featuring Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences.
🗓️ Nov 10, 2025 | 2:30–3:30 PM
🔗 americas.georgetown.edu/events/the-americas-and-the-world-forum
🌐How do inequalities persist across generations? Why do some families & communities have lasting advantages while others face structural barriers to mobility?
Figure it out in the next event from GECN:
🔗https://global.georgetown.edu/events/workshop-on-intergenerational-persistence-and-inequality
Figure it out in the next event from GECN:
🔗https://global.georgetown.edu/events/workshop-on-intergenerational-persistence-and-inequality
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🌐How do inequalities persist across generations? Why do some families & communities have lasting advantages while others face structural barriers to mobility?
Figure it out in the next event from GECN:
🔗https://global.georgetown.edu/events/workshop-on-intergenerational-persistence-and-inequality
Figure it out in the next event from GECN:
🔗https://global.georgetown.edu/events/workshop-on-intergenerational-persistence-and-inequality
🚨The Department of Economics at Georgetown University is pleased to introduce our 2025–2026 Job Market Candidates.
🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/#
We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread.
#econsky
🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/#
We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread.
#econsky
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
🚨The Department of Economics at Georgetown University is pleased to introduce our 2025–2026 Job Market Candidates.
🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/#
We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread.
#econsky
🔗https://econ.georgetown.edu/academics/phd/phd-students/current-job-market-candidates/#
We’ll be sharing highlights of their work and job market papers in this thread.
#econsky
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As a newly-appointed placement director, I'm happy to introduce our excellent job market candidates from Georgetown Economics @gcer-gu.bsky.social (in the alphabetical order of last name):
econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...
econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
As a newly-appointed placement director, I'm happy to introduce our excellent job market candidates from Georgetown Economics @gcer-gu.bsky.social (in the alphabetical order of last name):
econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...
econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Ivana Komunjer on being elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society
@econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]
@econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Ivana Komunjer on being elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society
@econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]
@econometric.bsky.social one of the highest distinctions in the field of economics! Since 1931, only 1,254 scholars have received this honor 🧵 [1/3]
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In an analysis of 100+ DHS surveys, @ggenicot.bsky.social & @mariahdb.bsky.social find that having a firstborn daughter drastically changes the trajectory of a women's life–influencing marriage prospects, fertility decisions, and economic security: voxdev.org/topic/health...
The hidden cost of a firstborn daughter in Africa
Although sex ratios at birth remain relatively balanced in sub-Saharan Africa, this does not necessarily imply a lack of son preference. Analysis of over 100 Demographic and Health Surveys across 34 c...
voxdev.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In an analysis of 100+ DHS surveys, @ggenicot.bsky.social & @mariahdb.bsky.social find that having a firstborn daughter drastically changes the trajectory of a women's life–influencing marriage prospects, fertility decisions, and economic security: voxdev.org/topic/health...
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Three amazing points in one paragraph of the DOE report on GHGs.
www.energy.gov/articles/dep...
1/3 The Social Cost of Carbon "is not intended to measure the private marginal benefits ... of fossil fuels." Correct! (But not relevant. That's why it's the called the Social *Cost* of Carbon.)
www.energy.gov/articles/dep...
1/3 The Social Cost of Carbon "is not intended to measure the private marginal benefits ... of fossil fuels." Correct! (But not relevant. That's why it's the called the Social *Cost* of Carbon.)
August 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Three amazing points in one paragraph of the DOE report on GHGs.
www.energy.gov/articles/dep...
1/3 The Social Cost of Carbon "is not intended to measure the private marginal benefits ... of fossil fuels." Correct! (But not relevant. That's why it's the called the Social *Cost* of Carbon.)
www.energy.gov/articles/dep...
1/3 The Social Cost of Carbon "is not intended to measure the private marginal benefits ... of fossil fuels." Correct! (But not relevant. That's why it's the called the Social *Cost* of Carbon.)
📢 Call for Papers!
Join us for the GCER 2025 Alumni Conference at Georgetown University on Sept 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Submit your paper or extended abstract by Aug 8.
🧑🎓 Especially welcoming GU Econ alumni, faculty & grad students.
📝 Details & submission: econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...
Join us for the GCER 2025 Alumni Conference at Georgetown University on Sept 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Submit your paper or extended abstract by Aug 8.
🧑🎓 Especially welcoming GU Econ alumni, faculty & grad students.
📝 Details & submission: econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...
July 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
📢 Call for Papers!
Join us for the GCER 2025 Alumni Conference at Georgetown University on Sept 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Submit your paper or extended abstract by Aug 8.
🧑🎓 Especially welcoming GU Econ alumni, faculty & grad students.
📝 Details & submission: econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...
Join us for the GCER 2025 Alumni Conference at Georgetown University on Sept 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Submit your paper or extended abstract by Aug 8.
🧑🎓 Especially welcoming GU Econ alumni, faculty & grad students.
📝 Details & submission: econ.georgetown.edu/academics/ph...
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WaPo op-ed supports Carbon Tariffs for three reasons (and my rebuttals):
1. Revenue (that's all tariffs, not just carbon tariffs)
2. Protect US industry (again, all tariffs)
3. The US has no domestic carbon price (huh?)
wapo.st/46bDgWo
1. Revenue (that's all tariffs, not just carbon tariffs)
2. Protect US industry (again, all tariffs)
3. The US has no domestic carbon price (huh?)
wapo.st/46bDgWo
Opinion | A carbon tariff is the right way to confront China on trade
Climate-friendly tariffs would penalize countries that undercut U.S. companies with dirtier production.
wapo.st
June 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
WaPo op-ed supports Carbon Tariffs for three reasons (and my rebuttals):
1. Revenue (that's all tariffs, not just carbon tariffs)
2. Protect US industry (again, all tariffs)
3. The US has no domestic carbon price (huh?)
wapo.st/46bDgWo
1. Revenue (that's all tariffs, not just carbon tariffs)
2. Protect US industry (again, all tariffs)
3. The US has no domestic carbon price (huh?)
wapo.st/46bDgWo
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Next @GGenicot presented evidence using a newly generated measure of mobility, and showed cross-country data shows no evidence of an "inequality trap"
June 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Next @GGenicot presented evidence using a newly generated measure of mobility, and showed cross-country data shows no evidence of an "inequality trap"
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University!
🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29
📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26
✅ Register by: Oct 10
🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e...
#EconSky 📉📈
Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University!
🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29
📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26
✅ Register by: Oct 10
🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e...
#EconSky 📉📈
Home
Welcome to the information hub for the inaugural DMV PhD Conference on Political Economy & Development, hosted by the Department of Economics at Georgetown University. This conference will be an excel...
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May 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University!
🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29
📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26
✅ Register by: Oct 10
🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e...
#EconSky 📉📈
Inaugural DMV Ph.D. Conference on Political Economy & Development at Georgetown University!
🗓️ Date: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
🗂️ Priority presenter deadline: Aug 29
📬 Final presenter deadline: Sept 26
✅ Register by: Oct 10
🔗 sites.google.com/georgetown.e...
#EconSky 📉📈
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🚀 The Washington Political Economy Conference (WPECO) 2025 is officially underway! Kicking off today at Georgetown University’s Riggs Library.
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
May 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🚀 The Washington Political Economy Conference (WPECO) 2025 is officially underway! Kicking off today at Georgetown University’s Riggs Library.
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
@laurenbouton.bsky.social
@filipecampante.bsky.social
@jguardado.bsky.social
@gcer-gu.bsky.social
🔗 sites.google.com/view/dcpec/e...
🎉 Congratulations to our very own Professor Garance Genicot (@ggenicot.bsky.social) on receiving an honorary doctorate by @amse-aixmarseille.fr
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
👏 Félicitations à Garance Genicot (Georgetown University) pour l’obtention du titre de docteure honoris causa ! Nous sommes fiers de la compter parmi les membres du comité scientifique d'AMSE. Son regard expert et bienveillant est un atout précieux ✨.
Merci à elle pour son engagement à nos côtés !
Merci à elle pour son engagement à nos côtés !
Merci à tous les lauréats pour leur engagement et leur dévouement à la recherche et à l'innovation. Ensemble, nous continuons à repousser les frontières du savoir.
#Recherche #Innovation #Excellence
#Recherche #Innovation #Excellence
April 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our very own Professor Garance Genicot (@ggenicot.bsky.social) on receiving an honorary doctorate by @amse-aixmarseille.fr
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community.
#GCER #EconSky
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It’s a great day to have our DCPEC Research Workshop! And here’s our distinguished visitor Pietro Ortoleva, talking about behavioral political economy. @laurenbouton.bsky.social @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 3:18 PM
It’s a great day to have our DCPEC Research Workshop! And here’s our distinguished visitor Pietro Ortoleva, talking about behavioral political economy. @laurenbouton.bsky.social @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social
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1/ 🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Excited to share our latest research: “Female Firstborn and Family Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa”! on how firstborn daughters influence family structure, marriage, and fertility @mariahdb.bsky.social #EconSky #DevelopmentEconomics #EconPhD www.nber.org/papers/w33505 ⬇️
Excited to share our latest research: “Female Firstborn and Family Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa”! on how firstborn daughters influence family structure, marriage, and fertility @mariahdb.bsky.social #EconSky #DevelopmentEconomics #EconPhD www.nber.org/papers/w33505 ⬇️
Firstborn Daughters and Family Structure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
March 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1/ 🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨
Excited to share our latest research: “Female Firstborn and Family Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa”! on how firstborn daughters influence family structure, marriage, and fertility @mariahdb.bsky.social #EconSky #DevelopmentEconomics #EconPhD www.nber.org/papers/w33505 ⬇️
Excited to share our latest research: “Female Firstborn and Family Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa”! on how firstborn daughters influence family structure, marriage, and fertility @mariahdb.bsky.social #EconSky #DevelopmentEconomics #EconPhD www.nber.org/papers/w33505 ⬇️
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Electricity use that is clean-ish, but not *clean*.
A "three pillars" system for crediting clean electricity purchases (nearby generation, same-hour timing, and newly constructed power plants) would reduce emissions by 30-43 percent below average, from Karl Dunkle Werner and Arik Levinson https://www.nber.org/papers/w33546
March 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Electricity use that is clean-ish, but not *clean*.
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📣 We’re pleased to join Bluesky.
The Georgetown Center for Economic Research (GCER) promotes cutting-edge scholarship and dialogue in economics at Georgetown University. Follow us for updates
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#GCER #Economics #Georgetown #EconSky 📉📈
The Georgetown Center for Economic Research (GCER) promotes cutting-edge scholarship and dialogue in economics at Georgetown University. Follow us for updates
🌐 gcer.georgetown.edu
#GCER #Economics #Georgetown #EconSky 📉📈