Georg Weizsäcker
@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social
Microeconomist, Behavioral Economist, Author of "Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication"
Bend it like China
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Bend it like China
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And with many thanks to this great crowd for all the interactions in our Berlin-Munich research center @rationalitycrc.bsky.social.
And with many thanks to this great crowd for all the interactions in our Berlin-Munich research center @rationalitycrc.bsky.social.
📢 Meet Our 2025 Job Market Candidates! 🚀
Jonas Casper, Charlotte Cordes, Friederike Fourné, Elena Herold, Kevin Kloiber, Carla Mirabella, Marcel Quint, Jinju Rhee
Learn more: www.econ.lmu.de/en/faculty/m...
#EconJobMarket
Jonas Casper, Charlotte Cordes, Friederike Fourné, Elena Herold, Kevin Kloiber, Carla Mirabella, Marcel Quint, Jinju Rhee
Learn more: www.econ.lmu.de/en/faculty/m...
#EconJobMarket
Job Market Candidates
Interested institutions will find MGSE PhD candidates who are available for employment presented below. Past placements are listed in placement record.
www.econ.lmu.de
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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And with many thanks to this great crowd for all the interactions in our Berlin-Munich research center @rationalitycrc.bsky.social.
And with many thanks to this great crowd for all the interactions in our Berlin-Munich research center @rationalitycrc.bsky.social.
A new discussion paper shows a surprisingly big effect of "Most Supportive Employee" awards.
How to incentivise cooperation when monetary incentives are costly or ineffective? Our experiment shows a public recognition award increases employee willingness to help by 21%, leveraging social image towards peers and management-related reputation.
How Public Recognition Drives Cooperation Among Knowledge Workers
Discussion Paper No. 531
190researchblog.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A new discussion paper shows a surprisingly big effect of "Most Supportive Employee" awards.
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
If Difference-in-Differences has been on your “to-learn” list, now is your chance to dig in. Our #GESISworkshop with @janmarcus.de takes you from DiD basics to advanced topics like triple differences, synthetic control, and modern estimators — all in R and Stata.
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If Difference-in-Differences has been on your “to-learn” list, now is your chance to dig in. Our #GESISworkshop with @janmarcus.de takes you from DiD basics to advanced topics like triple differences, synthetic control, and modern estimators — all in R and Stata.
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
➡️ t1p.de/dif_in_dif_26
🚨Very Strong Job Market Candidates
#EconSky
The Berlin School of Economics is a unique cooperation of 9 institutions - together we do research and train PhDs/Postdocs.
This year: fantastic people in applied micro, behavioral/experimental, and macro. 👇🏻
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/job-market/j...
#EconSky
The Berlin School of Economics is a unique cooperation of 9 institutions - together we do research and train PhDs/Postdocs.
This year: fantastic people in applied micro, behavioral/experimental, and macro. 👇🏻
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/job-market/j...
Job Market Candidates
berlinschoolofeconomics.de
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🚨Very Strong Job Market Candidates
#EconSky
The Berlin School of Economics is a unique cooperation of 9 institutions - together we do research and train PhDs/Postdocs.
This year: fantastic people in applied micro, behavioral/experimental, and macro. 👇🏻
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/job-market/j...
#EconSky
The Berlin School of Economics is a unique cooperation of 9 institutions - together we do research and train PhDs/Postdocs.
This year: fantastic people in applied micro, behavioral/experimental, and macro. 👇🏻
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/job-market/j...
1/Sonntag, 9. November 2025, 16.00-18.15 Uhr:
Der 9. November: Aufbrüche, Abgründe und die Fragilität der Demokratie
Am 9. November jähren sich mehrere Schlüsselereignisse der deutschen Geschichte. Er steht für den Aufbruch in die Demokratie, aber auch für deren Fragilität.
Der 9. November: Aufbrüche, Abgründe und die Fragilität der Demokratie
Am 9. November jähren sich mehrere Schlüsselereignisse der deutschen Geschichte. Er steht für den Aufbruch in die Demokratie, aber auch für deren Fragilität.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
Very nice interview with a clear statement against joint taxation.
Also with a clear statement against upper limits for work hours, btw.
(Recall, we Germans have an „autumn of reforms“ for which we may use some ideas…)
Also with a clear statement against upper limits for work hours, btw.
(Recall, we Germans have an „autumn of reforms“ for which we may use some ideas…)
📰 Süddeutsche Zeitung features Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin (@harvard.edu, @rfberlin.bsky.social Fellow) on gender equality, work, and family policy.
She argues that men and women should be taxed separately, as joint taxation discourages women’s full-time employment.
She argues that men and women should be taxed separately, as joint taxation discourages women’s full-time employment.
Claudia Goldin on Gender Equality, Work, and Family Policy
Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Fellow of the RFBerlin Network, was featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung, one of Germany’s leading daily newspapers. In the i...
www.rfberlin.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Very nice interview with a clear statement against joint taxation.
Also with a clear statement against upper limits for work hours, btw.
(Recall, we Germans have an „autumn of reforms“ for which we may use some ideas…)
Also with a clear statement against upper limits for work hours, btw.
(Recall, we Germans have an „autumn of reforms“ for which we may use some ideas…)
Nice use of the economic policy uncertainty index 👇🏼
(which, btw, is a variable that you find at: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USEPU...)
(which, btw, is a variable that you find at: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USEPU...)
High interest rates vs. policy uncertainty and the downturn in residential investment #EconSky
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Nice use of the economic policy uncertainty index 👇🏼
(which, btw, is a variable that you find at: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USEPU...)
(which, btw, is a variable that you find at: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USEPU...)
We teach it as ‚monotonic preferences‘ - some people can‘t get enough
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
We teach it as ‚monotonic preferences‘ - some people can‘t get enough
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
www.cmfdata.org Great data drop! @rickhornbeck.bsky.social
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
www.cmfdata.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
www.cmfdata.org Great data drop! @rickhornbeck.bsky.social
This needs a full investigation 👇🏼 - the @tagesspiegel.de finds possible abuse of funds in Berlin‘s city government. Potentially extra embarrassing as the funds were given under the label ‚fight against antisemitism‘.
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/rekon...
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/rekon...
Rekonstruktion einer Affäre: So sollen CDU-Politiker in Berlin illegal Millionen verteilt haben
Ex-Kultursenator Joe Chialo soll willkürlich mehrere Millionen Euro für die Antisemitismusbekämpfung vergeben haben, nachdem er von Abgeordneten unter Druck gesetzt wurde. Eine Rekonstruktion.
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This needs a full investigation 👇🏼 - the @tagesspiegel.de finds possible abuse of funds in Berlin‘s city government. Potentially extra embarrassing as the funds were given under the label ‚fight against antisemitism‘.
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/rekon...
www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/rekon...
I don't remember seeing our big lecture room so room so full, or hearing such long 👏🏼at the end.
Self-recommending lecture by Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin at @rfberlin.bsky.social on Nov. 4th
Will be livestreamed at: www.youtube.com/live/aNd8ZtT...
Will be livestreamed at: www.youtube.com/live/aNd8ZtT...
Why Women Won by Claudia Goldin
Following the success of our first public lecture, we are pleased to announce the next RFBerlin Annual Public Lecture, organized in collaboration with the Humboldt University of Berlin! This year, RFB...
www.rfberlin.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I don't remember seeing our big lecture room so room so full, or hearing such long 👏🏼at the end.
I happen to know these people, and 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
We are hiring assistant professors in Economics (any field)
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social
Target date for applications: November 24!
More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#EconSky #EconJobMarket #EJME
We are hiring assistant professors in Economics (any field)
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social
Target date for applications: November 24!
More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#EconSky #EconJobMarket #EJME
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I happen to know these people, and 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Germany and UK not doing great on this, either.
Yet, for current political discussions here, the most important info is probably that life expectancy still grows, at roughly its pre-Covid pace.
Yet, for current political discussions here, the most important info is probably that life expectancy still grows, at roughly its pre-Covid pace.
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Germany and UK not doing great on this, either.
Yet, for current political discussions here, the most important info is probably that life expectancy still grows, at roughly its pre-Covid pace.
Yet, for current political discussions here, the most important info is probably that life expectancy still grows, at roughly its pre-Covid pace.
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
Fascinating paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social, @bartonelee2.bsky.social, and Hasin Yousaf!
The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions?
They argue that what matters is not only
The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions?
They argue that what matters is not only
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Fascinating paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social, @bartonelee2.bsky.social, and Hasin Yousaf!
The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions?
They argue that what matters is not only
The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions?
They argue that what matters is not only
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
great idea. i would be glad to do the same for PhD students/postdocs working on behavioral/experimental economics. #econsky
I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
great idea. i would be glad to do the same for PhD students/postdocs working on behavioral/experimental economics. #econsky
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
📣 New paper! "Delegate Pricing Decisions to an Algorithm? Experimental Evidence" with @normann.bsky.social, Nina Rulié, & @ostypa.bsky.social
We study what happens when humans delegate to a collusive algorithm, and AI pricing adoption becomes a strategic choice!
arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2510.27636
We study what happens when humans delegate to a collusive algorithm, and AI pricing adoption becomes a strategic choice!
arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2510.27636
Delegate Pricing Decisions to an Algorithm? Experimental Evidence
We analyze the delegation of pricing by participants, representing firms, to a collusive, self-learning algorithm in a repeated Bertrand experiment. In the baseline treatment, participants set prices ...
arxiv.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📣 New paper! "Delegate Pricing Decisions to an Algorithm? Experimental Evidence" with @normann.bsky.social, Nina Rulié, & @ostypa.bsky.social
We study what happens when humans delegate to a collusive algorithm, and AI pricing adoption becomes a strategic choice!
arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2510.27636
We study what happens when humans delegate to a collusive algorithm, and AI pricing adoption becomes a strategic choice!
arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2510.27636
A propos of energy subsidies - notice a telling difference:
"Industrial energy consumption" makes you think of AI in the US versus steel in Germany.
Curious about next steps in 🇩🇪 innovation policy.
"Industrial energy consumption" makes you think of AI in the US versus steel in Germany.
Curious about next steps in 🇩🇪 innovation policy.
Katherina Reiche kündigt Industriestrompreis ab Januar 2026 an: Die deutsche Industrie beklagt Wettbewerbsverzerrungen durch die im internationalen Vergleich hohen Energiepreise. Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche kündigt nun Entlastung an.
Katherina Reiche kündigt Industriestrompreis ab Januar 2026 an
Die deutsche Industrie beklagt Wettbewerbsverzerrungen durch die im internationalen Vergleich hohen Energiepreise. Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche kündigt nun Entlastung an.
www.spiegel.de
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A propos of energy subsidies - notice a telling difference:
"Industrial energy consumption" makes you think of AI in the US versus steel in Germany.
Curious about next steps in 🇩🇪 innovation policy.
"Industrial energy consumption" makes you think of AI in the US versus steel in Germany.
Curious about next steps in 🇩🇪 innovation policy.
Reposted by Georg Weizsäcker
👉 What works against right-wing extremism?
Excited to discuss this question with Tamara Ehs, Carolin Lange, Daniel Siemens, Thomas Weber & Daniel Ziblatt at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater - together with German politicians and author Mely Kiyak.
🗓️ Nov 8, 7:30 pm
🔗 www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
Excited to discuss this question with Tamara Ehs, Carolin Lange, Daniel Siemens, Thomas Weber & Daniel Ziblatt at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater - together with German politicians and author Mely Kiyak.
🗓️ Nov 8, 7:30 pm
🔗 www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
👉 What works against right-wing extremism?
Excited to discuss this question with Tamara Ehs, Carolin Lange, Daniel Siemens, Thomas Weber & Daniel Ziblatt at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater - together with German politicians and author Mely Kiyak.
🗓️ Nov 8, 7:30 pm
🔗 www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
Excited to discuss this question with Tamara Ehs, Carolin Lange, Daniel Siemens, Thomas Weber & Daniel Ziblatt at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater - together with German politicians and author Mely Kiyak.
🗓️ Nov 8, 7:30 pm
🔗 www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
The end of a candidacy for leading a public science foundation 👇🏼
Good that the ministry agrees that one needs strong qualifications and credentials for such a job.
www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Good that the ministry agrees that one needs strong qualifications and credentials for such a job.
www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The end of a candidacy for leading a public science foundation 👇🏼
Good that the ministry agrees that one needs strong qualifications and credentials for such a job.
www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Good that the ministry agrees that one needs strong qualifications and credentials for such a job.
www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
"The scientific immune system may be slow, but history shows it is ruthless once activated: Retractions, de-indexing, and grant freezes eventually isolate the offenders, allowing credible actors to reclaim the commons.
The task, then, is to accelerate that immune response."
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The task, then, is to accelerate that immune response."
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Fraud is no longer a series of isolated ethical lapses but a business model that exploits vulnerable points in the research economy. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"The scientific immune system may be slow, but history shows it is ruthless once activated: Retractions, de-indexing, and grant freezes eventually isolate the offenders, allowing credible actors to reclaim the commons.
The task, then, is to accelerate that immune response."
👏🏻
The task, then, is to accelerate that immune response."
👏🏻
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Some things make a difference for pretty much everything
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Some things make a difference for pretty much everything