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Johannes Becker
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Oekonom, Professor at University of Muenster, Director of Institute of Public Economics
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A couple of funny quotes from Al Roth on psychology and economics
May 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Unser Beitrag in der @faznet.bsky.social :
In den 🇺🇸 werden Wissenschaftlern die Mittel gekürzt. Das ist der richtige Moment, um
US-Spitzenforscher nach 🇩🇪 zu holen!
@arieldora.bsky.social & @martin-watzinger.com & ich
in FAZ Wirtschaft/Der Volkswirt: „Deutschlands Chance“
March 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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This is a thread about remaking the tech sector.
January 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Nice to see that my paper on welfare weights is now in print at the AER.
October 30, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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VWL Studis 2015--2021 ➡️ - 33% !

Quelle doi.org/10.57674/30g...
February 1, 2024 at 7:05 AM
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1/3 The conclusions on the Danish welfare reforms (Agersnap et al.) - which look very neat in the paper - are driven by focussing on annual measures. Once monthly data on asylum applications are considered (see figure below with vertical lines indicating the reform announcements), it is clear that:
October 8, 2023 at 1:27 PM
I am preparing a session on the welfare magnet hypothesis (for my Intl Pub Ec lecture).

The studies I found show mixed results. Can anybody point me to a discussion how to reconcile the contradictory findings in the existing studies?
October 8, 2023 at 10:51 AM