Matteo Ruzzante
matteo-ruzzante.bsky.social
Matteo Ruzzante
@matteo-ruzzante.bsky.social
PhD student in Economics at Northwestern University

https://matteo-ruzzante.com/

I study technological innovation and economic development in low-income countries and historical settings.
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UniCredit Foundation announces winners Econ JM Best Paper Award. 140 + applications received.
Congrats Anton Heil, @elenapellegrini.bsky.social Giovanni Bonfanti, Johannes Matt, Lukas Wiedemann, @matteo-ruzzante.bsky.social @mohamadadhami.bsky.social &
Sevin Kaytan
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November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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In today's job market post, @matteo-ruzzante.bsky.social uses DiD to show how price controls on GM cotton in India spurred adoption by farmers, but reduced subsequent location-specific seed development. Despite innovation reduction, farmers were still better off. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Priced for Development? How Price Controls Spread Technology but Stall Innovation: Guest post by Matteo Ruzzante
blogs.worldbank.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM