Micael Castanheira
@micaelcasta.bsky.social
Loves sunsets, kindness, and discussing economics.
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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
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Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ?
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
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#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
Interesting. Do we have solid evidence that this is also the case in practice? I'd be happy to show whatever is the evidence in class.
🚨Elites often warn: taxing the rich hurts everyone.
🤔But do citizens buy that story?
With @bcastanho.bsky.social & Hanna Lierse, we find: They don’t! Most people believe progressive taxes can deliver both — more equality and more growth. @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social #openaccess cup.org/3JVuvHm
🤔But do citizens buy that story?
With @bcastanho.bsky.social & Hanna Lierse, we find: They don’t! Most people believe progressive taxes can deliver both — more equality and more growth. @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social #openaccess cup.org/3JVuvHm
Taxing your cake and growing it too: public beliefs on the dual benefits of progressive taxation | Journal of Public Policy | Cambridge Core
Taxing your cake and growing it too: public beliefs on the dual benefits of progressive taxation
cup.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Interesting. Do we have solid evidence that this is also the case in practice? I'd be happy to show whatever is the evidence in class.
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¡¡¡100MWh battery!!!
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
¡¡¡100MWh battery!!!
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Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ?
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ?
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
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Let's look at the DATA! Not opinion, ideology, or politics. DATA and science. Climate change is not a hoax and the impacts are dire, costly and increasing. We have solutions to stem rising temperatures. We need investment, science-based policies and action 🧪🌎
climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/...
climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/...
Global Surface Temperature | NASA Global Climate Change
Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA.
climate.nasa.gov
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Let's look at the DATA! Not opinion, ideology, or politics. DATA and science. Climate change is not a hoax and the impacts are dire, costly and increasing. We have solutions to stem rising temperatures. We need investment, science-based policies and action 🧪🌎
climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/...
climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/...
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How it started // How it’s going
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How it started // How it’s going
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My paper "Voter Information and Distributive Politics" has been accepted for publication at the AEJ: Micro 🥳 Ungated version here: osf.io/preprints/so...
September 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My paper "Voter Information and Distributive Politics" has been accepted for publication at the AEJ: Micro 🥳 Ungated version here: osf.io/preprints/so...
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97%
Using labor force surveys from 160 countries to build a new microdatabase on hours worked covering 97 percent of the world population to explore working hours determinants, from Amory Gethin and Emmanuel Saez https://www.nber.org/papers/w34217
September 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
97%
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The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Today’s econ seminar featured Ruben Durante presenting amazing work on the effect of GenAI on demand for news (joint with @filipecampante.bsky.social and @ananyasen.bsky.social)
August 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today’s econ seminar featured Ruben Durante presenting amazing work on the effect of GenAI on demand for news (joint with @filipecampante.bsky.social and @ananyasen.bsky.social)
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More Award News from #EEA25
Congrats to Julia Cagé & David Yanagizawa-Drott for their 2025 Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation Award, presented to them today
www.eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-...
Congrats to Julia Cagé & David Yanagizawa-Drott for their 2025 Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation Award, presented to them today
www.eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-...
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
More Award News from #EEA25
Congrats to Julia Cagé & David Yanagizawa-Drott for their 2025 Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation Award, presented to them today
www.eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-...
Congrats to Julia Cagé & David Yanagizawa-Drott for their 2025 Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation Award, presented to them today
www.eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-...
George Akerlof is just as sharp as usual!
When Trump Fires the Ref, What Game Are We Playing? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
When Trump Fires the Ref, What Game Are We Playing? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
Opinion | When Trump Fires the Ref, What Game Are We Playing?
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
George Akerlof is just as sharp as usual!
When Trump Fires the Ref, What Game Are We Playing? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
When Trump Fires the Ref, What Game Are We Playing? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
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Horrible migrants are killing Europe, says horrible migrant arriving in Europe
July 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Horrible migrants are killing Europe, says horrible migrant arriving in Europe
That's interesting : in an RCT, giving AI tools to developers actually slowed them down ! And yet, they are convinced they went faster.
July 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
That's interesting : in an RCT, giving AI tools to developers actually slowed them down ! And yet, they are convinced they went faster.
Sad but seems right. Do far we still are dwarf Davids claiming to be Goliath
If people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sad but seems right. Do far we still are dwarf Davids claiming to be Goliath
Time to buy pop corn (made in
the EU) and watch the show👇🏼
the EU) and watch the show👇🏼
Trump says he’ll look into deporting Elon as fight over bill escalates
Trump says he’ll look into deporting Elon as fight over bill escalates
‘We might have to put DOGE on Elon’
buff.ly
July 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Time to buy pop corn (made in
the EU) and watch the show👇🏼
the EU) and watch the show👇🏼
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Read more about the role that vaccines have played in reducing child mortality: ourworldindata.org/vaccines-chi...
Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years
Every ten seconds, one child is saved by a vaccine against a fatal disease.
ourworldindata.org
June 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Read more about the role that vaccines have played in reducing child mortality: ourworldindata.org/vaccines-chi...
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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
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A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
May 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
Keep going, @valentimvicente.bsky.social !
Must read interview met politicoloog @valentimvicente.bsky.social “Hoe kon radicaal-rechts zo groot worden? ‘Deze groep kiezers was er altijd al, maar hield zich stil vanwege de sociale consequenties’” www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/h...
Hoe kon radicaal-rechts zo groot worden? ‘Deze groep kiezers was er altijd al, maar hield zich stil vanwege de sociale consequenties’
Hoe komt het dat radicaal-rechtse partijen de afgelopen jaren zo enorm zijn gegroeid? Het antwoord van politicoloog Vicente Valentim: de gevoelens waren er altijd, maar de schaamte om ze te uiten is v...
www.volkskrant.nl
May 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Keep going, @valentimvicente.bsky.social !
The growth of RW's clout is excellent for science, integrity, and general awareness. Kudos for all that @retractionwatch.com ! #science #openscience
Weekend reads: French agency’s research director sanctioned; AI data woes at MIT; is disruptive science over?
Weekend reads: French agency’s research director sanctioned; AI data woes at MIT; is disruptive science over?
Scopus indexed a journal with a fake editorial board and a sham archive. When we asked them about it, they removed it. Can a better ID system for authors, reviewers and editors reduce fraud? STM th…
retractionwatch.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The growth of RW's clout is excellent for science, integrity, and general awareness. Kudos for all that @retractionwatch.com ! #science #openscience
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May 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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💡 Mesurer l’évitement fiscal & environnemental:
Notre collègue @mathieupar.bsky.social, finaliste du Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2025, revient sur le pouvoir de marché des multinationales, l’optimisation fiscale et la taxe carbone aux frontières.
@lemonde.fr 👇 www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
Notre collègue @mathieupar.bsky.social, finaliste du Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2025, revient sur le pouvoir de marché des multinationales, l’optimisation fiscale et la taxe carbone aux frontières.
@lemonde.fr 👇 www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
Mathieu Parenti : « Mesurer l’évitement fiscal et environnemental »
A 39 ans, ce professeur à l’Ecole d’économie de Paris et chercheur à l’Inrae s’intéresse au commerce international et au rôle des grandes entreprises dans la mondialisation.
www.lemonde.fr
May 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
💡 Mesurer l’évitement fiscal & environnemental:
Notre collègue @mathieupar.bsky.social, finaliste du Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2025, revient sur le pouvoir de marché des multinationales, l’optimisation fiscale et la taxe carbone aux frontières.
@lemonde.fr 👇 www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
Notre collègue @mathieupar.bsky.social, finaliste du Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2025, revient sur le pouvoir de marché des multinationales, l’optimisation fiscale et la taxe carbone aux frontières.
@lemonde.fr 👇 www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...