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Peter Matthews
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Dana Professor of Economics at Middlebury College and Visiting Professor at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland.
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From forthcoming EJ Special Issue on Polarization in Field Experiments: ‘Reality Bites: Partisan Beliefs as Enforced Norms’ by Andrea Robbett, Peter Hans Matthews doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf062 @andrearobbett.bsky.social
@phminvt.bsky.social @albertobisin.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fortunate to collaborate with so many wonderful smart economists …
From forthcoming EJ Special Issue on Polarization in Field Experiments: ‘Reality Bites: Partisan Beliefs as Enforced Norms’ by Andrea Robbett, Peter Hans Matthews doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf062 @andrearobbett.bsky.social
@phminvt.bsky.social @albertobisin.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Which Reference Groups Matter and How? A Relative Income Information Experiment with Administrative Data" by Xiaogeng Xu, Satu Metsälampi, Michael Kirchler, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Peter Hans Matthews, and Topi Miettinen. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Which Reference Groups Matter and How? A Relative Income Information Experiment with Administrative Data
(Forthcoming Article)
www.aeaweb.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Fascinating, topical, paper by Andrea and co-authors on partisanship and hiring.
@middecon.bsky.social's department chair, @andrearobbett.bsky.social, has also been busy this fall. Here is her newest, on partisan discrimination in hiring, co-authored with former colleague Martin Abel and @dfstone.bsky.social of Bowdoin.

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Does #Politics matter more than race in #Hiring?
Martin Abel, @andrearobbett.bsky.social and @dfstone.bsky.social found that employers penalize workers from opposing parties by 7.5% – nearly as much as the college degree premium.
doi.org/10.3368/jhr....
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Well done, Kristina.
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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@middecon.bsky.social's Kristina Sargent has had a very busy fall! Read her newest, on migration and colonial occupation in Economic History of Developing Regions. Congratulations, Kristina!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The history that moves us: Colonial duration, era of occupation, and migration
Colonialism has important effects for former colonies, and despite the long colonial history between Europe and Africa, the nuances of the impacts of that history are relatively understudied. The c...
www.tandfonline.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
September 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Absolutely delighted to have renewed my Visiting Distinguished Professor contract @aalto.fi School of Business.

To quote Sally Field's Oscar speech, "I can't deny the fact that you like me!" Or that I like you back.
September 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Well done, Will and Kristina!
September 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Congratulations, @drerinwolcott.bsky.social!
Today is my first official day as Associate Professor of Economics with tenure! Super thankful for the support from family, friends, and colleagues helping make this dream a reality.
July 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What a start to summer! An unexpected “health shock” has left me on the sidelines for a couple of weeks – and in the hospital for one of them – but on either side of this, news of three conditional acceptances, which is as productive as I have ever been!
June 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
More from colleagues Raphaelle and Akhil on the economic consequences of wilddfires on @marketplace.org. Well done!
February 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I don't re-post a lot of articles, but this one deserves wide circulation ...
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Delighted for colleagues Raphaelle and Akhil to see their fascinating work featured in @nytimes.com.
January 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Big congratulations to @middecon faculty member Erick Gong, who was just promoted to full professor!

Bravo, Erick!
December 30, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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The MiddExLab Virtual Experimental Economics seminar series resumes next week! The talks are Thursdays at noon Eastern (NYC time) and all are welcome. Please sign up here to receive the Zoom links:

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September 25, 2023 at 6:30 PM