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Romain Wacziarg
@romainwacziarg.bsky.social
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Professor at UCLA, Managing Editor of the JEEA
Website: http://wacziarg.bol.ucla.edu/
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The August 2025 issue of the Journal of the European Economic Association is now published (academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...). It consists of 10 fantastic papers from a wide range of fields of economics. @jeeanews.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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voxdev.bsky.social
🆕 Why doesn’t global capital flow to where it’s most productive, in developing countries?

Today on VoxDev, Bruno Pellegrino (Columbia Business School), Enrico Spolaore (Tufts) & @romainwacziarg.bsky.social (UCLA) discuss barriers to global capital flows: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Why doesn’t global capital flow to where it’s most productive, in developing countries?
International capital flows can boost global growth and reduce inequality, but numerous geopolitical barriers distort where investment goes – often away from developing countries where it is most prod...
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August 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
romainwacziarg.bsky.social
The June 2025 issue of the Journal of the European Economic Association is now available for download (academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...). It consists of great 10 papers from a wide range of fields of economics.
@jeeanews.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
romainwacziarg.bsky.social
Delighted that after many years of hard work, Barriers to Global Capital Allocation (written jointly with Bruno Pellegrino and Enrico Spolaore), will be coming out in the QJE. academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
Barriers to Global Capital Allocation*
Abstract. Observed international investment positions and cross-country heterogeneity in rates of return to capital are hard to reconcile with frictionless
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June 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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jeeanews.bsky.social
Forthcoming article by Charles Louis-Sidois "Both Judge and Party? Investigating the Political Unbiasedness of Fact-checkers" @eeanews.bsky.social

Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat...

doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
April 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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I'm honored to present the April 2025 issue of the JEEA - featuring 10 outstanding papers. @jeeanews.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...
April 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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My new paper with @guillaumeblanc.bsky.social is out as an NBER Working Paper. Demographic pressures have had lasting effects on the spread of diasporas. Malthusian migrations contributed to sustained improvements in living standards in Europe in the 19th century. www.nber.org/papers/w33542
Malthusian Migrations
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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March 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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guillaumeblanc.bsky.social
🚨 Migration as escape valve from Malthus 🚨

1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas
2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth

www.nber.org/papers/w33542

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March 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
romainwacziarg.bsky.social
Very glad to present the February 2025 issue of the JEEA - featuring 10 papers from some of the world's best economists, in a wide range of fields. academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...
@jeeanews.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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resmedia.bsky.social
📣We are pleased to share the report “Improving the Publication Process in Economics” by an ad-hoc joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee - Joseph Altonji, Kevin Lang, Erzo Luttmer, Imran Rasul, Stefanie Stantcheva, Romain Wacziarg and Guido Imbens.

Read and share your views👉 buff.ly/4bg6xQi

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February 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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pantras.bsky.social
Very grateful to the @jeeanews.bsky.social for the super quick turnaround, and to the editor and referees for their constructive comments! @romainwacziarg.bsky.social @Referee_1 @Referee_2 @Referee_3
February 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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eeanews.bsky.social
📢 #EconSky Silvana Tenreyro will give the 2025
@jeeanews.bsky.social - FBBVA lecture "Monetary Policy and the Effective Lower Bound"
🗓️Sat, Jan 4 @ 12:30 PST
📍 #ASSA2025
🪑@romainwacziarg.bsky.social‬
ℹ️ bit.ly/3DoXnEn
December 18, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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jeeanews.bsky.social
Forthcoming article by @econsandy.bsky.social Paul J Devereux, Fanny Landaud and Kjell Salvanes "The (Un)Importance of Inheritance" @eeanews.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvae056
The (UN)Importance of Inheritance
Abstract. Transfers from parents—either in the form of gifts or inheritances—have received much attention as a source of inequality. This paper uses admini
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December 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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eeanews.bsky.social
⬇️ recording of @pantras.bsky.social's @jeeanews.bsky.social - FBBVA lecture now here:
www.youtube.com/watch?si=DHX...
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December 22, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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jeeanews.bsky.social
A big welcome to our new Associate Editors
Thrilled to have you on board!
Alexander Bloedel, Klaus Desmet, Paula Gobbi @miaryc.bsky.social Diego Känzig, Chen Lian, Benjamin Marx, Isabelle Mejean, Michael Thaler @johanneswohlfart.bsky.social
@eeanews.bsky.social
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January 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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guillaumeblanc.bsky.social
If you're at ASSA, consider going to the ASREC session on Sunday 8-10am, where my co-author @romainwacziarg.bsky.social will be presenting our paper "Malthusian Migrations"!
January 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
romainwacziarg.bsky.social
The December issue of the JEEA is out, with 10 excellent papers in fields as diverse as finance, macro, political economy, environmental economics... academic.oup.com/jeea/issue @jeeanews.bsky.social @eeanews.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 7:16 AM
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mdoepke.bsky.social
The Journal of the European Economic Association (which I co-edit) is now on Bluesky: @jeeanews.bsky.social.

Send us your best papers!
November 19, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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eeanews.bsky.social
📢 Pol Antràs will give the 2024 @jeeanews.bsky.social -
FBBVA lecture "The Uncharted Waters of International Trade"
Hélène Rey will act as discussant.
🗓️Tues, Dec 10 @ 18:00 CET
📍Madrid
ℹ️on attendance & travel grants for PhD students in Spain bit.ly/41eK3MT
November 20, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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eeanews.bsky.social
📢 @jeeanews.bsky.social Excellence in Refereeing Award 2024 announced
🎉Warm congrats @peterandre.bsky.social @felixchopra.bsky.social Daniel Ershov, Christina Gathmann Duarte Gonçalves, Moritz Kuhn, Ro’ee Levy, Mathilde Muñoz, Pablo Schenone & Adam Storeygard
December 2, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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guillaumeblanc.bsky.social
Going to give this website a try - with a new profile picture! Definitely feels like an econ bubble, but I guess that’s the point.

Expect a thread on my newest work, Malthusian Migrations (with @romainwacziarg.bsky.social), soon! 🚨

www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/...
November 19, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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jeeanews.bsky.social
Forthcoming article by Thomas Brzustowski and Francesco Caselli "Economic Growth in a Cooperative Economy" @eeanews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
Economic Growth in a Cooperative Economy
Abstract. We develop and formalise an equilibrium concept for a dynamic economy in which production takes place in worker cooperatives. The concept rules o
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November 19, 2024 at 6:54 AM