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Silke Forbes
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Economist at Tufts University. Industrial Organization and Org Econ. MIT and Uni Mannheim alum. Formerly at UCSD Econ and CWRU Econ.
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rsogalla.bsky.social
New WP:
"𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨"
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👥 Till Köveker, Philipp Richter and Alexander Schiersch

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DIW Berlin: Clean Production, Dirty Sourcing: How Embodied Emissions Alter the Environmental Footprint of Exporters
This paper revisits the exporter’s environmental premium (EEP) by incorporating emissions embodied in domestically and internationally sourced intermediate inputs. Combining administrative firm-level ...
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July 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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ei-sky.bsky.social
Does digital competition hurt truthful reporting?

Economists @ayushpan.bsky.social l & @icotrombetta.bsky.social construct a theoretical model to provide insights. For breaking news, speed can reduce accuracy, while for investigative work, reputation drives careful reporting.

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June 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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martinfriedrich.bsky.social
We're hiring a postdoc in labor economics at IAB Nuremberg! Join @ineshelmecon.bsky.social, @jnimczik.bsky.social & me on a project about gig work.

🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25
💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month

🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program

Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
June 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
If this stands, and if it spreads, it would be a crushing blow to higher education in America -- and also a major new contributor to our trade deficits.

Higher ed is one of the most reliable surplus drivers that our country can offer.

Free link www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
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May 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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timobres.bsky.social
#econsky What do we know about “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation” and about MIT's investigation of this paper, which apparently led to expulsion of its author? And what should we change in response. /1
May 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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adamshap.bsky.social
Job postings in DC:

(Chart from Goldman)
May 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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ganglmair.bsky.social
Subjektives Sicherheitsgefühl in D grad am Boden. 50m vor einer Polizeiwache wird auf offener Straße, vor unserer Kita, am hell-lichten Tag auf jemanden eingestochen. Wie erklär ich das meinem 7yo? #WeLoveMannheim???
May 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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umn-econ.bsky.social
We are sad to announce that former faculty member and Minnesota Econ Ph.D. alum Patrick Bajari passed away on Monday.

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Remembering Patrick L. Bajari (1969-2025)
Patrick L. Bajari was a pioneer spanning the academic and business worlds.
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April 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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oechssler.bsky.social
I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested!

#EconJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd #Economics #JobAlert
March 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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stevecicala.bsky.social
Welcome to Bluesky, my Tufts colleague @jingli-econ.bsky.social ! Jing has a new NBER working paper out today on political ideology and EVs:
March 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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martingaynor.bsky.social
@assumenormality.bsky.social has been kind enough to build and post an archive of AHRF data, which are a treasure trove of county level information on socio-economic-demographic characteristics, health care resources, health measures, … See below for the link.
March 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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aeajournals.bsky.social
China’s efforts to regulate its most energy-intensive firms led to reduced energy use at targeted firms, but largely because they shifted production to other firms in their conglomerate network, say researchers at FuDan, Stanford, and Duke University. #econsky. www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
Regulation and conglomerate production
The response of major Chinese companies to stringent energy use regulations
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February 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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danielraimi.bsky.social
Come intern with us at @rff.org! We are accepting applications for our annual PAID summer internship program in Washington, DC. And one position will be working with me on tax policy related to critical minerals development. Please share!

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RFF Summer Research Internship Program
The RFF summer internship program provides an opportunity for students to prepare for careers that engage in academic and policy-relevant research.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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aeacswep.bsky.social
Based on feedback from past participants, potential applicants, and mentors, the CeMENT workshop will now be held June 30 - July 2, 2025, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. To apply, go to: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
Deadline to apply is March 15.
CeMENT: Mentoring for Junior Faculty
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January 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
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International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
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January 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Call for papers for this excellent IO/competition workshop 2-3 June in Cambridge, organised by my colleagues Flavio Toxvaerd & @cgenakos.bsky.social oligoworkshop2025.econ.cam.ac.uk
Oligo Workshop 2025
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January 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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bencasselman.bsky.social
Economists are in the wilderness. Politicians and the public have rejected their advice on everything from trade to climate change. They held comparatively little sway under Biden, and stand to hold less under Trump. Can they find their way back to influence?
#EconSky
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Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? (Gift Article)
Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.
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January 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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adamshap.bsky.social
The SF Fed has a new data indicators page: Regional Indicators for Labor Markets and Prices.

This page provides data on labor market conditions, prices, and earnings across US states.

Thanks to economists Leila Bengali and Genya Duzhak for setting this up.

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January 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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igorletina.bsky.social
Planning your 2025 economics conference schedule? I've updated my list of general interest, IO, and theory conferences: www.igorletina.com/conferences....

New this year: you can generate a calendar file 📅 to easily track dates and submission deadlines of selected conferences.

#econsky
January 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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nealemahoney.bsky.social
Thrilled to see the FTC finalize their junk fee rule.

Markets work when consumers can easily observe the full price.

Mandatory back-end fees make it hard to comparison shop, blunting the forces of competition.

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Federal Trade Commission Announces Bipartisan Rule Banning Junk Ticket and Hotel Fees
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December 17, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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johncawley.bsky.social
From our AEA cttee on the job market, here's the December update on the status of the job mkt for PhD economists of the 2024-25 cycle.
A thread with graphs follows...

#EconJobMarket
#EconSky
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1/9
December 9, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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This is a really nice paper on how online ratings can be biased by selection, in particular if "experts" have both better ability to identify high quality products and have stricter rating criteria, this will punish high quality products.
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micherossi.bsky.social Michelangelo Rossi @micherossi.bsky.social · Dec 9
🧵 Excited to share that our paper, "The Good, The Bad, and The Picky: Consumer Heterogeneity and the Reversal of Product Ratings" (joint with Tommaso Bondi and Ryan Stevens), is forthcoming at Management Science!
December 9, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Send your labor papers and come present at Princeton!

Deadline is Dec 22.

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Call for Papers: 2025 Northeast Labor Symposium for Early Career Economists
2025 Northeast Labor symposium seeks to build community among junior faculty working on labor economic topics. Deadline to submit proposals is December 22, 2024.
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December 6, 2024 at 9:57 PM
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CIDER development economics pre-doc fellows program now accepting applications for a July 2025 start date. Come work with me, Jenny Aker, John Hoddinott, Martina Occelli, Heather Schofield, Joanna Upton, @johanneshaushofer.com, and more cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree...
Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell Collaborative for International Development Economics Research (CIDER), Cornell University
CIDER: The Cornell Collaborative for International Development Economics Research (CIDER) is a new cross-campus venture at Cornell University encompassing 23 faculty from multiple units across the Cor...
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December 7, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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sebkoenigs.bsky.social
🚨 We are hiring!

The #OECD is looking to hire one or several Economists / Policy Analysts to work on labour market and social policy, including on #inequalities.

The vacancy is open until 3 January 2025.

Please spread the word, retweet and apply! #EconSky

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Economist(s) / Policy Analyst(s)
Company Description: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation of 38 member countries that works to build better policies for better lives. Our...
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December 4, 2024 at 4:49 PM