Sergio Ocampo
@socampdi.bsky.social
Econ Assistant Professor working on wealth inequality and macroeconomics
University of Western Ontario
Colombian 🇨🇴 + UMN PHD
https://sites.google.com/site/sergiocampod
University of Western Ontario
Colombian 🇨🇴 + UMN PHD
https://sites.google.com/site/sergiocampod
🚨We are Hiring at the University of Western Ontario🚨
We have 3️⃣ tenure-track positions:
•2 Open-Field
•1 linked to our Masters in Financial Economics (open to various fields)
Come work with us in 🇨🇦! Share with your students!
📄 Open-Field uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
📄 MFE Position uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
We have 3️⃣ tenure-track positions:
•2 Open-Field
•1 linked to our Masters in Financial Economics (open to various fields)
Come work with us in 🇨🇦! Share with your students!
📄 Open-Field uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
📄 MFE Position uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
uwo.ca
October 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨We are Hiring at the University of Western Ontario🚨
We have 3️⃣ tenure-track positions:
•2 Open-Field
•1 linked to our Masters in Financial Economics (open to various fields)
Come work with us in 🇨🇦! Share with your students!
📄 Open-Field uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
📄 MFE Position uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
We have 3️⃣ tenure-track positions:
•2 Open-Field
•1 linked to our Masters in Financial Economics (open to various fields)
Come work with us in 🇨🇦! Share with your students!
📄 Open-Field uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
📄 MFE Position uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
We are hosting the Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group at @westernu.ca!
This year's keynote is Kjetil Storesletten @hellerhurwicz.bsky.social
Program 👉 baxter-robinson.github.io/CMSG2025_Pro...
Registration is 100 CAD (70 for students!) 🔗https://economics.uwo.ca/about-us/workshops/index.html
This year's keynote is Kjetil Storesletten @hellerhurwicz.bsky.social
Program 👉 baxter-robinson.github.io/CMSG2025_Pro...
Registration is 100 CAD (70 for students!) 🔗https://economics.uwo.ca/about-us/workshops/index.html
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We are hosting the Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group at @westernu.ca!
This year's keynote is Kjetil Storesletten @hellerhurwicz.bsky.social
Program 👉 baxter-robinson.github.io/CMSG2025_Pro...
Registration is 100 CAD (70 for students!) 🔗https://economics.uwo.ca/about-us/workshops/index.html
This year's keynote is Kjetil Storesletten @hellerhurwicz.bsky.social
Program 👉 baxter-robinson.github.io/CMSG2025_Pro...
Registration is 100 CAD (70 for students!) 🔗https://economics.uwo.ca/about-us/workshops/index.html
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New study compares economic experiences of China and Mexico after they opened to international trade and foreign investment by Xing Xu, PhD student at UMN Econ
@umn-econ.bsky.social and research analyst at Minneapolis Fed @minneapolisfed.bsky.social and me:
www.minneapolisfed.org/research/sta...
@umn-econ.bsky.social and research analyst at Minneapolis Fed @minneapolisfed.bsky.social and me:
www.minneapolisfed.org/research/sta...
August 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New study compares economic experiences of China and Mexico after they opened to international trade and foreign investment by Xing Xu, PhD student at UMN Econ
@umn-econ.bsky.social and research analyst at Minneapolis Fed @minneapolisfed.bsky.social and me:
www.minneapolisfed.org/research/sta...
@umn-econ.bsky.social and research analyst at Minneapolis Fed @minneapolisfed.bsky.social and me:
www.minneapolisfed.org/research/sta...
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Monetary policy shocks affect more cities with low income per capita, both in prices and income. Just Accepted new paper by Juan Herreño @juanherreno.bsky.social and Mathieu Pedemonte @mathpedemonte.bsky.social zurl.co/njzAc
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juanherreno.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Monetary policy shocks affect more cities with low income per capita, both in prices and income. Just Accepted new paper by Juan Herreño @juanherreno.bsky.social and Mathieu Pedemonte @mathpedemonte.bsky.social zurl.co/njzAc
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Hello #econtwitter community: if any of you has been teaching any of my papers, would you mind shooting me a DM? I would hugely appreciate that 🙏 and thanks in advance!
June 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hello #econtwitter community: if any of you has been teaching any of my papers, would you mind shooting me a DM? I would hugely appreciate that 🙏 and thanks in advance!
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Tomorrow I will be finishing a 321 mile bike ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati to raise money for Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland in memory of my Aunt, Amy Jo Smith.
Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
July 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Tomorrow I will be finishing a 321 mile bike ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati to raise money for Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland in memory of my Aunt, Amy Jo Smith.
Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
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Next week I will be biking 321 miles from Cleveland to Cincinnati in memory of my Aunt Amy Jo. I am raising money for a nonprofit that supports people with Down Syndrome that was incredibly helpful to my Aunt. support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge 2025 - 321, Go for Amy Jo: Ride Across Ohio for Acceptance
This July I am riding 321 miles from Cleveland to Cincinnati with 2 other people to raise money for Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland in memory of my Aunt, Amy Jo Smith. Biking and Amy: Two of Amy's great...
support.gigisplayhouse.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Next week I will be biking 321 miles from Cleveland to Cincinnati in memory of my Aunt Amy Jo. I am raising money for a nonprofit that supports people with Down Syndrome that was incredibly helpful to my Aunt. support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
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Next was a pair of talks by Hugo Lhuillier (local root of wage inequality) and @socampdi.bsky.social (modeling wealth inequality) at @nber.org www.youtube.com/live/AUIIyL-... (3/6)
Inequality and Macroeconomics
YouTube video by NBER
www.youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Next was a pair of talks by Hugo Lhuillier (local root of wage inequality) and @socampdi.bsky.social (modeling wealth inequality) at @nber.org www.youtube.com/live/AUIIyL-... (3/6)
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Former graduate student Carlos Rondon Moreno and our colleague Christiane Baumeister catching up at a Central Bank of Chile conference:
July 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Former graduate student Carlos Rondon Moreno and our colleague Christiane Baumeister catching up at a Central Bank of Chile conference:
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“Artificial Intelligence and Learning the Macroeconomy: Workshop in Honor of Albert Marcet,” BSE Summer Forum, 19-20 June 2025.
June 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“Artificial Intelligence and Learning the Macroeconomy: Workshop in Honor of Albert Marcet,” BSE Summer Forum, 19-20 June 2025.
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June 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs
Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks'
Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan.
n.pr
June 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs
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Professor VV Chari in the @startribune.com on the legislation that recently passed the U.S. House: “We’re now out of the pandemic. This is a time for us to pursue perhaps a more responsible fiscal policy, but we seem to be going in exactly the wrong direction.”
www.startribune.com/the-fiscal-i...
www.startribune.com/the-fiscal-i...
The fiscal impact of the bill will be big, but it won’t be beautiful
Trillions estimated to be added to a federal debt that’s already unsustainable.
www.startribune.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Professor VV Chari in the @startribune.com on the legislation that recently passed the U.S. House: “We’re now out of the pandemic. This is a time for us to pursue perhaps a more responsible fiscal policy, but we seem to be going in exactly the wrong direction.”
www.startribune.com/the-fiscal-i...
www.startribune.com/the-fiscal-i...
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Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
June 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
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Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
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from me!
‘Andor’ star Diego Luna refuses to take credit for reshaping ‘Star Wars.’ His colleagues beg to differ.
In Diego Luna’s Orbit
‘Andor’ star Diego Luna refuses to take credit for reshaping ‘Star Wars.’ His colleagues beg to differ.
www.vulture.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
from me!
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Rising Concentration of Household Shopping, Superstar Firms, and Implications for Retail Markups" by Justin H. Leung and Zhonglin Li. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Rising Concentration of Household Shopping, Superstar Firms, and Implications for Retail Markups
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper documents an increase in concentration of household
shopping in the US retail sector from 2004-2019. Despite a
growing number of stores, households visit fewer store...
www.aeaweb.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Rising Concentration of Household Shopping, Superstar Firms, and Implications for Retail Markups" by Justin H. Leung and Zhonglin Li. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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We are hiring! We are seeking expressions of interest for appointment as Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University. DM me if you have questions.
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We are hiring! We are seeking expressions of interest for appointment as Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University. DM me if you have questions.
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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We are opening three full professor positions in beautiful Innsbruck!
June 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
We are opening three full professor positions in beautiful Innsbruck!
Checkout @1954swilliamson.bsky.social analysis of *stablecoins* and the implications of the GENIUS act.
Steve provides a straightforward understanding of the main issues👇
Steve provides a straightforward understanding of the main issues👇
1/Krugman's piece is a useful summary of the implications of the GENIUS Act, which sets up a legal framework for stablecoins. To add to this, a stablecoin is basically a bank. Like all banks, it holds assets, and issues liabilities intended to ... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/digital-co...
Digital Corruption Takes Over DC
Time to call crypto what it is: A criminal enterprise
paulkrugman.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Checkout @1954swilliamson.bsky.social analysis of *stablecoins* and the implications of the GENIUS act.
Steve provides a straightforward understanding of the main issues👇
Steve provides a straightforward understanding of the main issues👇
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1/Krugman's piece is a useful summary of the implications of the GENIUS Act, which sets up a legal framework for stablecoins. To add to this, a stablecoin is basically a bank. Like all banks, it holds assets, and issues liabilities intended to ... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/digital-co...
Digital Corruption Takes Over DC
Time to call crypto what it is: A criminal enterprise
paulkrugman.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1/Krugman's piece is a useful summary of the implications of the GENIUS Act, which sets up a legal framework for stablecoins. To add to this, a stablecoin is basically a bank. Like all banks, it holds assets, and issues liabilities intended to ... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/digital-co...
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The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.
Aerial view westward over the Blatten deposit and the newly formed lake upstream! 🧊🌊
📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin
📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin
May 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.
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An emerging narrative on the right is that international students take seats away from deserving domestic students - a zero sum thinking about what universities do and their function
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May 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
An emerging narrative on the right is that international students take seats away from deserving domestic students - a zero sum thinking about what universities do and their function
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In the most recent issue of @restatjournal.bsky.social (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...), we (Kaspar Wuthrich and @karthik-econ.bsky.social) provide guidance on how to analyze and design experiments with factorial designs (or cross-cuts). A 🧵 below:
May 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In the most recent issue of @restatjournal.bsky.social (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...), we (Kaspar Wuthrich and @karthik-econ.bsky.social) provide guidance on how to analyze and design experiments with factorial designs (or cross-cuts). A 🧵 below: