Tim Martens
@tmartens.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Accounting. Innovation and Disclosure Research.
www.diss-conference.com www.timmartens.de
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Tim Martens
@tmartens.bsky.social
· Dec 17
References or it didn't happen.
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This slide unfortunately generalizes well 🥲
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This slide unfortunately generalizes well 🥲
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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New federal data has revealed a 19% year-on-year decline in international students entering the US in August 2025, including a 45% drop from India, America’s largest sending country. thepienews.com/internationa...
International student arrivals to the US fall by 19%
The US recorded a 20% drop in student visa arrivals this August, though the full picture remains unclear amid contradictory datasets.
thepienews.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
New federal data has revealed a 19% year-on-year decline in international students entering the US in August 2025, including a 45% drop from India, America’s largest sending country. thepienews.com/internationa...
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Ending slavery increased GDP by 9.1% as slavery reduced the welfare of the enslaved substantially, while only generating minuscule welfare gains to slave owners. Fascinating topic that once again highlights how coercive instructions are economically detrimental!
www.nber.org/papers/w3435...
www.nber.org/papers/w3435...
The Economic Geography of American Slavery
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...
www.nber.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ending slavery increased GDP by 9.1% as slavery reduced the welfare of the enslaved substantially, while only generating minuscule welfare gains to slave owners. Fascinating topic that once again highlights how coercive instructions are economically detrimental!
www.nber.org/papers/w3435...
www.nber.org/papers/w3435...
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Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out
As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
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in Canada, the Liberals were historically unpopular, then Trump started talking about the 51st state stuff, the Liberal leader did a lot of talk about resisting him, and the polls looked like this:
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
in Canada, the Liberals were historically unpopular, then Trump started talking about the 51st state stuff, the Liberal leader did a lot of talk about resisting him, and the polls looked like this:
Fuck yea! Science!
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Fuck yea! Science!
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Research active faculty teach classes that are significantly closer to the knowledge frontier.
August 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Research active faculty teach classes that are significantly closer to the knowledge frontier.
Agree.
Good news for China, India and Canada:
"firms respond to restrictions on H-1B immigration by increasing foreign affiliate employment... particularly in China, India, and Canada. The most impacted jobs were R&D- intensive."
"firms respond to restrictions on H-1B immigration by increasing foreign affiliate employment... particularly in China, India, and Canada. The most impacted jobs were R&D- intensive."
September 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Agree.
Chinese AI labs must celebrate the 100k visa EO.
September 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Chinese AI labs must celebrate the 100k visa EO.
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"Cutting the VAT rate on restaurant meals, for example, was not one of the most pressing priorities coming out of the Munich Security Conference."
Well put, Deutsche Bank. (On the disappointment with Germany's infrastructure fund helping to finance giveaways.)
Well put, Deutsche Bank. (On the disappointment with Germany's infrastructure fund helping to finance giveaways.)
September 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Cutting the VAT rate on restaurant meals, for example, was not one of the most pressing priorities coming out of the Munich Security Conference."
Well put, Deutsche Bank. (On the disappointment with Germany's infrastructure fund helping to finance giveaways.)
Well put, Deutsche Bank. (On the disappointment with Germany's infrastructure fund helping to finance giveaways.)
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"New study finds salary benchmarking cuts pay gaps by 25%. Pay dispersion partly arises from firms’ uncertainty about market rates, with key implications for pay transparency policy."
New paper from Perez-Truglia, Li & Cullen
www.restud.com/whats-my-emp...:
#econsky
#REStud
New paper from Perez-Truglia, Li & Cullen
www.restud.com/whats-my-emp...:
#econsky
#REStud
September 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"New study finds salary benchmarking cuts pay gaps by 25%. Pay dispersion partly arises from firms’ uncertainty about market rates, with key implications for pay transparency policy."
New paper from Perez-Truglia, Li & Cullen
www.restud.com/whats-my-emp...:
#econsky
#REStud
New paper from Perez-Truglia, Li & Cullen
www.restud.com/whats-my-emp...:
#econsky
#REStud
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Hate speech fuels stochastic terrorism risk.
"Stochastic terrorism has been defined as the incitement of a violent act through public demonization of a group or individual.”
Amman and Malloy (2021)
www.jstor.org/stable/27073...
"Stochastic terrorism has been defined as the incitement of a violent act through public demonization of a group or individual.”
Amman and Malloy (2021)
www.jstor.org/stable/27073...
Stochastic Terrorism: A Linguistic and Psychological Analysis A Linguistic and Psychological Analysis on JSTOR
Molly Amman, J. Reid Meloy, Stochastic Terrorism, Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol. 15, No. 5 (October 2021), pp. 2-13
www.jstor.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hate speech fuels stochastic terrorism risk.
"Stochastic terrorism has been defined as the incitement of a violent act through public demonization of a group or individual.”
Amman and Malloy (2021)
www.jstor.org/stable/27073...
"Stochastic terrorism has been defined as the incitement of a violent act through public demonization of a group or individual.”
Amman and Malloy (2021)
www.jstor.org/stable/27073...
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The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Fascinating read.
September 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Fascinating read.
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"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
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Tired: Adjusting for covariates
Wired: “Building a digital twin”
Wired: “Building a digital twin”
September 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tired: Adjusting for covariates
Wired: “Building a digital twin”
Wired: “Building a digital twin”
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➡️ Deadline approaching—only one month left to send in your papers and presentation proposals for #CDSM2025!
🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚨
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹)
📥 Submission Deadline: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚨
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹)
📥 Submission Deadline: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
August 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
➡️ Deadline approaching—only one month left to send in your papers and presentation proposals for #CDSM2025!
🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚨
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹)
📥 Submission Deadline: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚨
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹)
📥 Submission Deadline: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
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🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS
👩🎓 Workshop Disclosure, Information Sharing, and Secrecy
DISS 2026
📅 February 23-24, 2026
🔬 Online (Zoom)
Deadline: November 15
Submit papers on information disclosure (or non-disclosure) in econ, mgmt science, accounting, law, et al.
#EconSky
#EconConf
@tmartens.bsky.social
👩🎓 Workshop Disclosure, Information Sharing, and Secrecy
DISS 2026
📅 February 23-24, 2026
🔬 Online (Zoom)
Deadline: November 15
Submit papers on information disclosure (or non-disclosure) in econ, mgmt science, accounting, law, et al.
#EconSky
#EconConf
@tmartens.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS
👩🎓 Workshop Disclosure, Information Sharing, and Secrecy
DISS 2026
📅 February 23-24, 2026
🔬 Online (Zoom)
Deadline: November 15
Submit papers on information disclosure (or non-disclosure) in econ, mgmt science, accounting, law, et al.
#EconSky
#EconConf
@tmartens.bsky.social
👩🎓 Workshop Disclosure, Information Sharing, and Secrecy
DISS 2026
📅 February 23-24, 2026
🔬 Online (Zoom)
Deadline: November 15
Submit papers on information disclosure (or non-disclosure) in econ, mgmt science, accounting, law, et al.
#EconSky
#EconConf
@tmartens.bsky.social
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It appears that the marginal energy used by a standard prompt from a modern LLM is relatively established at this point, roughly 0.0003 kWh (8-10 seconds of streaming Netflix)
Water is more complicated (.25mL to 5mL+), depending on definitions. Training resources are much less clear at this point.
Water is more complicated (.25mL to 5mL+), depending on definitions. Training resources are much less clear at this point.
August 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It appears that the marginal energy used by a standard prompt from a modern LLM is relatively established at this point, roughly 0.0003 kWh (8-10 seconds of streaming Netflix)
Water is more complicated (.25mL to 5mL+), depending on definitions. Training resources are much less clear at this point.
Water is more complicated (.25mL to 5mL+), depending on definitions. Training resources are much less clear at this point.
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
Great news but it also very telling that this moves to Luxembourg.
Great news!
IZA (the German labor economics institute that had lost its main source of financial support) has found a new home and will continue as a convener and disseminator of knowledge.
Hurrah!
IZA (the German labor economics institute that had lost its main source of financial support) has found a new home and will continue as a convener and disseminator of knowledge.
Hurrah!
August 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great news but it also very telling that this moves to Luxembourg.
Braucht keine Worte.
August 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Braucht keine Worte.