Vaasavi
LightNews LightNews
banner
vaasavi.bsky.social
Vaasavi
@vaasavi.bsky.social
280 followers 470 following 29 posts
PhD student at OSU & noodle enthusiast. Fraltwater macro; I study macro+political economy through endogenizing institutional constraints in a GE setting. (she/her/hers/lei)

vaasavi.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
vaasavi.bsky.social
🗣️We're starting a reading group! 🗣️

Hello #EconSky! Pedro Oliboni & I are on the hunt for other folks interested in the intersection of political economy and macroeconomics. Interested? DM me!
The Political Macroeconomy Reading Group, organized by Pedro Oliboni (University of Chicago) and Vaasavi Unnava (Ohio State), explores how together private (market) choice and public (government) choice determine macroeconomic outcomes. The group engages with positive, normative, empirical, and theoretical questions. Broadly, we are interested in “endogenizing” public policy, comparing institutions, and whether normative economics is possible under rational expectations. Specifically, we will study issues from dynamic legislative bargaining and redistributional conflict to the interaction between political cycles and macroeconomic fluctuations. Readings span from classical works like Becker and Stigler to modern heterogenous-agent and political selection models by Acemoglu, Azzimonti, and Rios-Rull. We are actively looking for macroeconomics PhD students, candidates, and interested faculty with research interests in political economy who are looking to join for regular meetings to advance our work, collaborate, and learn from whoever else is working in this area.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
vaasavi.bsky.social
i am definitely not speaking from personal experience
a monkey sitting on a pillar, eating a garland of jasmine
December 21, 2024 at 10:29 AM
vaasavi.bsky.social
genuinely concerned that Google suggested i do this in kyoto
December 11, 2024 at 10:53 PM
vaasavi.bsky.social
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

(also so I can find and follow photogs 🙂‍↕️)
November 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
vaasavi.bsky.social
me, making a rational decision for once
December 4, 2023 at 6:22 PM
vaasavi.bsky.social
I'm sorry but this is sending me
December 4, 2023 at 6:21 PM