Yves Zenou
@yveszenou.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at Monash University and the Richard Snape Chair in Business and economics
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After nearly 10 years since we started working on it, our paper “How natural disasters spread conflict” (with @raschky.bsky.social @yveszenou.bsky.social and Junjie Zhou) is now published in the European Economic Review 🤩
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November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
After nearly 10 years since we started working on it, our paper “How natural disasters spread conflict” (with @raschky.bsky.social @yveszenou.bsky.social and Junjie Zhou) is now published in the European Economic Review 🤩
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Here is a new paper that reviews the theoretical and empirical foundations of peer and network effects, aiming to bridge insights from both literatures.
Peer vs. Network Effects: Microfoundations, Identification, and Beyond *
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical foundations of peer and network effects, aiming to bridge insights from both literatures. We first examine the
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November 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Here is a new paper that reviews the theoretical and empirical foundations of peer and network effects, aiming to bridge insights from both literatures.
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🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt!
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt!
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Arthur Campbell, C. Matthew Leister, Philip Ushchev and @yveszenou.bsky.social develop a model of content-filtering to study how network structure shapes the distribution of political content: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
October 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Arthur Campbell, C. Matthew Leister, Philip Ushchev and @yveszenou.bsky.social develop a model of content-filtering to study how network structure shapes the distribution of political content: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
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Just spent two very inspiring days at the Summer School on Networks organized by my friend and coauthor @yveszenou.bsky.social at Monash Uni. Great lectures by Matt Jackson (Stanford), Sanjeev Goyal (Cambridge) and Yves — I learned so much! Thanks Yves!!!
www.monash.edu/business/eve...
www.monash.edu/business/eve...
Network Economics Conference and Summer School 2025
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September 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Just spent two very inspiring days at the Summer School on Networks organized by my friend and coauthor @yveszenou.bsky.social at Monash Uni. Great lectures by Matt Jackson (Stanford), Sanjeev Goyal (Cambridge) and Yves — I learned so much! Thanks Yves!!!
www.monash.edu/business/eve...
www.monash.edu/business/eve...
The summer school on networks (monash.edu/business/eve...) kicked off with
@jacksonmatthewo.bsky.social.
@jacksonmatthewo.bsky.social.
September 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The summer school on networks (monash.edu/business/eve...) kicked off with
@jacksonmatthewo.bsky.social.
@jacksonmatthewo.bsky.social.
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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @paulinegrosjean.bsky.social, @saumjha.bsky.social, @mvlass.bsky.social, and @yveszenou.bsky.social study when and how exposure to new political ideas can realign beliefs by leveraging the exogenous assignment of French soldiers to line infantry regiments in WWI.
Political Breakthroughs in the Trenches
ROCKWOOL Foundation
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July 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: @paulinegrosjean.bsky.social, @saumjha.bsky.social, @mvlass.bsky.social, and @yveszenou.bsky.social study when and how exposure to new political ideas can realign beliefs by leveraging the exogenous assignment of French soldiers to line infantry regiments in WWI.
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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.
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EJM - Econ Job Market
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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.
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@yveszenou.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social joins @talknormal.co.uk to discuss whether friendship can change our political beliefs.
Based on an experiment at #SciencesPo, this VoxTalks explores how even brief connections can bridge ideological divides.
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Based on an experiment at #SciencesPo, this VoxTalks explores how even brief connections can bridge ideological divides.
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#EconSky
May 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@yveszenou.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social joins @talknormal.co.uk to discuss whether friendship can change our political beliefs.
Based on an experiment at #SciencesPo, this VoxTalks explores how even brief connections can bridge ideological divides.
cepr.org/multimedia/d...
#EconSky
Based on an experiment at #SciencesPo, this VoxTalks explores how even brief connections can bridge ideological divides.
cepr.org/multimedia/d...
#EconSky
I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (@JacksonmMatt ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: www.monash.edu/business/eve...
Network Economics Conference and Summer School 2025
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April 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (@JacksonmMatt ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: www.monash.edu/business/eve...
New paper on crime and networks and on how to identify key player areas of crime in London! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Beyond Hot Spots: Enhancing Police Effectiveness by Incorporating a Spatial Network Approach
How can crime be disrupted most effectively without increasing resources? To answer this question, we develop a spatial network model to analyze crime diffusion
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March 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
New paper on crime and networks and on how to identify key player areas of crime in London! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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🎦 Economist Yves Zenou (Monash University) about his work on the impact of peers on the choices we make. Video 🇬🇧🇫🇷 ⤵️
#Scicomm @yveszenou.bsky.social @univ-amu.fr @cnrs-dr12.bsky.social @ehess-fr.bsky.social @centralemed.bsky.social
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#Scicomm @yveszenou.bsky.social @univ-amu.fr @cnrs-dr12.bsky.social @ehess-fr.bsky.social @centralemed.bsky.social
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February 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🎦 Economist Yves Zenou (Monash University) about his work on the impact of peers on the choices we make. Video 🇬🇧🇫🇷 ⤵️
#Scicomm @yveszenou.bsky.social @univ-amu.fr @cnrs-dr12.bsky.social @ehess-fr.bsky.social @centralemed.bsky.social
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#Scicomm @yveszenou.bsky.social @univ-amu.fr @cnrs-dr12.bsky.social @ehess-fr.bsky.social @centralemed.bsky.social
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After Bonacich centrality, there is now Bonacci coffee!
February 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
After Bonacich centrality, there is now Bonacci coffee!
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Recent data on immigrant criminality: Immigrants have had lower incarceration rates than US-born for 150 years. And, relative to the US-born, immigrants' incarceration rates have declined since 1960. Immigrants today are 60 percent less likely to be incarcerated. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1870–2020
(December 2024) - We provide the first nationally representative long-run series (1870–2020) of incarceration rates for immigrants and the US-born. As a group, immigrants have had lower incarceration ...
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December 31, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Recent data on immigrant criminality: Immigrants have had lower incarceration rates than US-born for 150 years. And, relative to the US-born, immigrants' incarceration rates have declined since 1960. Immigrants today are 60 percent less likely to be incarcerated. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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✨ #IZAdventCalendar 2️⃣0️⃣
🎁 Today's insight: Disruptive classmates have lasting impacts on academic and career outcomes.
Test scores ⬇️ Graduation ⬇️ STEM pursuits ⬇️
@sgoulas.bsky.social @silviagriselda.bsky.social @rmegal.bsky.social @yveszenou.bsky.social #EduSky
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🎁 Today's insight: Disruptive classmates have lasting impacts on academic and career outcomes.
Test scores ⬇️ Graduation ⬇️ STEM pursuits ⬇️
@sgoulas.bsky.social @silviagriselda.bsky.social @rmegal.bsky.social @yveszenou.bsky.social #EduSky
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The hidden costs of classroom disruptiveness
How peer behavior shapes academic and career outcomes
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December 20, 2024 at 11:56 AM
✨ #IZAdventCalendar 2️⃣0️⃣
🎁 Today's insight: Disruptive classmates have lasting impacts on academic and career outcomes.
Test scores ⬇️ Graduation ⬇️ STEM pursuits ⬇️
@sgoulas.bsky.social @silviagriselda.bsky.social @rmegal.bsky.social @yveszenou.bsky.social #EduSky
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🎁 Today's insight: Disruptive classmates have lasting impacts on academic and career outcomes.
Test scores ⬇️ Graduation ⬇️ STEM pursuits ⬇️
@sgoulas.bsky.social @silviagriselda.bsky.social @rmegal.bsky.social @yveszenou.bsky.social #EduSky
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ConGrats to amazing Antonio Penta who will start as an editor @reveconstudies.bsky.social January 1 (replacing Galeotti, who has completed his term):
www.antoniopenta.eu
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December 19, 2024 at 4:58 PM
ConGrats to amazing Antonio Penta who will start as an editor @reveconstudies.bsky.social January 1 (replacing Galeotti, who has completed his term):
www.antoniopenta.eu
www.antoniopenta.eu
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Dear friends and followers, for those of you who are interested, here is the recording of the Nobel banquet speech: shapingwork.mit.edu/news/daron-a...
Daron Acemoglu delivers remarks at 2024 Nobel Banquet - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
On December 10, 2024, Daron Acemoglu delivered an acceptance speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, on behalf of himself, Simon Johnson, and James A.…
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December 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Dear friends and followers, for those of you who are interested, here is the recording of the Nobel banquet speech: shapingwork.mit.edu/news/daron-a...
Here is a new paper on how do disruptive peers influence academic and career trajectories. We find that classroom peer disruptiveness has significant and persistent negative effects on various academic outcomes both in the short and long term. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Disruptive Peers and Academic Performance: Short-and Long-Term Outcomes
How do disruptive peers shape academic and career paths? We examine this question by leveraging the random assignment of students to classrooms in Greece and id
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December 12, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Here is a new paper on how do disruptive peers influence academic and career trajectories. We find that classroom peer disruptiveness has significant and persistent negative effects on various academic outcomes both in the short and long term. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: Spillovers in criminal networks: Evidence from co-offender deaths
Read Matthew Lindquist, Eleonora Patacchini, @mvlass.bsky.social and @yveszenou.bsky.social study on spillover effects within criminal networks by leveraging the deaths of co-offenders: https://buff.ly/4gl45t2
Read Matthew Lindquist, Eleonora Patacchini, @mvlass.bsky.social and @yveszenou.bsky.social study on spillover effects within criminal networks by leveraging the deaths of co-offenders: https://buff.ly/4gl45t2
December 9, 2024 at 3:19 PM
NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: Spillovers in criminal networks: Evidence from co-offender deaths
Read Matthew Lindquist, Eleonora Patacchini, @mvlass.bsky.social and @yveszenou.bsky.social study on spillover effects within criminal networks by leveraging the deaths of co-offenders: https://buff.ly/4gl45t2
Read Matthew Lindquist, Eleonora Patacchini, @mvlass.bsky.social and @yveszenou.bsky.social study on spillover effects within criminal networks by leveraging the deaths of co-offenders: https://buff.ly/4gl45t2
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How does classroom disruptive affect your performance and educational choice?
Together with @rmegal.bsky.social Yves Zenou and Sofojlis Goulas we combine admin data and reduce form estimates, with lab in the field and theory model to answer this question. Working paper coming soon...
Together with @rmegal.bsky.social Yves Zenou and Sofojlis Goulas we combine admin data and reduce form estimates, with lab in the field and theory model to answer this question. Working paper coming soon...
December 10, 2024 at 6:08 AM
How does classroom disruptive affect your performance and educational choice?
Together with @rmegal.bsky.social Yves Zenou and Sofojlis Goulas we combine admin data and reduce form estimates, with lab in the field and theory model to answer this question. Working paper coming soon...
Together with @rmegal.bsky.social Yves Zenou and Sofojlis Goulas we combine admin data and reduce form estimates, with lab in the field and theory model to answer this question. Working paper coming soon...
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Fantastic @econometric.bsky.social plenary by genius
@bengolub.bsky.social introduced by legendary
@yveszenou.bsky.social. Thank you for having us Yves!
@bengolub.bsky.social introduced by legendary
@yveszenou.bsky.social. Thank you for having us Yves!
December 5, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Fantastic @econometric.bsky.social plenary by genius
@bengolub.bsky.social introduced by legendary
@yveszenou.bsky.social. Thank you for having us Yves!
@bengolub.bsky.social introduced by legendary
@yveszenou.bsky.social. Thank you for having us Yves!
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I am honoured and delighted to have been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project grant for my 3-year project: "Women in STEM: The Longer-Term Effects of Teachers." My message to fellow researchers out there is: never give up!
December 1, 2024 at 11:33 AM
I am honoured and delighted to have been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project grant for my 3-year project: "Women in STEM: The Longer-Term Effects of Teachers." My message to fellow researchers out there is: never give up!
Well deserved!
delighted to see this prize go to Arun Chandrasekhar, a pioneer in applications and theory of networks in economics and social science more broadly
a fantastically talented and energetic scholar
a fantastically talented and energetic scholar
December 2, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Well deserved!