It's #elections in econometrics!

#EconTwitter

Marine pools in #Hermanus , #SouthAfrica , very nice, but an example of a privatised #publicgood , funded by all & used by the few chosen ones during #Apartheid . #EconTwitter #inequality

Although I have read & taught some of Joe Henrich papers, I am now embarking on a more thorough WEIRD experience #EconTwitter #EconomicGrowth #economics #development

From today’s Financial Times

#economy #econtwitter

From The Economist.

#economy #markets #debt #growth #econtwitter

6 cools things about BSE PhD Jamboree 2024
1. A two-day seminar 60+ PhD students and visiting students from Barcelona School of Economics UB School of Economics and more. This year marked as the first edition we invited students outside BSE community.
#econtwitter

Now, fascinating keynote speech by Clemens Fuest on ' #Taxation and #ClimatePolicy : Why the Carbon Dividend Concept is Misguided' #econtwitter #taxtwitter

In case you're wondering why the US economy has held up so well.

People are overspending.

#EconX #EconTwitter

What makes an agricultural scientist collaborate with an astronomer?

1/n

#causality #statistics #agriculture #causalinference #CausalBanditsPodcast #causaltwitter #epitwitter #econtwitter

From the @wsj.

#economy #china #markets #trade #econtwitter

From today's The Wall Street Journal.

(FWIW, I have a 35% probability for a US recession in 2024-25, 50% for a soft-landing, and 15% for a productivity-driven improvement in both the growth and inflation outlook.)

#economy #markets #econtwitter

🚨ICYMI, we have an open-rank #professor position in #InternationalEconomics Université Neuchâtel

unine.ch/files/live/sit…

#JobAlert #econtwitter

What happens when fellow economists from all over the world arrive at my hometown in Singapore for the ESA conference...
Siri Isaksson
Alex Coutts Fabio Galeotti Adam Zylbersztejn
#econtwitter Economic Science Association

Very nice presentation by Shahir Safi from New Economic School on the economics of referrals from weak and strong ties #EconTwitter

U.S. public and corporate debt were 170% of GDP in 2023

Unemployment was at a 54-year low

Debt-to-GDP has increased 67% since the Great Financial Crisis
#economy #EconomyNews #econtwitter #EconomyMonetary #inflation

Optimization of the #GeneralizedCovarianceEstimator in #NoncausalProcesses
shorturl.at/fnzH1
Gubadda Giancaterini Hecq Jasiak
Università di Roma Tor Vergata Maastricht University York University SSRN RePEc
#EconTwitter
#CausalNoncausalModels #SimulatedAnnealing #Optimization #CommodityPrices

Per Bloomberg, “US Consumer Sentiment Slumps as Inflation Expectations Rise” (details below).
Add that to other indicators of the slight stagflationary wind blowing through the economy.
#economy #growth #inflation #econtwitter

It's Day 2 of the BSE PhD Jamboree! This year's edition is the first to invite paper submissions by PhD students outside the Barcelona School of Economics research community.

Check out the full program:
ow.ly/P69z50RzGiU

#bseJamboree #bseResearch #EconTwitter

WP🚨 with Dan Zeltzer Daniel Nevo Bar Weinstein & Walk.
If you used an IV, you likely ran a falsification or placebo test for exogeneity. We show these tests can be *too harsh*. They can flag issues even if the IV is exogenous. #EconTwitter #CausalInference
arxiv.org/abs/2312.15624
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