Since everyone is watching the Fed these days, I wanted to tweet out a paper by Christina Patterson (full disclosure: my wife!), John Coglianese, and Maria Olsson (PCO) that provides new important evidence that monetary policy (really) matters! (1/n) Link christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…

Our column on ``The Confederate Diaspora'' with Samuel Bazzi, Andy Ferrara, Thomas Pearson and @patesta VoxEU Full paper: shorturl.at/fvzH Thread: ⬇️

🚨 New Working Paper: Religion and Growth w/ Sascha O. Becker & Jared Rubin We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function—physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology—to frame the role of religion in economic growth. monash.edu/__data/assets/… 🧵1/9

Boston University’s Economics Department is proud to introduce an outstanding cohort of job market candidates for the 2023-2024 season. Follow this thread to learn about students’ JMPs, or go to bu.edu/econ/job-marke… to find out more. #EconTwitter

🚨Excited to present my JMP! "Discretion versus Algorithms: Bureaucrats and Tax Equity in Senegal" drive.google.com/file/d/1EAPqRR… #EconTwitter #EconJobMarket 🧵[1/11]

J’Accuse! Antisemitism and Financial Markets in the Time of the Dreyfus Affair | Quoc-Anh (Q.A.) Do, Roberto Galbiati, Benjamin Marx, Miguel A. Ortiz-Serrano #EconTwitter cesifo.org/en/publication…

Very happy to see our paper introducing the HiSCoD database compiled and published in APSR ! Interested in historical social conflict? Explore our dataset that covers a wide range of countries and centuries !

Come work with me! I'm hiring an RA to work on projects on social protection, state capacity, and climate change. Apply here: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear…

Our book "Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean" is officially OUT! I cannot be happier and more thankful to all of our wonderful authors, tagged below, and reviewers. Just in time for Christmas! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Bravo Vincent 🥳🥳 c'est tellement mérité et nous sommes tous très fiers de toi !

Very excited to see this summary come at VoxDev. The accepted paper is also online at AER AEA Journals this week [aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…]. The paper estimates the effects of a large public works program (UPSNP) on the urban poor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 🧵👇Clément Imbert

Nous y sommes! Le CNRS a créé officiellement l'Equipe Mixte de Recherche (EMR 5001) Equality and Conflict (EqCo) adossé au CERGIC et hébergé à l'ENS de Lyon ENS de Lyon!!

Very excited to share our new NBER paper “Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States” w/ Amory Gethin! ⬇️⬇️ We provide systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes. A 🧵 (1/9).

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A new era for CGD! 🌍🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rachel Glennerster Rachel Glennerster will be the new President of CGD! Building on the legacies of Nancy M. Birdsall and @MasoodCGD, Rachel is set to propel CGD forward with her rigorous approach to development economics,

Un immense bravo à Alexandra Roulet ! Très heureux de cette nomination Le Cercle des économistes en compagnie de Antonin Bergeaud et Fanny Henriet, et reconnaissant envers tous mes coauteurs et collègues (anciens & actuels) à ScPoEcon et BU Economics lemonde.fr/economie/artic…

Check the revised "Eat Widely, Vote Wisely: Lessons from a Campaign Against Vote Buying in Uganda," Chris Blattman Benjamin Marx and Otis Reid In a project where results were not as expected, and as a result we learned a ton about party responses against anti-vote-buying

This fantastic paper 😁 paper is finally out! It has been a great research journey with Benjamin Marx and E. Henry Also very grateful to my colleagues at Economics at Zurich and CERGIC for their insightful discussions Looking for a summary? See youtube.com/watch?v=fCKFnR… by econimate

thomas chaney and I updated our working paper on "Trade and the End of Antiquity" (which recently got some airtime here). A short re-cap: 1/n