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Normally I would not be posting personal developments on this website, but in this case I have a pressing concern. My dad, Spanish economist Andreu Mas-Colell, is dealing with an incredibly difficult and unjust situation. 1/

Hey #econtwitter, Natalia Rigol and I are developing an MBA class where we introduce students to tools from applied econometrics for assessing social impact. 1/3

Couldn't agree more with the sentiment - everyone at every level staff-student-full is celebrating Scott Kominers tenured appointment today!

When I plan to present something that builds on Myerson’81, & a non-trivial fraction of audience say they haven’t seen it, I immediately stop what I’m planning to present & teach them Myerson optimal auction. There’s nothing I can present that’s more valuable for them than that.

What are the effects of salary benchmarking on the pay-setting of new hires? Zoe Cullen, Shengwu Li, and Ricardo Perez-Truglia invite your predictions by June 24! socialscienceprediction.org/predict/r/4176…

The amazing econimate created a wonderful video about our research on worker beliefs!! Paper: "Worker Beliefs about Outside Options" economics.mit.edu/files/21716 w/ @cp_roth Nina Roussille Benjamin Schoefer, many thanks econimate for this public good!! 👇

I’ve observed how much of Shengwu Li’s time has been consumed, daily, to fight his authoritarian uncle (prime minister of Singapore). And yet, he’s managed to produce some of the most “obviously” insightful economic theories of our time. You always have a home @ Stanford.

Thrilled to announce the lineup for the inaugural BFI Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference this August. Thank you to all the women who submitted fantastic papers to our call. Can't wait for the event this year, and for more in years to come. bfi.uchicago.edu/event/women-in…

"It's better if your job market paper is single authored."

Raffaella Sadun (Raffaella Sadun) will be the new director of the NBER Organizational Economics working group taking over from Bob Gibbons in 2023. Congratulations, Raffa! 🎉

This week I mentored a group interested in doing field experiments in organizations. As I noted earlier, framing matters: Rule #1: Never use the "E" word You "pilot" or "trial". Many organizations view the E word as repugnant. For an op ed view see ideas.repec.org/p/feb/artefa/0…

Still topping the chart as the most read QJE paper...

We're reviewing rolling applications for a pre-doctoral position. Come work with me and Ricardo Perez-Truglia!

Hands down more content in Soumaya’s thread than the pay transparency article referenced! Replete with amazing links - including Buffer CEO’s revisiting of decision to be transparent, and major Euro legislation on the horizon. Calling all pay transparency nerds.

Thank you John A. List for all the support and encouragement you offer young scholars, in all corners of the profession.

Had a discussion in class today whether auctioning off the right to set the room temperature can lead to an efficient outcome - here’s Claude v3’s take

A star in the making! Literally. This is Yana Gallen filming for Economics4Everyone. If you do not know her, you heard it here first. She will change the world. She is a bright, imaginative, hard working, and inspirational economist working at the intersection of gender

An econ multiverse crossover: It's (labor econ) x (auction theory). Here's a big update on the salary benchmarks paper that I wrote with Zoe Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia.

Considering applying for an econ PhD? The student-led Duke, Harvard, MIT, and Stanford Economics Mentoring Program (EMP) helps students from underrepresented groups connect with a grad student mentor. Applications are open until July 22nd! Learn more at: economicsmentoringprogram.com