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Alex Armand

@armandalex

Economist | Associate Professor @NovaSBE | Also at @cepr_org @iza_bonn @TheIFS @novafrica | PhD @EconUCL | From Aosta, Italy 🏔🏔🏔🏔

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If you're choosing the PhD in Economics & Finance and have questions to ask, register for #PhDTalk on November 10. Don't miss the opportunity to clarify all your questions. Sign up here: bit.ly/3Qp6zvb #NovaSBE

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Don't miss the opportunity to clarify all your questions.
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Join us at the upcoming @NOVAFRICA Conference in June  2024 We will again be gathering leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss critical topics in development economics. 🔗 rb.gy/66ocv

Join us at the upcoming @NOVAFRICA Conference in June  2024

We will again be gathering leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss critical topics in development economics.

🔗 rb.gy/66ocv
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New #develolpmenteconomics paper by Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, Antonella Bancalari and STICERD's Maitreesh Ghatak on 'Public service delivery, exclusion and externalities: Theory and experimental evidence from India' sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/PUBLICATI…

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New #develolpmenteconomics paper by Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, Antonella Bancalari and STICERD's Maitreesh Ghatak on 'Public service delivery, exclusion and externalities: Theory and experimental evidence from India' sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/PUBLICATI…

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🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 2024 @NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development NovaSBE on June 27-28 Submit your paper by Feb 15: bit.ly/3Hffiff Keynotes: Seema Jayachandran Seema Jayachandran David McKenzie David McKenzie Chris Udry Christopher Udry #NOVAFRICA2024 #EconTwitter

🚨 Call for Papers  🚨

2024 @NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development

<a href="/NovaSBE/">NovaSBE</a> on June 27-28

Submit your paper by Feb 15: bit.ly/3Hffiff

Keynotes:
Seema Jayachandran <a href="/seema_econ/">Seema Jayachandran</a>
David McKenzie <a href="/dmckenzie001/">David McKenzie</a>
Chris Udry <a href="/chrisudry/">Christopher Udry</a>

#NOVAFRICA2024
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🚨JOB ALERT🚨 I am looking for a #Predoc to work w/ me + interdisc team on the large-scale experim evaluation of a #workforce-empowerment intervention via #technology in a nationwide home-visiting programme in #Ecuador 🇪🇨 Econ RA Listings ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

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My wonderful colleague Jaime Millán is organizing the following event: II Spanish Workshop in Development Economics Pamplona, Oct 24-25 NCID ICS Unav Universidad de Navarra Keynote speakers: Enrique Seira (Michigan State) & David Evans (Inter-American Development Bank) Submission deadline: June 16 RT plz!

My wonderful colleague Jaime Millán is organizing the following event:

II Spanish Workshop in Development Economics

Pamplona, Oct 24-25 <a href="/ncid_unav/">NCID</a> <a href="/ICS_unav/">ICS Unav</a> <a href="/unav/">Universidad de Navarra</a>

Keynote speakers: <a href="/SeiraEnrique/">Enrique Seira</a> (Michigan State) &amp; <a href="/DaveEvansPhD/">David Evans</a> (<a href="/the_IDB/">Inter-American Development Bank</a>)

Submission deadline: June 16

RT plz!
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“In 1946 amid persistent racial divisions, popular radio series Adventures of Superman launched Operation Intolerance, a sequence of new episodes promoting equality, rejecting racial discrimination and exposing the KKK’s bigotry. We find lasting impacts…” dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4…

“In 1946 amid persistent racial divisions, popular radio series Adventures of Superman launched Operation Intolerance, a sequence of new episodes promoting equality, rejecting racial discrimination and exposing the KKK’s bigotry. We find lasting impacts…” dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4…
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From #media narratives to racial #equality: How Superman helped to pave the ground for Civil Rights Alex Armand, @atwellpaul, @j_fgomes, Giuseppe Musillo Tilburg University, Yannik Schenk @LIDAM_UCLouvain ow.ly/ZC1950SWFwn

From #media narratives to racial #equality: How Superman helped to pave the ground for Civil Rights
<a href="/ARMANDalex/">Alex Armand</a>, @atwellpaul, @j_fgomes, Giuseppe Musillo  <a href="/TilburgU/">Tilburg University</a>, Yannik Schenk @LIDAM_UCLouvain
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A sudden shift in the narrative of the 1940s children’s radio programme 'The Adventures of #Superman' promoted racial tolerance & advanced civil rights in the post-WWII United States, VoxEU cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

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One-year post-doc position in the Economics of Crime at the University of Turin, Italy Economics UniTO. Collegio Carlo Alberto Flexible starting date, deadline in one week! PhD needed. Email me if you have any questions. bandi.mur.gov.it/bandi.php/publ…

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🎓 Mini-course on Subjective Expectations in Economics 🎓 📅 For PhD students | June 8, 2025 📍 Nova SBE, Lisbon Gain insights on this rapidly growing area & stay for the 8th workshop on Subjective Expectations 🔗 Apply now: forms.office.com/e/XWj0ZBKZsh

🎓 Mini-course on Subjective Expectations in Economics 🎓
📅 For PhD students | June 8, 2025
📍 Nova SBE, Lisbon
Gain insights on this rapidly growing area &amp; stay for the 8th workshop on Subjective Expectations
🔗 Apply now: forms.office.com/e/XWj0ZBKZsh
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🎉 It’s here! The CEPR Development Economics Annual Symposium 2025, hosted jointly with NovaSBE @NOVAFRICA European Research Council (ERC) is happening today in Carcavelos. We’ll be live-tweeting throughout the day — stay tuned for real-time updates, insights, and highlights. #EconDev

🎉 It’s here! 

The <a href="/cepr_org/">CEPR</a> Development Economics Annual Symposium 2025, hosted jointly with <a href="/NovaSBE/">NovaSBE</a> @NOVAFRICA <a href="/ERC_Research/">European Research Council (ERC)</a> is happening today in Carcavelos.

We’ll be live-tweeting throughout the day — stay tuned for real-time updates, insights, and highlights. 
#EconDev
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🎊 SESSION 1 kicking off at #CEPRNova2025! (A thread) Chaired by Alex Armand (NovaSBE & @NOVAFRICA), we kick off the day with exciting papers on bureaucracies, trading networks, and tax compliance in Uganda and Senegal. 👇 Follow the papers in this thread:

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SESSION 2 now live at #CEPRNovaSBE2025! (Thread) 📍Room D-115 Chaired by Erika Deserranno (Universita Bocconi, Northwestern & @CEPR) This session dives into public service delivery and healthcare systems across India and beyond. 👇 Follow the papers in this thread:

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🎉 Finally! session 6 is about to kick off at #CEPRNovaSBE2025! Chaired by Alex Armand (NovaSBE & @NOVAFRICA) 👇 Follow the papers in this thread:

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👏Thank you for joining us at the CEPR Development Economics Symposium 2025, joint with NovaSBE @NOVAFRICA European Research Council (ERC) ! We had an incredible two days filled with thoughtful discussions and amazing research on development economics. See you at future NOVAFRICA events!

👏Thank you for joining us at the <a href="/cepr_org/">CEPR</a> Development Economics Symposium 2025, joint with <a href="/NovaSBE/">NovaSBE</a> @NOVAFRICA <a href="/ERC_Research/">European Research Council (ERC)</a> !

We had an incredible two days filled with thoughtful discussions and amazing research on development economics.

See you at future NOVAFRICA events!