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Identifying corruption via typography: Evidence from Calibri tgam.ca/2u6Mi6m

Thom Yorke is as great as ever

For almost a decade, Alan Deardorff (U-M Economics) has been linking to trade-related newspaper stories on a close-to-daily basis. I only discovered this webpage today: www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/news…

Claims that refugees raise crime rates in the U.S. are refuted by the data | bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via bopinion

I am thrilled to be joining Johns Hopkins SAIS as Assistant Professor this fall! I am incredibly grateful to my mentors, family, and friends for their support throughout. Very much looking forward to this new chapter!

Are you a Ph.D. student studying international economics (broadly construed)? Come visit Dartmouth 🌲 for a term - we'll pay you! Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/9440 DartmouthEcon, Tuck School, Douglas Irwin, Nina Pavčnik, Andrew Bernard, Teresa Fort, Emily Blanchard

Midjourney Versions Comparison🤯 The same prompts are used. It was launched just one year ago, and the progress is insane.

To all my friends teaching international trade courses, we just released some new figures for your lecture 1. Take a look at the latest edition of our Data Blog, which nicely illustrates the pattern of trade and protection: wto.org/english/blogs_…

Paper with Duranton accepted in Econometrica has growth model in urban system where endogenous planning regulations balance agglomeration & congestion to suit incumbents, estimates urban benefit & cost elasticities, studies predictions & counterfactuals 🧵 diegopuga.org/papers/hcgrowt…

📢 Join us Monday at 11:30 ET for an Online Spatial & Urban Seminar seminar! Diana Sverdlin-Lisker (World Bank) presents “Fragmented Markets and the Proliferation of Small Firms: Evidence from Mom-and-Pop Shops in Mexico” (osus.info) Brian McCaig & Anna Vitali will be our panelists!

It's job-market season again! I have a terrific student on the market, Pedro Degiovanni (@Jg78e928f72), who is finishing his PhD this academic year. Let me tell you a bit about him and his job-market paper. You can find more info at pedrodegiovanni.com

Evidence collected at mom-and-pop shops in Mexico can tell a lot about the retail sector reality in developing countries. 🛍️ Findings point that increasing consumers' spatial mobility could lead to greater competition among stores and enable growth wrld.bg/AYjZ50Qc9MH

JMP🧵1/ startups matter for macro! I spent years fascinated by a missing investment puzzle Why did macro investment ⬇️ if profitability ⬆️? I found firms' investment boomed! Boom missing in macro data because: ⬇️ startup rate ⬆️ firm age Please share: sites.harvard.edu/martin-aragone…

Here's a link to my slides, in case you may be interested: scholar.harvard.edu/sites/scholar.… I ended up spending a significant amount of time reviewing the "charted waters," but that seemed important when speaking to a general-interest audience. Please do share any comments/suggestions.

We Johns Hopkins SAIS are looking for an assistant professor in international macro. Come and work with us in our stunning new DC building! 😃 apply.interfolio.com/159423

Thank you to all the participants at MESIE 2025. Very interesting work on spatial and international economics. And very nice to meet you all and to host you in Abu Dhabi ☀️ #econtwitter keep an eye out here for next year's CfP!

Chris Udry's pick: Jensen 2007 QJE paper showing that cell phones reduce price dispersion in the fisheries sector in Kerala, India academic.oup.com/qje/article-pd… (This is a very interesting paper!) Other nominations?

Today's post: "Relative Price Changes, 1997-2017" blog.supplysideliberal.com/post/2018/3/16…

Another good evening at Edinburgh’s #libraryofmistakes My favourite headline ever here.