This new paper is so cool! It shows that the media use language structures—such as passive voice, nominalizations, and intransitive verbs—that obscure responsibility more often in cases of police killings than in cases of civilian killings. Then, in an experiment, it shows

Building state capacity & performance in fragile states: evidence from Afghanistan - a study by Bocconi’s Stefano Fiorin & others, via VoxDev Read 👇 voxdev.org/topic/institut…

First time writing a handbook chapter! Always fun to work with Guy, Rafa, and Lena :) Hopefully, this guide will be useful, especially for graduate students conducting their first experiments on social media

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In YouTube’s early days, co-founder Steve Chen felt depressed because only 40 videos had been uploaded.

Apple extends its market power in the smartphone market by creating disutility for non-users, from Leonardo Bursztyn, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, and @cp_roth nber.org/papers/w33642

Interested in participating in the Friends of ITAM Political Economy Workshop in Mexico City on August 16? ITAM Alumni Conference will take place on Friday, August 15. In addition, this year, the day after the Alumni conference, we are trying to organize a Friends of ITAM

If we have learned ONE thing from all the issues with social media, it's exactly to avoid engagement-maximizing business models

My latest blog post is on the work of Marta Prato, and how we can increase the rate of innovation. Read it all below!

A practical guide to running social media experiments Guy Aridor Kellogg School, Rafael Jiménez-Durán Rafael Jiménez Durán Università Bocconi Stigler Center, Ro'ee Levy Tel Aviv University, Lena Song University of Illinois ow.ly/TEbJ50W7xqG

Valuations of alternative social apps increase more in response to a collective TikTok ban than to an individual TikTok deactivation, from Leonardo Bursztyn, Matthew Gentzkow, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, and @cp_roth nber.org/papers/w33901

What a cool paper!

He who is rich owns the day.

Closing the 3rd CEPR workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society

Excited to see this paper forthcoming!

We warmly welcome Marta Prato (Marta Prato), Bocconi University, to the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. Her expertise and perspective will support our goal of publishing research at the highest standard. #econtwitter #REStud

The future is now, old man

Another important behavioral (vs survey) social media consumption research (from Ro'ee Levy, Rafael Jiménez Durán & co-authors). 45% of voters only see 5 election-related exposures per day (consumption is driven by heavy consumers). Steady until EDay w/ small peaks around events

The Economics Department Università Bocconi is hiring 2 junior (AP) economists! If you are on the job market looking for a great place to live and do research, please apply! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…