I'm ecstatic that my paper on cleaning up the Great Lakes is finally out, after all these years. I'm so grateful that I got to work on this project with Robyn Meeks and Michael Moore. Great coauthors make all the difference, and these two have taught me so much!

Please join us for the second annual Development Economics in the South (DevSouth) workshop on April 19! Hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Submit your paper by March 1st! We welcome submissions in all areas of development economics. haslam.utk.edu/event/developm…

This paper on the taxation of nonresident income by U.S. states is out in this month's issue of AEJ: Policy. @EconTester aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Excited to share that the Washington Post mentioned my article with ugo antonio troiano and Mark Dincecco on the introduction of the state income tax. David R. Agrawal and @EconTester also get a shout out. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Do taxes affect migration? Academic researchers offer new evidence - from golf courses & American history - check out my review of recent articles by David R. Agrawal @EconTester Joshua Rauh Traviss Cassidy ugo antonio troiano & other leading tax experts taxfoundation.org/blog/taxes-sta…

I am speaking at AERE 2024 Summer Conference. whova.com/xems/apis/open… Title: Pollution Liability Insurance and Corporate Environmental Compliance in China (w/Fan Wu & Yiyuan Zhang). We look at Electroplating and Circuit Board industry violations. DALL-E Depiction:

District splitting in Indonesia reduced short-term GDP despite increased transfers. Just Accepted new paper by Traviss Cassidy (Traviss Cassidy) and Tejaswi Velayudhan (Teju Velayudhan) zurl.co/FKIR

Very happy to have this paper out in broad circulation.

Congratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (Stefanie Stantcheva s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of Harvard University, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! aeaweb.org/about-aea/hono…

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Hot off the press! The August issue is out now. Featuring ‘The Rise of the Engineer: Inventing the Professional Inventor During the Industrial Revolution’ by W Walker Hanlon Northwestern Economics Royal Economic Society Oxford Journals OUP Social and Behavioural Sciences #EconTwitter 👉bit.ly/4ftxD8D

David Roodman writes: consumers of economic research are more truth-seeking than the producers. Here is Roodman's recap of his re-analysis of a set of papers on temperature and judge decision-making. The comment process is not working that well! Gory details in 🧵 1/