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NEW: Populist leaders like US President Donald Trump are challenging the authority of independent technocrats and judges. In new research, Gabriele Gratton (UNSW Economics) and Jacob Edenhofer 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (Oxford Politics and IR) show how such backlash is a predictable development.

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Incorporating informative Bayesian priors into impact evaluation offers the ability to learn more from experiments. Leonardo Iacovone, early modern boy-actress (they/them) & David McKenzie demonstrate how to do this in the context of a Colombian exporting experiment. econometricsociety.org/publications/e…

New evidence on the intergenerational effects of intergroup contact: male civil servants exposed to female colleagues have daughters that are more likely to work. Link here: guoxu.org/docs/AFX_Beyon…, from Aneja, Silvia Farina, Guo Xu

We are hiring! We are seeking expressions of interest for appointment as Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University. DM me if you have questions. econjobmarket.org/positions/11635

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20337 On the Measurement of Social Heterogeneity Klaus Desmet Klaus Desmet SMU Cox School of Business SMU, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortin UC3M Economics, Romain Wacziarg UCLA Anderson School of Management ow.ly/3oR850W6ho3 #CEPR_PoE #EconTwitter

The opioid epidemic fueled economic hardship and a political shift. Areas hit hardest saw rising Republican support, from Carolina Arteaga and Vicky Barone nber.org/papers/w33904

From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science go.nature.com/44hKo29

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Excited to share that "Private response to exclusionary welfare policy: Evidence from Italian municipalities" is finally out in Journal of Public Economics! OPEN ACCESS at: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… A thread to summarize it for those interested 🧵(1/7) #econtwitter

Can early exposure to female authority figures help voters resist the culture backlash against advances in gender equality? I'll present ongoing work with the brilliant Julia Schulte-Cloos at EPSA on Friday. Link to an AI podcast episode of the paper: drive.google.com/file/d/1HoZmOf…

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I always thought more trade meant more diffusion of ideas. More Trade = More Diffusion, right? Not always! In Brazil, when the government blocked the flow of goods, firms started trading ideas instead. Tariffs led to diffusion. Here’s a true story that shows how. (Names

🚨Davide Cipullo Tommaso Colussi domenico rossignoli and I are happy to share the call for the 25/26 Political Economy – Work in progress seminars. Tuesday, 5-6 pm, Universita’ Cattolica. Open to anyone doing political economy! Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #econtwitter #poliscitwitter

Lead poisoning has shaped the distribution of violent crime, the structure of cities, and racial segregation. In the May issue, by Federico Curci (Federico Curci) and Federico Masera (Federico Masera) zurl.co/TPjLU

New working paper #econtwitter

Frontline Union Army captains cut desertions and boosted cohesion through leading by example, earning postwar-wage gains and greater recognition, from Andy Ferrara, Christian Dippel, and Stephan Heblich nber.org/papers/w34057

And it's finally out! Once again, thanks to my amazing coauthor Matteo Gamalerio, the editor, the referees, and all those who helped in this journey.

"State schools aimed to secularize Indonesia, but religious schools adapted, competing for students and strengthening Islamic identity instead." Recently accepted to #REStud, from @samuelbazzi, Hilmy and Benjamin Marx: restud.com/religion-educa… #EconTwitter

🚨🚨🚨 Davide Cipullo Tommaso Colussi domenico rossignoli and I are excited to open the call for the 2nd UniCatt Political Economy workshop! We have 2 great keynotes: A. Casella and D. Yanagizawa-Drott. Send us your papers (theory or empirics) and let us meet in Milano on December 18.

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