Excellent opportunity for pre-docs! 👇

Here's a reminder that we're hiring in Economics and Finance at UPF! One week left to submit your applications to join us at this excellent institution! More info: econjobmarket.org/positions/8612

Remember the Estonians who sent a mobile sauna & laundry complex to the Ukrainian Army? They’ve joined forces with Finns, Latvians, & Lithuanians to send TEN MORE, which will serve 5,000 frontline defenders. Check out saun.slava.ee Follow them here: Saunas For Ukraine

Estonia has decided. A clear win for PM Kaja Kallas & staunchly pro-Ukraine policies. Remember last year, Kremlin accounts spread a false story that she’d resign from a backlash to her support for Ukraine? Well, she just received more votes than anyone in Estonian history.

📢 Hi #EconTwitter! Isaac Baley and I are looking for a part-time research assistant starting June 2023 to work with us (and M. García-Santana) on government purchases and firm dynamics. Deadline: May 16. Details and instructions to apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/96829

⭐️ Call for the 2nd edition of "Firm Heterogeneity & Macro" is out! Bonn Oct 12-13, 2023, Deadline: Jun 15! Keynotes: Jan Eeckhout and Paolo Surico tinyurl.com/m5zthf7c Co-organizers: Matthias Meier Isaac Baley Joachim Jungherr #EconTwitter

Looking forward to an exciting two days of our "Financial Shocks, Channels, and Macro Outcomes" #BSEForum Workshop starting tomorrow. If you're around, come stop by! Barcelona School of Economics

Üritan abielu ja tütre sündi Eesti rahvastikuregistrisse kanda. Eesti saatkond Madriidis nõuab “originaaldok-e” allkirja + templiga. Hispaania ametnikud: “elame digiajastul ja selliseid asju enam ei tehta” – kõik dok-id on elektroonilised ja sertifikaadid netis kontrollitavad. 🤷‍♂️

Good time to resurrect this 🧵 on "Q-Monetary Transmission" with Ricardo Lagos ⭐️⭐️⭐️ , now "Just Accepted" at JPE. (A few decimals have been updated during revisions, but the main ideas in the 🧵 apply fully to the final version.) Looking forward to seeing it in print!

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The United States as the International Lender of Last Resort: very cool paper by Diego Bohórquez (diegoboh.github.io), who is on the market this year. This paper suggests that the US, rather than the banker of the world, really acts as the world's central banker. Check it out!

📢(Last minute) Call for Papers📢 Measuring the effects of financial frictions on the macroeconomy? Submit to this year's edition of “Financial Shocks, Channels, and Macro Outcomes” @ the 2024 Barcelona School of Economics Summer Forum (June 17-18). Deadline Feb 28. bse.eu/summer-forum/w…

We will also be discussing Financial Shocks, Channels, and Macro Outcomes. Speakers and papers in the link below! bse.eu/summer-forum/w… #bseforum Priit Jeenas Persistdebt (José-Luis Peydró)

UPF/ESADE research team presenting at the European Investment Bank seminar on "Designing policies to support the transformation of the EU economy" Priit Jeenas Carolina Villegas Andrea Caggese

Had a terrific visit to Danmarks Nationalbank last week. Thanks a lot for having me!