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I teach price theory and kinda agree with Ben Golub’s critique, even if think Price Theory should be central in undergrad economics education. The example in the Landsburg piece does not put price theory’s best foot forward. But the reason is pedagogical. It feels like the

🏙️🏗️🇧🇷Our research team is seeking a part-time research assistant (RA) to work on a project about Land Value Capture and Air Rights in the city of Sao Paulo.

1. There are legit econ arguments for price controls, applied judiciously at least 2. Our job is not to parrot public opinion anyway 3. "They disagree with us, thus we should ignore them" is a bad take 4. What is unlawful and what is uneconomical are not always the same

Come and join the Strategic Management group at Rotman. Applications for Assist Prof close October 17. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-As…

I'm hiring a pre-doc to work with me on empirical IO/applied micro projects starting in Fall '25! Details below and instructions here: shoshanavasserman.com/call_for_predo… International students (who need J1) are welcome & non-econ bgs are fine given interest + curiosity. Please apply :)

My group, the Office of the Chief Economist at Microsoft, is hiring an economist! Our team gets to work with partners across the company to solve interesting and complex problems using a combination of theory and empirics. Please apply if interested! jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/…

📢Please retweet📢 Arthur van Benthem, Benjamin Lockwood, Corinne Low, and I are hiring 3 predoctoral researchers (in environmental, behavioral, and public econ) to start July 2025. Prior RAs got into Berkeley, Princeton and Brown (all econ PhDs). Rolling review: sberkouwer.github.io/BEPPhiring.pdf

Benny Kleinman and I are hiring two predoctoral researchers to work on a range of projects at the intersection of macro, trade, spatial and climate change, starting summer 2025. International students are welcome. Come join us! More info & instructions: siepr.stanford.edu/programs/siepr…

We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis for a full-time pre-doctoral fellowship in economics! (We have flexibility around your start date in 2025; candidates with non-traditional career paths all welcome.) Econ RA Listings sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

PhD workshop announcement: NBER Digital Economics and AI. At Stanford on Feb 12. Details here: nber.org/calls-papers-a…

Together with JoVanBiesebroeck we just finished the paper "Demand, Competition and Public Policy in the Automobile Industry - An Overview of Research since BLP" Happy reading, while waiting to see whether Empirical IO will get a Nobel prize this year drive.google.com/file/d/1RPN8NW…

Hi folks in IO & related fields. The NBER IO Winter Meetings will be Jan 31 - Feb 1, 2025 @ Stanford. There's still time to submit a paper for consideration. Please do so by November 15th: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/bac… Matt Grennan, Claudia Allende SC & I are organizing

If you're on the market as an IO or IO-adjacent economist, I really encourage you to sign up. I've heard of people using this list for many things, both during the market (e.g. recruiting) and after (e.g. inviting for seminars). It's an easy way to get some exposure.

Exciting news: we Harris Policy The University of Chicago are hiring faculty (open rank) in energy/environmental economics/policy. Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/158559 CSWEP CSMGEP womenalsoknowstuff @POCalsoknow AEA Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals #EconTwitter EOE/Vet/Disability

My group at Microsoft is hiring again! This time looking for junior candidates specifically wanting to study advertising. Academic friends (econ or business school especially), please let me know if you have PhD students we should look at! Listing here: jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/…

Happy NYC Congestion Pricing Day to all who celebrate! The journey has just begun - a lot more work to do.

Excited about this new paper with Sam Earnest, Dmitri Koustas, and Constantine Yannelis. We study the recent forgiveness of 7% (!) of student loan debt in the US 1/13

Today, Donald J. Trump (The White House) signed an executive order on drug pricing. Thank you to everyone who pointed out that Shosh Vasserman, Pierre Dubois, and I looked at this sort of policy in our paper. A quick thread on the main results with some important nuance.

Forthcoming in the AER: "Robustness Measures for Welfare Analysis" by Zi Yang Kang and Shoshana Vasserman. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…