📢📢"Positioning firms along the capabilities ladder" New paper in ICC [Open Access] with Nanditha Mathew and Emanuele Pugliese Paper: doi.org/10.1093/icc/... Youtube video [16m07]: youtu.be/Ls0uZb9fVN0 #EconSky
!["Positioning firms along the capabilities ladder"
New paper in ICC [Open Access] with Nanditha Mathew and Emanuele Pugliese
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtag021
Youtube video [16m07]: https://youtu.be/Ls0uZb9fVN0](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kq2au76qlawyhz5um32ksdcw/bafkreigsxr3oaea56xkjclgmxau7tl3wxorls3dldzremo5z6jqg3ddf7e)
Alex Coad
@coad.bsky.social
An editor at Research Policy & Small Business Economics Prof at Waseda Business School, Tokyo
We know for a fact that FIFA is corrupt and bends the rules for friendly politicians (Trump got USA's red card ban cancelled after the match). So what about Argentina's many "miraculous" comebacks? 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/w...
A Presidential Phone Call, a Lifted Red Card and an Embattled World Cup
There was nothing unusual about a call from President Trump or the reversal of Folarin Balogun’s suspension, said the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino.
nytimes.com
📢📢 Research Policy 12th online conference for Early Career Researchers! Fri 25th September 2026, 2-4pm (UK time) Submit a 3 page abstract by Sun 23rd August Link for submitting: forms.gle/Xu7oXsSV2zYX... Link to RP page: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese... #EconSky
xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users.
Elon Musk's xAI files first lawsuit against Grok user accused of making child sex images.
arstechnica.com
U.S. airlines are starting to onboard more Starlink wifi capability. Here's a peek at their privacy Terms of Service. They apparently collect data from files and also use it for AI. starlink.com/legal/docume...
What if Andy Burnham could raise £15bn – without a tax rise? There's one catch. He'd need to solve the UK’s biggest and least-discussed tax problem. Almost half of all small business corporation tax isn't being paid - and nobody knows why. Thread:
Watch as a shadow causes Tesla self-driving v14.3.4 to swerve onto the wrong side of the road, forcing the driver to disengage! Elon Musk’s defective software should be banned from public roads.
I call Elon Musk a Nazi because he's an avowed white supremacist who undermines democracies, incites pogroms, targets minorities, intentionally caused the death of >750,000 people (so far) while laughing about it ("feeding USAID into the wood chipper"), and did a Sieg Heil at Trump's inauguration.
e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 2mo agosomehow achieving a trillion dollar net worth hasn't left our boy feeling any more secure or beloved
Surprising to see Prof. Susan Athey in the list...
maia arson crimew 🏴@crimew.gay · 2mo agoSCOOP: So remember Dialog, Peter Thiel's private society that doesn't have a public website and no public list of members? I (along with a number of other journalists) have just been tipped off that embedded in the code of their closed off website there IS what seems to be a list of some members.
We're just about through with legal review for Elon Take The Wheel, which means the book that explains how Elon Musk's wealth is built on a stack of corpses (probably) won't get me sued into homelessness! Please pre-order your copy today, and help build momentum! benbellabooks.com/shop/elon-ta...
Elon Take the Wheel - BenBella Books
Timely, thought-provoking, and rigorously sourced, Elon Take the Wheel invites readers to reconsider what automated driving promises, what it obscures, and what it means for the future of mobility.
benbellabooks.com
Weird: as a journal editor, I received a submission that cites a fake (but plausible-sounding) paper that I supposedly wrote in 2018! #AIslop #AIhallucination #EconSky
SpaceX S1 is out. I have to get my kid to soccer, will post stuff about this later or tomorrow. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
This is truly great work by @fredlambert.bsky.social and I highly recommend it. I hope Chancellor McCormick is reading along because it completely vindicates her take on Musk's machinations. Indeed, her take was far too tepid. electrek.co/2026/05/06/m...
Musk's AI empire is unraveling — the trial is just the beginning
From OpenAI's founding to the xAI implosion, a timeline of Elon Musk's decade-long obsession with controlling AI.
electrek.co
When I started my PhD on firm growth rates in 2004, I did not think the measurement of growth rates would become so politically charged. @stjepan-srhoj.bsky.social : let's hope the White House does not impose a new definition of High-Growth Firms (HGFs)!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoRFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"
Tesla Q1 earnings call is now live, Elon has begun his comments, follow along here www.youtube.com/live/qO7T5zg...
Tesla Q1 2026 Financial Results and Q&A Webcast
YouTube video by Tesla
youtube.com
Conjecture: Whatever your definition of “good”, a good bottle of whisky is cheaper than two good bottles of wine
![Let G be a set of items considered "good" according to a percentile-based criterion p(where ├ p∈(0,100]), such that G contains the top p% most expensive items in a given category.
For whisky and wine, let Wand V denote the sets of "good" whiskies and "good" wines, respectively, under the same percentile criterion p.
Then, for any w∈Wand any v∈V,
"price"(w)<2×"price"(v).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kq2au76qlawyhz5um32ksdcw/bafkreib44mif7vlzp3i3oya2k4vfskwemabahnbw4hfzfddz3ulmwlasoi)
“It’s digital sovereignty — and it’s quietly becoming the civilian version of rearmament.” More on the shift away from US tech. (HT @kentindell.bsky.social) www.marketwatch.com/story/europe...
Europe just started building a ‘kill switch’ for U.S. tech — and the market isn’t priced for it, says this strategist
Zoom and Microsoft are among those companies that could lose business as Europe seeks tech sovereignty, says Matthew Tuttle
marketwatch.com
New: A Houston woman is suing Tesla in Harris County, alleging that her Cybertruck, while using Tesla's "Full Self-Driving mode" tried to drive the car off of a bridge. Here is the dashcam footage provided by her lawyers: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
📢 Reminder!! RP ECR11 online conference Submit a 3 page abstract by Sun 22nd March #EconSky
Alex Coad@coad.bsky.social · 6mo ago📢📢Research Policy 11th online conference for Early Career Researchers! Mon 27th April 2026, 2-4pm (UK time) Submit a 3 page abstract by Sun 22nd March Link for submitting: forms.gle/bkMBQLia6Fhe... Link to RP page: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese... #EconSky
Learning Japanese hurts my eyes: in my ~A4 textbook, you need to distinguish markings with a size of about a hundredth of a centimeter...
... and the SI is now published in Issue 1, Feb 2026: link.springer.com/journal/1096...
Alex Coad@coad.bsky.social · 11mo ago📢📢 Now out! JTT SI on "Critical Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems" w/ Clemens Domnick, Pietro Santoleri, and @stjepan-srhoj.bsky.social Link to our SI Editorial: doi.org/10.1007/s109... Full-text view-only version: rdcu.be/eBOHy 6 papers were in the SI 🧵
Id like to run a special issue of a social science journal on "Calling Bullshit" where people can just go on a full on rant (anonymously if they like) and rip well established ideas to shreds. Zero requirements to be balanced or polite or have any respect for pompous senior professors.
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS #druid26 Copenhagen, Denmark June 8-10, 2026 Submission deadline: March 1 Web site: www.druid.dk
📢📢Research Policy 11th online conference for Early Career Researchers! Mon 27th April 2026, 2-4pm (UK time) Submit a 3 page abstract by Sun 22nd March Link for submitting: forms.gle/bkMBQLia6Fhe... Link to RP page: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese... #EconSky
New submission format at SBE: “Replications as Registered Reports” link.springer.com/journal/1118... You can get "in-principle acceptance" before data collection even begins; final paper gets published regardless the results, if the study is conducted rigorously. #EconSky
I'm a few minutes behind the live call, but here's my Q4 Tesla earnings call "live thread"! We start out with Elon announcing that Tesla's mission has changed to "Amazing Abundance," which represents a pivot from the "Sustainable Abundance" tagline he announced last year.