Can the democracy we experience when young shape how politicians vote decades later? In our new article in @jeppjournal.bsky.social, with @matildecer.bsky.social, and @francescoscervini.bsky.social, we study this using roll-call votes in the European Parliament. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The enduring impact of democracy on political behaviour: voting on European integration in the European Parliament

This paper explores how early-life exposure to democracy shapes the voting behaviour of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Drawing on the ‘impressionable years’ hypothesis, we analyse 30 ye...

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Incredible source! Many thanks to @adreher.bsky.social and coauthors for this great effort!

Axel Dreher@adreher.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD) invites submissions to its new working paper series. If you have a paper using sub-national aid data, let us know. First contributions by Jimmy Graham; @andreaf.bsky.social, Marcella Nicolini, @fabiosabatini.bsky.social: godad.me/papers/

A couple of thoughts about AI and academia (in economics at least): you can’t look at Claude Code without concluding that it’s a complete game changer in the production of research. 1/

Glad to be here!

Pietro Battiston 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸@pietrobattiston.it · 8mo ago

Today our speaker at Dep. of Economics @unipisa.bsky.social will be @andreaf.bsky.social ( @UnivPoliMarche ), who will present "Stigma and Attitudes Toward Immigrants", joint work with Matilde Giaccherini . www.ec.unipi.it/eventi/andre... #econsky #seminar #migration

Last week I had the pleasure of hosting the European Economic Science Association Meeting in Brno🇨🇿. It was intense, inspiring, and unforgettable. Thank you all for joining us - here are a few highlights 👇

New Dataset Maps Losses from Natural Disasters to the County Level 1996-2023 via New York Fed libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/07/new-...

Trust is a precious currency in today’s world. So it matters that trust in the EU among EU citizens has grown for 4 consecutive years. Now reaching its highest level in 18 years, according to an EU-wide survey. Read more: europa.eu/!Tp94N4

Eurobarometer shows record high trust in the EU, and strong support for the euro and a common defence and security policy

The latest Eurobarometer survey released today reveals the highest level of trust in the European Union in 18 years and the highest-ever support for the euro.

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📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7 Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻 When? November 20-21 November 🍂 For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨 Please circulate!

Big: The final version of a randomized, controlled World Bank study finds using a GPT-4 tutor with teacher guidance in a six week afterschool program in Nigeria had "more than twice the effect of some of the most effective interventions in education" ("equating to 1.5 to 2 years" of standard school)

Empirical papers have steadily replaced theoretical papers (& simulation) in economics: www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Who could’ve anticipated

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · last yr.

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🧵La settimana scorsa, la New York University (NYU) ha sospeso il diploma di uno studente di Economia che, nel discorso tenuto durante la cerimonia di laurea, ha menzionato “le atrocità” e condannato “il genocidio” in corso in Palestina. 1/13

This is a great article in the latest issue of the JEP for anyone teaching panel methods (any level). Love this history of economic terms and ideas feature. #Econsky pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

📣 Call for Papers: 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, organized jointly with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social 📅 24 - 25 October 2025, Munich Keynotes: Ben Enke (@harvard.edu), Gilat Levy (LS) Organizers: Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt ℹ️ Info & Submissions Link: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

L'account ufficiale della Casa Bianca e l'account ufficiale di POTUS hanno davvero postato questa cosa qui. Mai l'istituzione era caduta così in basso. Una perdita di credibilità che danneggia gli americani e il mondo, e che gli Stati Uniti impiegheranno molto tempo a ricostruire.

Just finished teaching a class on taxation in the Economics and Public Policy master's at @sciencespo.bsky.social. My slides, heavily inspired by courses by Charles Brendon, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and Emmanuel Saez, are here: 👉 wouterleenders.eu/KAFP3355/06_... Feedback very welcome!

Sul Foglio oggi in edicola (e online) trovate un mio editoriale sulle ragioni del dietrofront di Trump e le prospettive per l'Europa. Ho consegnato il pezzo in redazione alle 13 di ieri. La sera i dazi erano già cambiati (ma le considerazioni rimangono valide) 👇 www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2025/...

I dazi di Trump, la fuga dai Treasury e l'opportunità per l'Europa

La retromarcia del tycoon non mette al riparo dalla guerra commerciale. L'emissione di nuovo debito europeo per difesa, transizione verde e infrastrutture può offrire valide ...

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📢 Hey #EconSky, 5 more days to submit your full paper to our Workshop on Social Economy for Young Economists! 🗣️ Keynotes: Lea Cassar (@uniregensburg.bsky.social ) @stefanofiorin.bsky.social (Bocconi U.) Theoretical, empirical, and experimental contributions are welcome.

📣🆕 Der Mikrozensus 2022 ist als Scientific Use File verfügbar – inkl. Daten zu Wohnen, Kindern, Kompetenzen, EU-SILC & Info- & Kommunikationstechnologien. Jetzt auch als R-Datensatz + R-Syntaxen via GESIS MISSY: www.gesis.org/missy/metada... #Mikrozensus #Forschung #OpenData #RStats

"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! From @vinpons.bsky.social, Marx and Rollet. The companion paper: www.restud.com/electoral-tu... #EconSky #Elections

Vincent Pons@vinpons.bsky.social · last yr.

We are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet

🧵Anziché opporsi alla guerra alla scienza e al sistema della ricerca lanciata dalla nuova amministrazione, le università americane si stanno inginocchiando a Trump una dopo l'altra. 👇 1/12

Here’s a Democratic senator who gets what’s going on…

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · last yr.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

No matter how #Trump frames it, the US has much to lose from a trade war. @fabiosabatini.bsky.social discusses the economic costs of #tariffs for the US and the rest of the world on @lsebr.bsky.social

What Trump’s tariffs will do to the US economy - LSE Business Review

No matter how President Donald Trump frames it, the US has much to lose from a trade war. Global trade dynamics will likely be radically reshaped. Fabio Sabatini discusses the economic costs for the…

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Financial market exposure increases generalized trust www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Financial market exposure increases generalized trust

How can we build trust, especially in polarized societies? We propose that exposure to broad financial markets—where individuals place their assets in…

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The Review of International Organizations invites papers using geocoded data on foreign aid for a special issue “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD).” See godad.me, godad.uni-goettingen.de/uploads/RIO_...

We are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet

Crypto is for crime. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🧵 L'Occidente, così come lo abbiamo sempre conosciuto, non esiste più. Con gli Stati Uniti che abbandonano l’ordine liberale che loro stessi hanno contribuito a costruire, la minaccia dell'imperialismo russo alle porte e il populismo in ascesa ovunque, l'Europa è a un bivio. 👇 1/22

While the (quasi-) experimental methods increase credibility of causal results, there are two related concerns that make studies hard to replicate: 1. decline in reporting of null results 2. increase in use of private sector data a mini thread 🧵based on work with @trfetzer.com

Institute for Replication@i4replication.bsky.social · last yr.

After being alerted about possible misconduct, the I4R are reproducing published papers that use data from a specific NGO (GDRI). This thread releases the first 2 reports and provides more information about the work and responses/statements from authors journals and journals. 🧵

Forthcoming in the AER: "When Do “Nudges” Increase Welfare?" by Hunt Allcott, Daniel Cohen, William Morrison, and Dmitry Taubinsky. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

When Do “Nudges” Increase Welfare?

(Forthcoming Article) - We use public finance sufficient statistic approaches to characterize the welfare effects of “nudges,” such as simplified information and warning labels, in markets with taxes ...

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