Aurélien Eyquem

@eyquem2.bsky.social

Associate prof of Economics at Université de Lausanne. Macro models: business cycles, fiscal policy, tariffs, exchange rates, inequalities, labor markets. But also food, politics, music, friends,…

What drove top inequality in France since 1984? Markups, taxes, and asset prices, but mainly through saving-rate responses. The paper quantifies the mechanisms in a heterogeneous-agent model with three assets (deposits, housing and capital) and disciplined by DINA data.

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It is with deep sadness that the Paris School of Economics community and the academic world have learned of the passing of Roger Guesnerie, its founding president. His intellectual legacy will continue to inspire the academic community.

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Depending on how you look at it growth in Q3 was very very strong or very strong or just possibly merely strong. Annual rates: GDP: 4.3% Real final sales to domestic purchasers: 2.9% Average of GDP & GDI: 3.4% GDI: 2.4%

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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

A photo of a bunch of Nike shoes.

“Ordinarily I would say that while tariffs are bad, they don’t cause recessions,” Paul Krugman says on this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” “What’s unique about this situation is that the protectionism is unpredictable and unstable. And it’s that uncertainty that is the recessionary force.”

Opinion | Paul Krugman on the ‘Biggest Trade Shock in History’

The trade economist Paul Krugman parses the ‘layers of wrongness’ in Trump’s tariff policy.

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