I've been talking about this with some folks over the past few months and am happy to see @severinborenstein.bsky.social write it up so well. For many places, the status quo is subsidized insurance: taxes ⬇️ when price ⬆️, but not the reverse. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/n...

Is It Time for a Price-Stabilizing Gas Tax?

Spiking petroleum prices from Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz have infuriated politicians across the US and across the political spectrum.  There is nothing state or local politicians can do…

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Deep breath. I'm honored and excited to join the faculty of America's oldest research university, Johns Hopkins. I'll start this summer as a full professor, one of the founding faculty at the brand-new School of Government and Policy. We're building something unique & important, even historic.

Home - JHU School of Government and Policy

Johns Hopkins School of Government and Policy advances governance with research, data-driven analysis, and innovative solutions to today’s challenges.

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The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries. In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas. www.iza.org/publications... 🧵 thread—>

Why did U.S.Consumer Sentiment Index fall as unemployment and inflation returned to normal 2023-24? @umn-econ.bsky.social JMC Leonardo Barreto @leonardo-barreto.bsky.social builds dynamic general equilibrium model with rich consumer heterogeneity to answer the question. www.leonardo-barreto.com

Leonardo Barreto

Ph.D. candidate in Economics, University of Minnesota.

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🚨 Postdoctoral opportunities! 🚨 Hello #econsky! We are hiring 2 postdocs in the department of economics at UCalgary for those working in *electricity economics* Term: 2 years Pay: $80,000/yr + benefits + $10k research allowance Start: July 2026 Details in next two posts 👇

👋I'm on the #EconJobMarket! ❓My JMP, together with @dkaenzig.bsky.social, Lixing Wang and Donghai Zhang studies how green innovation varies over the business cycle. 💡We find that green innovation is countercyclical, while non-green innovation is procyclical. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4b45h979 🧵👇

New at JIE: "Interest rate uncertainty as a policy tool?" by Fabio Ghironi, Galip Kemal Ozhan (@galipkemal.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

🚨 New Research on Carbon Taxation in Emerging Economies 🚨 What happens when a large emerging economy introduces a carbon tax? Our new paper studies South Africa—the first African country to implement a nationwide carbon tax @unu-wider.bsky.social @nber.org

The Economics Nobel committee delivers a pretty clear rebuke to Trump's war on science and university research.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified ...

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I'm delighted to announce the release of the Flagship Report of the Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT Working Group on Climate Coalitions on "Building a Climate Coalition: Aligning Carbon Pricing, Trade, and Development." ceepr.link/3VmgC7g A 🧵 on what we do/find:

🌳Join us on September 22nd to launch the LSE Green Skills Lab that will produce academic research on the labour market dynamics of the green and digital twin transition and the development and evaluation of industrial policy to achieve a Just Transition.

LSE Green Skills Lab: Launch Event - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

Join us to launch the LSE Green Skills Lab, a new interdisciplinary initiative supported by the LSE Global School of Sustainability that will produce academic research on the labour market dynamics of the green and digital twin transition, the identification of skill gaps in the green transition, and the development and evaluation of industrial policy to achieve a Just Transition.

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Very useful discussion on the perils of using micro/cross-sectional parameter estimates in inferring the aggregate effects of policies/shocks. This is pervasive in Economics, yet the two effects can even have the opposite signs. (Example in next post.) voxdev.org/topic/method...

The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro

Many applied microeconomics papers conclude with a back-of-the-envelope calculation that scales their cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level. These types of aggregate estimates are only vali...

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Tatyana Deryugina@tderyugina.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Plz apply and share widely! Applications due Dec 1, GRE scores required. As a new program, we will be extremely invested in the success of our new arrivals. /n

The #WEFIDEV #webinar series is back this fall! We are looking for *preliminary or early-stage work* in #Finance and #Development to be presented We also aim to have a session devoted to job candidates in finance and development on the market this fall Submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Webinar in Finance and Development (WEFIDEV)

This form collects interest for presentations in the fall season of the Webinar series in Finance and Development (WEFIDEV) for junior scholars working on finance topics in developing countries. We ar...

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1/ 🌍🚨 Overcoming five key challenges to make the energy transition a just labor transition — now in @natcomms.nature.com. w/ @sharanburrow.bsky.social, @alanfinkshap.bsky.social, @ct-economics.bsky.social, @mauropucheta.bsky.social, @danielraimi.bsky.social, @terzibus.bsky.social + colleagues

If you are in Cambridge, don't miss out on this session including fascinating papers by @mickeygb.bsky.social and @benmoll.bsky.social

🚨 Call for papers: Environment week at LSE will be Sept 22-25th. Submissions are due soon (July 14)! www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

¡Es miércoles y hay nuevo episodio de Capital y Trabajo! En esta ocasión, conversamos con @alvarolaparra.bsky.social sobre la economía de la esclavitud y su legado histórico, inspirados por la impactante y oscarizada "12 años de esclavitud".

T10E2: 12 años de esclavitud

Capital y Trabajo · Episode

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🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 In the largest multi-model study of U.S. decarbonization strategies to date, we explore technology and policy implications for reaching net-zero emissions using 14 energy-economic models. A thread of key takeaways in 10 charts...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Changing Business Cycles: The Role of Women’s Employment" by Stefania Albanesi. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Changing Business Cycles: The Role of Women’s Employment

(Forthcoming Article) - Women's labor force participation in the United States rose rapidly until the mid-1990s when it flattened out. I examine the impact of this change in trend on aggregate busines...

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Congratulations to @s-stantcheva.bsky.social on her well deserved Clark Medal!

Foreign currency reserve requirements can be an effective tool to moderate aggregate credit growth in the face of capital inflows. In partially dollarised economies, asymmetries across banks make design of #macroprudential policy more complex. E Andreasen, V Nuguer cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

🤩🤩 Paper finally out in the AER! With my co-authors (incl. @bluebery-planterose.com & @s-stantcheva.bsky.social) we surveyed climate attitudes in 20 countries covering 72% of global emissions. In brief, people want ambitious, global, and fair climate policies. A 🧵⬇️ www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

AEA Journals@aeajournals.bsky.social · 2y ago

Forthcoming in the AER: "Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies" by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Adrien Fabre, Tobias Kruse, Bluebery Planterose, Ana Sanchez Chico, and Stefanie Stantcheva. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The University of Nottingham promoted me to associate professor! This would have been impossible without fantastic coauthors, advisors, colleagues and the invaluable support from my family and friends. THANK YOU!

🚨Incredible lineup at @nber.org conference this Thurs/Fri 3/20-21: **Energy Markets, Decarbonization, and Trade** 📑Agenda www.nber.org/conferences/... 🎥 Webstream www.youtube.com/nbervideos Organized w Natalia Ramondo, supported by @sloanfoundation.bsky.social

Energy Markets, Decarbonization, and Trade, Spring 2025

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I was promoted to Full Professor! 🎉

Forthcoming in AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Temporary Layoffs, Firm Entry and Exit Dynamics, and Aggregate Fluctuations" by Sanjay K. Chugh and Alan Finkelstein Shapiro. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Temporary Layoffs, Firm Entry and Exit Dynamics, and Aggregate Fluctuations

(Forthcoming Article) - We build a model to study how the countercyclicality of temporary layoffs affects unemployment, firm entry and exit dynamics, and macroeconomic fluctuations. Calibrating the mo...

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Congratulations!

The Econ Department of the University of Alberta (@ualberta.bsky.social @uaeuofa.bsky.social) will be hosting the 9th InsTED Workshop on Sep 20-21, 2025. Prof. Nathan Nunn (@ubcvse.bsky.social) & Daniel Trefler (@rotmanschool.bsky.social @econuoft.bsky.social) will be our keynote speakers. #EconSky