It's been great fun talking to @angusbylsma.bsky.social about coins, trade, the 'end of antiquity', and even a little bit about methods and questions in economics and economic history.

Angus Bylsma@angusbylsma.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This week’s post!—an interview with Johannes Boehm about his spectacular new paper with Thomas Chaney, ‘Trade and the End of Antiquity’. Whether your interests are early medieval history, trade theory, or just coins, this one is worth your time.

Data from hundreds of thousands of ancient coins is used to reconstruct granular time series of trade and real consumption around the Mediterranean from the 4th to the 10th century, from @johannesmboehm.bsky.social and Thomas Chaney www.nber.org/papers/w35156

Whoa. "[F]inetuning exclusively on Haruki Murakami's novels unlocks verbatim recall of copyrighted books from over 30 unrelated authors...Our findings offer compelling evidence that model weights store copies of copyrighted works." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

We are hiring! VU Amsterdam (Dept of Spatial Economics) seeks AP in Urban and Real Estate Economics. Research fit: (spatial) general equilibrium + reduced-form work on land/housing, commuting, amenities, local public goods. RT. #UrbanEconomics #AcademicJobs workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/va...

Hopefully today’s SCOTUS decision on tariffs will mean the end of the preposterous EU-US trade ‘deal’. And hopefully the EU will be more respectful of the fundamental principles governing international trade, in particular MFN. Let the US exit the system if they want, let’s not help them destroy it.

Learning spillovers between firms are widely seen as important but are hard to estimate cleanly. We ran an experiment with energy-efficient motors in the Dhaka leather-goods sector. Links to non-technical summary and video below. With Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, and Siddharth Sharma.

Innovations for Poverty Action@poverty-action.bsky.social · 7mo ago

How do new, climate-friendly technologies spread within industries? With IPA, researchers Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, Siddharth Sharma, and Eric Verhoogen studied leather goods manufacturers in Bangladesh to understand how awareness, and proximity, shape adoption of energy-efficient servo motors.

So nice to see this in print! My paper on green trade policy, deforestation, and palm oil. 🌲🌳

Econometrica@ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Econometrica Volume 94, Issue 1 (January 2026) is now online www.econometricsociety.org/publications...

Excited for #ASSA2026 session on Spatial Environmental Economics!🌍Sat 10:15am Migration climate trade floods ...🧭 Amazing group: TCarleton BStaiger @allanhsiao.bsky.social @johannesmboehm.bsky.social @bsprungkeyser.bsky.social @jmcolmer.bsky.social SKortum @constanzaabuin.bsky.social IRudik

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Worth reposting in light of the US essentially giving Moscow its full backing

Thorsten Benner@tbenner.bsky.social · last yr.

„We have a land war on European continent. We are fully dependent on US. None of the EU members was ready to risk further escalation“. The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig. (SZ-Dossier)

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Pier Paolo Creanza@ppcreanza.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚀 I'm on the #EconSky Job Market! My JMP asks a classic question: Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation? To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont. A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)

Shoutout to the trade community – trade is likely to be one of our focus areas! Make sure to apply if you work on international trade.

Economics LMU Munich@econmunich.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are hiring assistant professors in Economics (any field) @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social Target date for applications: November 24! More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... #EconSky #EconJobMarket #EJME

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are hiring tenure-track assistant/associate professors in Economics at the University of Oslo. Fields: macro, micro theory, international trade, development Application deadline: November 30! More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Great programme for the CEP/LSE-Warwick Junior Trade Workshop on 22 September @cep-lse.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/_ne...

Dennis Novy@dennisnovy.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for papers The CEP/LSE – Warwick Junior Trade Workshop will bring together PhD students in the field of international economics for job market paper presentations and discussions. @warwickecon.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social Submit papers by 27 July. More ➡️ cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/...

Let the sabbatical begin! Thank you to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social economics for hosting me for the year (and thanks for the nice office view!)

Peter Temin, economic historian at MIT, has passed away. He worked both on problems of understanding the past (e.g. "Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression?") and how how the past shapes the present (e.g. "The Vanishing Middle Class.") Terrific scholar and mentor, generous critic.

If this is accurate, then unless the EU eliminates all tariffs on industrial imports from all its WTO partners, it will be joining Trump in destroying the international trade rules that have applied since WW2. The difference being that while Trump hates the rule-based order the EU claims to value it

Lisa O’Carroll@lisaocarroll.bsky.social · last yr.

White House has now published text of the Turnberry golf resort agreement between EU and US. It states very clearly that pharma will be tariffed at 15%. Adds to the existing confusion. The question is when? www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Today's trade deal between the US and the EU -- if as reported in the press, and if independent from other agreements -- is a massive mistake on the EU's side. Instead it should have called Trump's bluff. Trump would not have imposed 30% on EU imports for long.

Thank you ‪to @peterfrankopan.bsky.social‬ for discussing our paper on his terrific substack blog: peterfrankopan.substack.com/p/coins-in-t...

Coins in the Dust: Rethinking the Fall of the Ancient World

What was the ‘ancient world’; and if one can answer that, how does one assess when and why it really ended?

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Peter Frankopan@peterfrankopan.bsky.social · last yr.

What really ended the ancient world? Barbarian invasions? The fall of Rome in 476? Climate shocks? The rise of Islam? A great new paper argues the best answer can be found not in texts, in places of worship or in sacked cities - but in coins. A short 🧵 #EndOfAntiquity #AncientCoins #GlobalThreads

Are you a PhD student working on topics related to globalization? Come hang out with us at Dartmouth for a term as a Globalization Ph.D. Fellow! We're now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year: globalization.dartmouth.edu/programs/glo...

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Trade and the End of Antiquity featured in today's Chartbook Top Link.

Call for papers: @theigc.bsky.social/@yaleegc.bsky.social conference on Firms/Trade/Development, Oct. 24-25, 2025. The leading conference in the firms & development space! Early decision deadline (to accommodate visa processing): May 30. General submission deadline: July 18.

On 14th April, as part of a first of a series of events, nine Institute professors gave briefings, tying their expertise to the the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency and its global implications. Watch the recording now, in case you missed it 👇 shorturl.at/xnGla

There is still a time to apply for our Master in International Economics Third and final deadline on April 15 @gvagrad.bsky.social @dominic-rohner.bsky.social @johannesmboehm.bsky.social Please repost

Ugo Panizza@upanizza.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧵 Thinking about a career in international economics? 1/ Looking to combine academic rigor with policy relevance? Want to make a real impact in economic policy and research? @gvagrad.bsky.social

Dekle, Eaton, Kortum (2007): "We incorporate imbalances into a quantitative model of bilateral trade, calculating how relative factor costs and welfare would change if current accounts were all balanced." US welfare declines 6%. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

Just such beautiful variation though

1/ NEW RESEARCH: Our study reveals 46% of pesticides embedded in EU agricultural consumption originate from imports, despite imports constituting only 17% of consumption. This includes substances prohibited in the EU. This regulatory gap fuels leakage effects and hurts EU competitiveness 🧵

The research group at the Workd Bank is doing an off-cycle hire for a trade economist worldbankgroup.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

I gave a talk in Edinburgh a few weeks ago and had a great time. They have a fantastic group.

Stephan Maurer@stephanmaurer.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're hiring again! The School of Economics at the University of Edinburgh is looking for candidates for two Senior Lectureships/Readerships, with a particular interest in applied economics and macroeconomics. econjobmarket.org/positions/11...