New paper in @jeeanews.bsky.social with @martinezluis.bsky.social! Fiscal rules have quietly become a central feature of local governments around the world. But do they improve government or simply impose politically costly austerity? We study one such reform in Colombia. 🧵 sl1nk.com/zs0m0a4

Happy to announce that I received my PhD cum laude after defending my thesis. Beyond grateful to T.Nannicini, @mariacarreri.bsky.social, @eliasdinas.bsky.social, M.Onorato, A.Minello, and V.Galasso. And to the many with whom I shared knowledge, experiences, coffee breaks, and Sundays in the office.

From our FirstView: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and Causal Mechanisms by JIAWEI FU and @tara-slough.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to present my research at Z-PESS at @ethz.ch. I appreciated questions and comments from seminar participants. I’m grateful to the organizers for hosting such a well-run seminar. Special thanks to @timallinger.bsky.social for leading an engaging discussion.

🚨 Culture or institutions - what comes first? New evidence on how culture explains welfare state expansion. We show that welfare state expenditure: 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽⚖️ Increases with trust and gender equality 🏠 Declines with familism ...and much more 📃 Paper: lnkd.in/g39X72gW

🚨 Does political selection matter for demographic outcomes? In a new @iza.org DP with Alessandra Minello and Tommaso Nannicini, we find that college-educated #politicians played a crucial role in reducing excess #mortality during #COVID. 📃Paper: docs.iza.org/dp17992.pdf #econbluesky #polisci