Interested in a PhD in Economics? 📢 4 additional funded positions are now open at Siena (with Florence & Pisa), including 2 positions on AI, industrial policy & employment (with internships at Banca d'Italia and IRPET) 🗓 Deadline: July 24, 2026, 2:00 PM (CEST) 📍 Website: phdeconomics.unisi.it

The annual PhD Meeting of the PhD in Economics—jointly organized by the Universities of Siena, Florence, and Pisa—is underway at the beautiful Certosa di Pontignano. A great opportunity for our PhD students to present their research and engage with faculty and peers. #Economics #Tuscany

The annual PhD Meeting of the PhD in Economics—jointly organized by the Universities of Siena, Florence, and Pisa—is underway at the beautiful Certosa di Pontignano. A great opportunity for our PhD students to present their research and engage with faculty and peers. #EconTwitter #Tuscany

We are happy to announce that the application for the PhD in Economics at the University of Siena (in partnership with the Universities of Florence and Pisa) is now open! 🗓 Deadline: June 29, 2026, 2:00 PM (CEST) 📍 Website: phdeconomics.unisi.it 📑 Application portal: www.unisi.it/ricerca/dott...

📣TODAY New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar Alexander Ludwig (EUI) Title: "Heterogeneity in Expectations and House Price Dynamics" 🗓️⏲️Wed June 3 - 3 pm Goodwin Room - DEPS, 2nd floor

Inspiring talk, “Why I’m Not a Monetarist,” by Nobel Laureate Prof. James Robinson, who delivered the 2026 Hahn Lecture. The Hahn Lecture is organised every year by @DepsUSiena in memory of Prof. Frank Hahn. For more information, see the link below: deps.unisi.it/en/research/...

📢NEXT WEEK May 25-26, 2026 We are delighted to welcome Nobel Laureate Prof. James Robinson (University of Chicago) to @deps-siena.bsky.social Prof. Robinson will deliver the keynote address at the University's Annual Research Event and the 2026 Hahn Lecture 👇 www.deps.unisi.it/en/research/...

🧨 🧨 Delighted to host Prof. Alan Manning (LSE) at @deps-siena.bsky.social as part of our Distinguished Scholar Visiting Program. He delivered outstanding lectures on monopsony and immigration policy. A great start for this new initiative! 🚀

🚨TODAY🚨 New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar Claudio Detotto (University of Corsica & CRENoS) Title: "Understanding Student Retention and Entrepreneurial Intentions: Determinants and Implications" 🗓️⏲️Thu May 14 - 3 pm Goodwin Room - DEPS, 2nd floor

📢This Week May 13-14 Prof. Alan Manning (LSE) is visiting @deps-siena.bsky.social He will give talks on monopsony power in labour markets and immigration policy

📢 NEXT WEEK May 13-14 Prof. @alanmanning4.bsky.social (@cep-lse.bsky.social) will be visiting #DEPS #Siena as part of our Distinguished Visiting Scholar Programme He will give talks on monopsony power in labour markets and immigration policy, and will engage with students and faculty

🚨TODAY🚨 New @DepsUSiena Research Seminar! Giovanni Walter Puopolo (CSEF University of Naples Federico II) Title: "Portfolio overlap and mutual fund performances" 🗓️Wed April 30, 3 pm Goodwin Room (DEPS, 2nd floor)

📢 How do overtime limits affect firms, workers, and households? New update of our paper on Japan’s Work Style Reform (with R. Kambayashi & T. Kato) 👉https://www.deps.unisi.it/it/ricerca/pubblicazioni-deps/quaderni-deps/anno-2026-da-n937-n/942-impact-overtime-limits-firms-and

🚨NEW WP OUT!🚨 Our working paper (w. @giovannimellace.bsky.social and Z. Sándor) is out! Comments and suggestions welcome! Link here 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2604.15437 @deps-siena.bsky.social

Jackknife Instrumental Variable Inference

This paper introduces a class of jackknife-based test statistics for linear regression models with endogeneity and heteroskedasticity in the presence of many potentially weak instrumental variables. T...

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Dealing with many weak instruments? 📉 Our new paper "Jackknife Instrumental Variable Inference" (JIVI) provides robust tests for models with endogeneity & heteroskedasticity. Better size and power in tough settings! 🚀 Read the full draft: arxiv.org/abs/2604.1543

Forthcoming events in May at @deps-siena.bsky.social: May 14 – Prof. Alan Manning (LSE), Open Lecture 👉 “Why Immigration Policy Is Hard” May 26 – Nobel Laureate Prof. James Robinson (University of Chicago), Hahn Lecture 2026 👉 “Why I Am Not a Monetarist”

Come to beautiful Siena, in Tuscany, to study one of our Master’s programs in Finance, Economics, or International Accounting and Management — all fully taught in English. Open Day (also available online): orientarsi.unisi.it/scelgo/event... 🗓️⏲️21 April 2026, 14-16h (CEST)

DEPS Siena - Economics & Statistics@deps-siena.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢Open Day Lauree Magistrali Scuola Economia e Management 2026 🗓️⏲️21 aprile 2026, 14-16h Aula Cripta, Polo Didattico San Francesco (Piazza san Francesco, 7 - Siena) Information: 👇 orientarsi.unisi.it/scelgo/event...

📢Open Day Lauree Magistrali Scuola Economia e Management 2026 🗓️⏲️21 aprile 2026, 14-16h Aula Cripta, Polo Didattico San Francesco (Piazza san Francesco, 7 - Siena) Information: 👇 orientarsi.unisi.it/scelgo/event...

🚨TODAY🚨 New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! Valerio Sterzi (Bordeaux School of Economics) Title: "Patent Privateering" 🗓️⏲️Wed April 15, 3 pm Goodwin Room (DEPS, 2nd floor)

🚨TOMORROW🚨 New @DepsUSiena Research Seminar! Our Prof. Paolo Pin will present his paper, "How do you know you won't like it if you've never tried it? Preference discovery and strategic bundling." ⏲️🗓️Wed April 1, 3 pm Goodwin Room (DEPS, 2nd floor)

🚨TODAY🚨 New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! Edoardo Frattola (Bank of Italy) "Brain Drain on the Fast Train: High-Speed Connections and Student Mobility" 🗓️⏲️Wed March 25, 3 pm Goodwin Room (DEPS, 2nd floor)

Segnaliamo questo contributo del nostro Professore e Direttore @filippobelloc.bsky.social sul ruolo dell’Emissions Trading Scheme (#ETS) nel contesto della politica economica e climatica @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social #TerzaMissione ilmanifesto.it/lets-fa-risp...

L’Ets fa risparmiare, è un grave errore chiederne lo stop | il manifesto

Clima (Commenti) Sospendere l’Ets, il sistema europeo di scambio delle quote di emissione, sarebbe un errore economico prima ancora che di politica climatica. In un recente studio realizzato dalle uni...

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🚨TODAY🚨 New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! @sauromocetti.bsky.social (Bank of Italy) "The market externalities of tax evasion" Wed March 11, 3 pm Goodwin Room (DEPS, 2nd floor)

📢 May 2026 We are delighted to announce that leading labour economist Prof. Alan Manning from @cep-lse.bsky.social will be visiting @deps-siena.bsky.social next May as part of our Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program

📢SAVE THE DATE 26 May 2026 Our department @deps-siena.bsky.social is honoured to announce that Nobel Laureate Prof. James Robinson (@UChicago) will deliver the 9th Hahn Lecture. www.deps.unisi.it/en/research/...

🚨TODAY🚨 New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! Andrea Ciani (European Commission) "Unintended spillovers of export controls: evidence on the semiconductor production chain." Wed March 4, 3 pm Goodwin Room (DEPS, 2nd floor)

🚨TODAY🚨 III YSI @ineteconomics.bsky.social Workshop on The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution Feb 26-27 Hosted by @DepsUSiena Piazza San Francesco – Aula Franco Romani ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/the-po...

The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution III: The Role of the State in the Age of Geopolitical Transformations - YSI INET

The Keynesian Working Group is pleased to announce a call for papers for the Third Edition of the YSI Workshop on The Political Economy of Growth and Distribution: The Role of […]

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🚨TODAY🚨 New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! Erik Bengtsson (Lund University) "Job composition, gender and income inequality in the long run: Sweden, 1870–1950" Wed Feb 25, 3 pm Goodwin Room (DEPS, 2nd floor)

🚨TODAY🚨 @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! Chris Colvin (Queen’s University Belfast) "Financing Innovation: The Role of Patent Examination" 🕒Wed Feb 18, 3 pm Goodwin Room (DEPS, 2nd floor)

📢 TODAY Kicking off #yeti2026 at 9:45 am (CET)

DEPS Siena - Economics & Statistics@deps-siena.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨THIS WEEK🚨 We are happy to host this year’s Young Economists of Tuscan Institutions (YETI) Meeting. Friday, 13 February – 9:45 a.m. Check out the program here 👇 www.deps.unisi.it/it/eventi/ye...

Thanks to the JRC in Ispra for hosting me today! I presented our joint paper with Antonino Lofaro on corporate subsidies and market structure, and we’re grateful for the constructive feedback — plenty to think about as we move forward with the project #Subsidies #IndustrialPolicy #IO