Professor Robert Staiger, the Roth Family Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, has been appointed as the new Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization. @wto.org

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First instalment of my substack primer on right-wing populism in Europe is out. jacobedenhofer.substack.com/p/explaining...

Explaining the emergence and consolidation of right-wing populism: Part I

Stylised facts, or what has actually happened?

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We’ve written a review on *New Industrial Policy* for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia. It offers a unified framework for analyzing IP effects and survey evidence from both ex post event studies and ex ante model-based evaluations of IP. 🧵thread on key takeaways (link below)

We’ve written a review on *New Industrial Policy* for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia. It offers a unified framework for analyzing IP effects and survey evidence from both ex post event studies and ex ante model-based evaluations of IP. 🧵thread on key takeaways (link below)

Our paper on the long-term effects of the Trump 2 tariffs is out in the Journal of International Economics. We’ve made it open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

Our paper on the long-term effects of the Trump 2 tariffs is out in the Journal of International Economics. We’ve made it open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

Developing a framework to examine how beneficial transport infrastructure investments are, as well as other transport policies, from Dave Donaldson https://www.nber.org/papers/w34096

Our paper is officially out 🎉 We argue that climate clubs show promise: - A climate club with coordinated penalties could curb 68% of excess emissions from free-riding -Unilateral carbon tariffs? Not nearly as effective

Econometrica@ecmaeditors.bsky.social · last yr.

We study how trade policy can reduce global emissions. Unilateral carbon border taxes have limited efficacy at cutting foreign emissions. By contrast, coordinated trade penalties under a climate club prove highly effective. buff.ly/NEE3Uy8

Our paper is officially out 🎉 We argue that climate clubs show promise: - A climate club with coordinated penalties could curb 68% of excess emissions from free-riding -Unilateral carbon tariffs? Not nearly as effective

Econometrica@ecmaeditors.bsky.social · last yr.

We study how trade policy can reduce global emissions. Unilateral carbon border taxes have limited efficacy at cutting foreign emissions. By contrast, coordinated trade penalties under a climate club prove highly effective. buff.ly/NEE3Uy8

We study how trade policy can reduce global emissions. Unilateral carbon border taxes have limited efficacy at cutting foreign emissions. By contrast, coordinated trade penalties under a climate club prove highly effective. buff.ly/NEE3Uy8

New Paper Alert!📢 "Making America Great Again? The Economic Impacts of Liberation Day Tariffs"👨‍🦰 by Anna Ignatenko @lashkaripour.bsky.social‬ Luca Macedoni @simonovska.bsky.social‬ This model estimates U.S. welfare and global employment under optimal tariff retaliation📉: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

A new version of our trade war paper is out at the NBER this week. Key update: factoring in tariffs on intermediate inputs nearly wipes out any terms-of-trade gains from reciprocal tariffs and greatly amplifies the cost of retaliation for the US economy.

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Examining the effects of Liberation Day tariffs on US prices, employment, deficit, and welfare, from Anna Ignatenko, Ahmad Lashkaripour, Luca Macedoni, and Ina Simonovska https://www.nber.org/papers/w33771

A new version of our trade war paper is out at the NBER this week. Key update: factoring in tariffs on intermediate inputs nearly wipes out any terms-of-trade gains from reciprocal tariffs and greatly amplifies the cost of retaliation for the US economy.

NBER@nber.org · last yr.

Examining the effects of Liberation Day tariffs on US prices, employment, deficit, and welfare, from Anna Ignatenko, Ahmad Lashkaripour, Luca Macedoni, and Ina Simonovska https://www.nber.org/papers/w33771

For PhD students and scholars interested in joining: I will take part in teaching International Trade and the Environment at #PSESummerSchool (June 9-12). www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/summer-sc... Below is a description (1/6)

Program content - Paris School of Economics

The International Trade program offers an in-depth exploration of key topics related to global trade and economic policy.

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🚨 We just released a paper examining the long-terms economic impacts of "Liberation Day" tariffs. In summary: while these tariffs may help reduce the trade deficit, they will impose significant costs on the U.S. economy after retaliation by trade partners.

Retaliation hurts! Check out our new paper to see how costly it can be for the U.S. economy.

Ahmad Lashkaripour@lashkaripour.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 We just released a paper examining the long-terms economic impacts of "Liberation Day" tariffs. In summary: while these tariffs may help reduce the trade deficit, they will impose significant costs on the U.S. economy after retaliation by trade partners.

🚨 We just released a paper examining the long-terms economic impacts of "Liberation Day" tariffs. In summary: while these tariffs may help reduce the trade deficit, they will impose significant costs on the U.S. economy after retaliation by trade partners.

It's high time to have another look at interesting papers like this one! "The cost of a global tariff war: A sufficient statistics approach" by Ahmad Lashkaripour. Article in the J of Int Econ: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Working paper: alashkar.pages.iu.edu/Tariff_War_L...

🚨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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🚨New data alert! A beta version of the Global Tariff Database is now available! 🔗https://feodorateti.github.io 🔎If you're looking for cross-country data on bilateral tariffs, this might help you.

1/ 🚨 Can the US coerce smaller countries into submission using tariff penalties? Recent events with Mexico & Canada suggest it is trying. But our latest research indicates these attempts will likely fail and isolate the US economy. Here's why:👇

1/ 🚨 Can the US coerce smaller countries into submission using tariff penalties? Recent events with Mexico & Canada suggest it is trying. But our latest research indicates these attempts will likely fail and isolate the US economy. Here's why:👇

I’ve created a dashboard that projects potential GDP losses for countries if ongoing tariff escalations trigger a global trade war. I’ll be updating it soon with the latest data. alashkar.pages.iu.edu/GlobalTariff...

Ahmad Lashkaripour@lashkaripour.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have several papers that explore tariff wars using economic models. Here’s what they tell us about likely outcomes (🧵) TLDR: All countries ultimately lose. While the overall impact isn’t catastrophic for larger economies like the US, it’ll be devastating for small countries.

Looking forward to the talk by Farid Farrokhi (Boston College) @leuveneconomics.bsky.social on ‘A Framework for Integrating Climate Goals into Trade Agreements’ joint with @lashkaripour.bsky.social and Homa Taheri

Check out Issue 2 of the VoxDevLit on International Trade! VoxDevLits adjust to new evidence, so there's lots new to uncover in this new issue. I've practically rewritten the chapter on externalities and spillovers from trade & FDI, and I'm excited to do it all over again as new evidence comes in!🎯🔥

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · last yr.

Senior Editors David Atkin & Amit Khandelwal @yaleeconomics.bsky.social highlight key takeaways for trade policy from economic research. This is an important time. For decades, trade barriers had been declining, but the direction of policy has become far less certain.

I’ve created a dashboard that projects potential GDP losses for countries if ongoing tariff escalations trigger a global trade war. I’ll be updating it soon with the latest data. alashkar.pages.iu.edu/GlobalTariff...

Ahmad Lashkaripour@lashkaripour.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have several papers that explore tariff wars using economic models. Here’s what they tell us about likely outcomes (🧵) TLDR: All countries ultimately lose. While the overall impact isn’t catastrophic for larger economies like the US, it’ll be devastating for small countries.

Very interesting conference on the Political Economics of Climate change at @stanforddoerr.bsky.social Thank you for allowing to present my JMP on climate agreements

Marcelo Caffera@marcelocaffera.bsky.social · last yr.

Great paper by @tbourany.bsky.social . IAM with heterogeneous countries and international trade. Optimal climate agreement has incomplete participation, tax lower than SCC and substantial tariffs on non members.

Environmental economists - submit to present at the NBER summer workshop Submissions due March 20th: papers.nber.org/confsubmit/b... #EconSky

Submission: Summer Institute 2025, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBERNBER: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Economists: man, these endless appendices of robustness checks are getting absurd. Epidemiologists: [post 30-page appendix explaining *authorship* of the paper]

More than you want to know about McKinley and the tariff, but beautifully produced! www.wsj.com/video/series...

Why Trump’s Tariff Idol, McKinley, Abandoned His Own Tariff Policy

President Donald Trump often cites the 25th President, William McKinley, as an inspiration. The ‘McKinley Tariffs’ were some of the largest hikes in U.S. history, but in his second term, McKinley chan...

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