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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Forthcoming article "Tax Professionals and Tax Evasion” by @battaglini.bsky.social Luigi Guiso @chiaralac.bsky.social and Eleonora Patacchini @eeanews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeea... Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat...

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Tax Professionals and Tax Evasion

Abstract. Using unique data covering the entire population of sole proprietorships in Italy with their respective audit files, we examine the role of tax a

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

1/ My paper with @EleonoraPatacc2, @guiso_luigi, and @chiaralac, “Tax Professionals and Tax Evasion,” is finally out. academic.oup.com/jeea/article... If you are interested in social networks and fiscal policy, this one is for you. 🧵

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Tax Professionals and Tax Evasion*

Abstract. Using unique data covering the entire population of sole proprietorships in Italy with their respective audit files, we examine the role of tax a

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

In the Volunteer Dilemma, more players can reduce the chance of success—yet paradoxically, per capita utility still always rises. But inefficiency per person vanishes slower than 1/n, so aggregate inefficiency grows without bound!

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I definitely agree: do not insult the referees before you submit, wait after the reports! 😈

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🧵 New paper drop! 1/ Free access to our new article: "Welfare in the Volunteer's Dilemma" Joint with T. Palfrey. 📖 Free access: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktgWAlw9~...

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Hours after the White House froze dozens of grants to Princeton, I sat down with its president. I hope you’ll listen to our conversation about free speech, academic freedom, and cuts to research funding. We also discussed Columbia’s concessions and the detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk.

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Princeton’s President Responds to Attacks on Higher Education

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Elliot Lipnowski @elliotlip.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Honestly, you should probably just read this fascinating interview while you wait for somebody to return your keys to you.

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Then, my friend, you should read the paper instead of writing an ignorant opinion.

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Looking for a great political economy model? George Saunders offers you five, complete with reading comprehension questions and problem sets. Check it out:

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Five Thought Experiments Concerning the Underlying Disease

Our civic wells are poisoned. Why?

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

RT @m_battaglini: So Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency has… *wait for it* Two co-chairs. Yup, the satires write themselves.

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

FT book award winner Edmondson referring to the Gino debacle: "...lays out some possible paths for improvement, such as reducing pressure for academics to publish more studies." A masterclass on how to draw the wrong conclusions from the case. ft.com/content/0107...

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Marco Battaglini @battaglini.bsky.social · 21/06/2023

“I followed what I understood to be standard practice” says Alito, and you can see the lawyer in the “I understood “. www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/0…

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