Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🎉Persuasion often happens privately, behind closed doors, but its influence spreads via examples to larger networks and markets. So how should one optimally customize private communication behind closed doors? And who should one choose to target to influence a larger market? 1/3 111
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Still getting my head around this paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and co-authors -- but the intuition is very powerful! 041
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonGiovanna Invernizzi @ginvernizzi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Heading to Alghero 😎 looking forward to a great conference! 031
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonThe Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 30/05/2026In equilibrium, as this paper shows, de facto power tracks standard measures of market power, survives bans, taxes, and technocratic delegation, and can skew innovation toward regulation-resistant technologies. By @grattonecon.bsky.social & @bartonelee2.bsky.social at @ethz.ch buff.ly/fkYG29Mresearch-collection.ethz.ch 132
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026We are hosting a conference in honour of Emeritus Professor Alan Woodland. Join us in celebrating his remarkable and lasting contributions to economics. Registration: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/conference... 021
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonGabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026MARKET POWER IS POWER New working paper with @bartonelee2.bsky.social Thread below! 1/5 gratton.org/papers/Marke... 1268
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026MARKET POWER IS POWER New working paper with @bartonelee2.bsky.social Thread below! 1/5 gratton.org/papers/Marke... 1268
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUSI Institute of Economics (IdEP) @usiidep.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Lehan Zhang (@ethz.ch) presents joint work with @grattonecon.bsky.social (UNSW) and Hasin Yousaf (UNSW) and @paulinegrosjean.bsky.social (UNSW & CEPR): "Adding fuel to the (gun)fire: how politicians polarize the public debate" 🔥 #WISE2026 011
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Let me just re-up our review of Dani Rodrik's new book ("Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World") in light of this very interesting podcast. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 362
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonGabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Great to see this finally on The Economic Journal site! “From Gridlock to Polarisation?” (with @bartonelee2.bsky.social and @marcjacob.bsky.social ). academic.oup.com/ej/article/d...academic.oup.comValidate User 185
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Great to see this finally on The Economic Journal site! “From Gridlock to Polarisation?” (with @bartonelee2.bsky.social and @marcjacob.bsky.social ). academic.oup.com/ej/article/d...academic.oup.comValidate User 185
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Delighted to see this review of @drodrik.bsky.social’s stimulating new book out in “Economic Record”, co-authored with @grattonecon.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 21911
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Check out this article by @grattonecon.bsky.social. It features his important work with @bartonelee2.bsky.social -- along with the contributions of Massimo Morelli, @trfetzer.com, @caroartc.bsky.social, and Laurenz Guenther. Most importantly, however, it www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/how-...eurekastreet.com.auHow democracies erodeDemocracy is not collapsing, but it is eroding. Across the West, economic shocks, political constraints, and widening gaps between voters and institutions are reshaping stable democratic systems into ... 152
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonSofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 11/03/2026When you see the proofs, it feels a bit more real ✨ Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right (Oxford University Press) will be published online in June 2026 and in print in July 2026. 3645
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026BusinessThink on our paper with @bartonelee2 and Hasin Yousaf, “Bad Democracy Traps” “Why we don’t trust politicians (and what this means for democracy)” www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/tru...businessthink.unsw.edu.auTrust in democracy and the limits of public policyUNSW research examines how political trust and voter beliefs about institutions shape democratic performance and support for long term reform 253
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Seminar today: Laurenz Guenther exploring the role of political representation gaps in fuelling the rise of anti-immigration far-right populism in Europe. 022
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 24/02/2026New site live! resilientdemocracylab.orgresilientdemocracylab.orgUNSW Resilient Democracy LabThe UNSW Resilient Democracy Lab promotes and supports quantitative and qualitative research on democratic institutions. 073
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026This is one of the most elegantly written "academic" trade books that I've read in a long time and it puts forward an intriguing argument. The implicit baseline, as I understand it, is ``quiet politics'', with business prevailing most of the time, save www.bloomsbury.com/uk/billionai... 1187
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Finishing up the slides for the launch this Thursday night. Excited... and a bit scared 010
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Less than two weeks to the 3rd UNSW Resilient Democracy Lab workshop. Register here 👇 www.resilientdemocracylab.org/eventsresilientdemocracylab.orgEVENTS | Resilient Democracy LabEvents and Workshops at the Resilient Democracy Lab 011
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Have yet to listen to this, but am very excited! @caroartc.bsky.social is great and @jerusalem.bsky.social is doing a fantastic job interviewing all the right people (especially me 😜) to understand the rise of the populist right! youtu.be/gROQEScoyNY?...youtu.beDid the Opioid Epidemic Help Republicans Win? | The ArgumentYouTube video by The Argument 164
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Very much looking forward to participating in this workshop! Thank you for inviting me. 161
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026🚨 Join us in Sydney for the 3rd UNSW Resilient Democracy Lab Workshop 26-27 Feb 2026 Info, program, and registration👇 www.resilientdemocracylab.org/eventsresilientdemocracylab.orgEVENTS | Resilient Democracy LabEvents and Workshops at the Resilient Democracy Lab 032
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026See this @stiglercenter.bsky.social post for a short summary of the paper. www.promarket.org/2025/05/14/b...promarket.orgBehind Populists’ Anti-Technocratic Fervor and Its Consequences for Liberal Democracy - ProMarketPopulist leaders like United States President Donald Trump are zealously challenging the authority of independent technocrats and judges. This backlash follows decades of steadily increasing delegatio... 012
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Lovely to see the @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper that @grattonecon.bsky.social and I published last year covered. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe rise and fall of technocratic democracies: unstable majorities and delegation to technocratsWe study a stylised model of the rise and fall of technocratic democracies: democracies that delegate policymaking to unelected technocrats. In our model, technocratic democracies arise when majori... 142
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Great article by @jerusalem.bsky.social! www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-price-...theargumentmag.comThe price of expertiseHow independent agencies save us from political whiplash and spawn populist backlash. 153
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Great podcast with @grattonecon.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dajZ...youtube.comHow Liberal Elite Failure Fueled Far-Right PopulismYouTube video by The Argument 141
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonDuncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 08/12/2025🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comThe geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth centuryThe idea that the presence of Western European political parties at grassroots level rose and fell in the twentieth century is central to some of the … 34315
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Honoured to be invited to join the @cepr.org family in the Political Economy Programme. Looking forward to Rome's workshop in June👇 as my first in-person participation as fellow. bsky.app/profile/cepr... 140
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025There is understandably a great deal of interest in fighting populism. I share the normative aspiration. Yet the more I think about it, the more I find myself drawn to a more pessimistic interpretation. The latter may well be wrong. But articulating it helps clarify whether there are strong grounds 1163
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Four more days to apply! 011
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025🕵️♂️Some of you have yet to apply to our @unswecon.bsky.social junior position, and I can't fathom why. 👀 DEADLINE: November 28. QUESTION? Email me. LINK: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....aeaweb.orgAmerican Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026 031
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Delighted to see this paper out in @carlsengames.bsky.social - working with @grattonecon.bsky.social was fantastic; I learned a lot! We develop the argument that technocracy can serve as an intertemporal insurance device for groups who fear their majority status is ephemeral. Because technocrats 3439
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · 15/11/2025This Friday seminar: @anjaprummer.bsky.social uncovering the virtue of divisive designs in optimal mechanisms. 042
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Trying to publish a paper on fake news in 2012... I guess I was ahead of the times 😂🤷♂️ 010
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Fascinating paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social, @bartonelee2.bsky.social, and Hasin Yousaf! The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions? They argue that what matters is not only 33313
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonSascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 01/11/2025.@warwickecon.bsky.social has a number of vacancies for Assistant Professors (Macro & Development) Coventry has canals, an amazing cathedral etc. ... is one hour from London, 20 mins from Birmingham 90 mins from the Peak District National Park Apply here: 👉 econjobmarket.org/positions/12... 01715
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonDuncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 28/10/2025I'm thrilled to see @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma & I have won over $825,000 in funding from the Australian Research Council for our Discovery Project "Generation-Z engagement with political parties". (When you're recovering from drinking Lima tap water, this helps a lot). 8321
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Preparing some (ambitious 🤣) slides for this year's @unswecon.bsky.social Annual Honours Alumni Event. 031
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025It's not our style to speculate on others' budgetary issues, But you may want to know we are hiring on this year's junior JM. 😉 011
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonGabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025🚨NEW VERSION IS HERE!!! 🔥ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE 2.0❤️🔥 LINK: gratton.org/papers/Addin... A short 🧵 👇 1/8 174
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonKris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Public debate surrounding 57 mass shooting events 2016-2022 become systematically more partisan and polarized after politicians join the conversation. Analysis of 4.75M tweets reveals that unlike other social media celebrities, interventions by politicians are uniquely partisan and issue polarizing! 072
Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025🚨NEW VERSION IS HERE!!! 🔥ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE 2.0❤️🔥 LINK: gratton.org/papers/Addin... A short 🧵 👇 1/8 174
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025For more information about our department, check out this thread by one of our many wonderful professors, @grattonecon.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/grat... 121
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Hello everyone, we have an important announcement: We are hiring on the junior market. Please send us your applications -- we want to recruit the best and brightest to join our exciting department. We may also hire at senior levels. Apps Close November 28th econjobmarket.org/positionGrou... 1136
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 16/10/2025AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries 24394411871
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonGabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 14/10/2025🚨 WE @unswecon.bsky.social ARE HIRING! 🚨 JMC: apply and email/DM for any question! A short 🧵 on @unswecon.bsky.social and why you want to apply and join us in Sydney👇 econjobmarket.org/positionGrou...econjobmarket.orgEJM - Econ Job Market 1186
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonUNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · 15/10/2025We are hiring! Join us in Sydney. 024
Reposted by Gabriele GrattonFilipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 14/10/2025If I were a JMC, I would jump at this headfirst… 083