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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We are hiring! The Department of Economics at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) looks for an Assistant Professor in Economics of Sustainability (tenure-track). See the job call for full details on the position, qualifications, and application process. econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

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EJM - Econ Job Market

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Santiago Sanchez-Pages @sanpages.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

I just learnt that the multimillion-dollar FTX lawsuit against Amazon is about allegedly running what were supposed to be second-price ad auctions as first-price auctions. The revenue equivalence theorem surely does not contemplate rigging the rules!

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Ricarda Lang @ricardalang.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

Die Neuauflage des Tankrabatts kostet 2,5 Milliarden. Das ist mehr als alle Einsparungen bei Familien - weniger Elterngeld, Unterhaltsvorschuss und Kindersofortzuschlag - zusammen. Die Kürzungen bei Familien sind kein Sachzwang. Sie sind eine politische Entscheidung.

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Besonders bei den 8- bis 12-Jährigen hat sich der Social-Media-Konsum seit 2020 halbiert." As a father of an 8 and 10 year old, I take that as good news! www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweizer-pr...

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Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is our chance to found a new game theory journal without commercial publishers. Let's go for it!

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Looking for a new colleague! We have an open professorship in applied microeconomics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Important: Fluency in French is required for this position. www.unifr.ch/ecopol/de/ne... Feel free to reach out if you have questions!

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A letter from mainstream economists to the 🇩🇪 government, with a simple message: Renew and Electrify, to counter the energy crisis. www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/DE... 1/n

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

@nzz.ch bsky.app/profile/nzz.... Da gibt die NZZ aber tolle Anlagetipps

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

happy to add my 2 cents here 😂

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Pakistan's solar revolution: from 0% to 25% in a decade. 2021: 4% 2022: 7% 2023: 10% 2024: 14% 2025: 25% Solar is now Pakistan's #1 electricity source. Not driven by policy — driven by consumers.

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Can the US release more of its strategic oil reserves? "The SPR has a practical operational floor near 150–160 mb that must remain in place to preserve cavern stability." Given Trumps concern for negative long-run consequences, I guess the SPR will be fully depleted... www.ft.com/content/2b00...

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Could the US really release more of its strategic oil reserves?

Desperation, thy name is Scott Bessent

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

bsky.app/profile/conr... The US and Canada on opposite ends here is quite something. Contrast Effects?

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Wie gut, dass Eric Gujer die Zukunft immer so klar (anders) vorhersehen kann

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 06/02/2026

📢 The Call for Papers for the 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, organized by @klaus-m-schmidt.bsky.social & Ernst Fehr is now open! Keynotes: Supreet Kaur & @philippstrack.bsky.social 📆 𝟮𝟯 - 𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ℹ️https://www.ifo.de/cesifo/f9G In cooperation with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Hard to find myself in agreement with Trump. But given his obsession with renaming stuff, this seems like a sensible one. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.

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Martin Huber @causalhuber.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📢The #Fribourg #WinterSchool in #DataAnalytics & #MachineLearning is coming up (Feb 2–13, 2026)! On site at @unifr.bsky.social or online - covering data analytics, predictive & causal machine learning, and deep learning using Python, R, Julia & Knime. Register now: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/w...

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

New Substack post: the Nobel Prize goes to an economic historian and two economists of growth trying to answer the question, where do new technologies come from? someunpleasant.substack.com/p/growing-th...

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Growing the Field

What is the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics about?

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

"This year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to a champion of peace. To a WOMAN..." was a great way to introduce the prize before giving out the name!

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Wow! Congratulations, @econ.uzh.ch bsky.app/profile/flor...

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Trump: Where do women keep Tylenol? Staffer: I guess kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and associated products.

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 21/08/2025

I just ordered a copy of @causalhuber.bsky.social's brand new book, and I'm excited to have a look at it! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292...

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Martin Huber @causalhuber.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

🎉 Seems like the release of "Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations" is off to a great start! Huge thanks to everyone who's been reading, sharing, and supporting my book! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292...

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

So Trump is saying that the investment promises within the trade "deals" are "like a signing bonus in baseball", and that its "our money to invest as we like". (starting around 2:45). Specifically mentions 550b from Japan and 650b from the EU that are his to spend. www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

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President Trump: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent 'does not want' to be Fed chair, but 4 others in running

President Donald Trump joins 'Squawk Box' via phone to discuss who will lead the Federal Reserve next, the idea of dividends around tariff policy, and much more.

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This is the First Time I regret I am no longer on Twitter. But luckily there is almost instantaneous Cross-posting 🙂

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Andreas Steinmayr @andreassteinmayr.net · 05/06/2025

THREE full professorships in Data Science, Microeconomics & Behavioral Econ — great colleagues, excellent research conditions and a spectacular setting in the Alps. Please share! 📈📉

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Elliott Ash @elliottash.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Stellar health economists who want to build a world-class lab in Zurich, see here 👉

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

So pauschal wie die USA die Zölle festgelegt haben frage ich mich dann doch, ob sich die offizielle Schweiz nicht zu früh "freut" in der Annahme, dass die Pharmabranche von den Zöllen ausgeschlossen sei. Dass Trump sich für irgendwelche WTO-Abkommen interessiert wage ich zumindest zu bezweifeln.

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The Economist @economist.com · 03/04/2025

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

War wohl eher ne Fehlkalkulation was das Wohl der Schweiz angeht.

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Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested! #EconJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd #Economics #JobAlert

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Monika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 13/03/2025

Ich befürchte zudem, dass mithilfe des Sondervermögens Spielräume für Wahlgeschenke geschaffen werden: Union/SPD wollen Mütterrente ausweiten, Agrardiesel subventionieren und MwSt. in Gastronomie senken: All das schafft kein Wachstum, setzt falsche Anreize & ist Klientelpolitik.

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Rudi Bachmann @bachmannrudi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Ihr wollt der Ukraine helfen? Und gleichzeitig etwas coole Oekonomik lernen. Dann macht bitte hier bei dieser Aktion mit, die von @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social von der HU Berlin initiiert wurde. Es lohnt sich in so vielen Hinsichten. yourcontributionsquared.eu

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Your Contribution Squared

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Great Initiative and cool mechanism by two very trustworthy economists, @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social and @oechssler.bsky.social. Contribute if you can! bsky.app/profile/geor...

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

If one person gives a euro to Ukraine, the result is €1. If two people give 2 each, it is €4. If 3,000 give 3,000 each, it is 9 million. Let’s coordinate, here 👇 and please re-post to spread the word. yourcontributionsquared.eu/en/

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Your Contribution Squared

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Remarkable: Merz wants to discuss reforming debt brake in the *outgoing* Bundestag, where CDU/CSU+SPD+Greens still have over 2/3 of seats, before new Bundestag is constituted by 25 March. Greens already signalled willingness this morning.

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I have an open PhD position in (mostly) behavioral economics at the University of Fribourg. Given the difficult situation right now in terms of science funding, maybe this is of interest to some of you, or someone you know. Please share! drive.google.com/file/d/1D6wS...

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Stellenausschreibung Jan 2025 english.pdf

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dben0.bsky.social @dben0.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

TBF, he's probably only looking at this chart

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I, the king of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity......

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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Fourth, other sources beyond the monthly employment report will be informative: - UI claims over the next 2-3 weeks for federal workers, and over a longer period for private workers. States report these; if feds doctor them, we’ll know. - Job postings on Indeed, etc. - Business confidence surveys.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The problem here for Trump is that he’s not in a position to give Putin what he wants, even if he’s minded to. No decision made in the White House will be binding on Europe, or even on the next US administration. And Putin knows that, too. /18

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Leider ist „Evidenzbasiert“ wohl beiden Schweizer Bundesratskandidaten ein Fremdwort… www.nzz.ch/schweiz/bund...

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Holger Herz @herzholger.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Sales of electric vehicles increased by 53.5% year-on-year in Germany. At the same time, sales of Tesla dropped by 60%! Crazy numbers against the market trend. I wonder what the cause might be... www.spiegel.de/auto/elektro...

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Elektroauto-Absatz in Deutschland steigt kräftig – Tesla bricht ein

Noch nie wurden in einem Januar in Deutschland so viele E-Autos zugelassen wie in diesem Jahr. Tesla hat von dem Trend nicht profitiert, offenbar aus mehreren Gründen.

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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Forthcoming article by Matthias Rodemeier and andreasloeschel.bsky.social "Information Nudges, Subsidies, and Crowding Out of Attention: Field Evidence from Energy Efficiency Investments" @eeanews.bsky.social s.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

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Information Nudges, Subsidies, and Crowding Out of Attention: Field Evidence from Energy Efficiency Investments

Abstract. How can information substitute or complement financial incentives such as Pigouvian subsidies? We answer this question in a large-scale field exp

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