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One of the oldest and most prestigious journals in economics, the Journal of Political Economy presents significant and essential scholarship in economic theory and practice. www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/…

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Jan. 2026 issue of the @jpolecon.bsky.social should be of great interest to anyone interested in the well being of young people. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2026...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Congratulations to JPE editor Christopher Walters on being named the Daniel Gressel Professor of Economics in the Wallman Society of Fellows in the Department of Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. ms.spr.ly/604... #econsky @chicagojournals.bsky.social
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32 UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in 2026 | University of Chicago News
Thirty-two members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships, effective Jan. 1.
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Swing by the University of Chicago Press booth in the exhibits hall at ASSA to check out what's new with JPE and the Press's econ lists in books and journals! #ASSA2026 @uchicagopress.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social #econsky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The November issue is now available at www.journals.uchicag.... This issue features an In Memoriam to Robert E. Lucas Jr.--a tribute to his lasting impact on economics and as JPE editor. Contributors include T. Sargent, F. Alvarez, B. Jovanovic, and N. Stokey. @chicagojournals.bsky.social #econsky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The November issue is now available at www.journals.uchicag.... This issue features an In Memoriam to Robert E. Lucas Jr.--a tribute to his lasting impact on economics and as JPE editor. Contributors include T. Sargent, F. Alvarez, B. Jovanovic, and N. Stokey. @chicagojournals.bsky.social #econsky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The July issue of JPE is now available online at www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2025... @chicagojournals.bsky.social #econsky
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Florian Oswald @floswald.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
And we are live! #econsky @jpolecon.bsky.social jpedataeditor.github.io
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The JPE thanks outgoing editor Lance Lochner for his distinguished service to the journal and looks forward to welcoming Christopher Walters to the editorial team in August. @chicagojournals.bsky.social #econsky
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Florian Oswald @floswald.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The @jpolecon.bsky.social is the latest addition to the list of top Econ journals adhering to datacodestandard.org . Our data policy implements DCAS (www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/jpe...)
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The JPE is happy to announce that Florian Oswald is joining the journal as data editor in July. Details on JPE's updated data policy can be found at www.journals.uchicag.... @floswald.bsky.social #EconSky
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NIHCM @nihcm.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Congratulate the winners of the #NIHCM 2025 Research Award: "The Corporatization of Independent Hospitals" published in the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics. Learn more here: bit.ly/3HqgyQk | @jpolecon.bsky.social @pennldi.bsky.social
31st Annual NIHCM Awards; Research Winner; The Corporatization of Independent Hospitals; Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics; Elena Andreyeva, Atul Gupta, Catherine Ishitani, Malgorzata Sylwestrzak, and Benjamin Ukert; NIHCM Foundation; #NIHCMAwardsResearch; NIHCM.org
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John A. List @johnlist.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
A young scholar recently emailed me asking a question: “Professor, with one sentence can you tell me what the @jpolecon.bsky.social is looking for?” My response: I cannot speak for the other editors but I love to read studies that discover solutions for problems not yet known.
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Chicago Journals @chicagojournals.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
"Why does the stock market rise and fall over long periods?" This article from the Journal of Political Economy investigates this question. Check out "How the Wealth Was Won: Factor Shares as Market Fundamentals" here: ow.ly/rai050VXjTU @jpolecon.bsky.social
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Chicago Journals @chicagojournals.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
From the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, this article takes a closer look at how social networks affect the US mortgage market's adoption of financial-technology lending. Find out more here: ow.ly/sBoW50VCOmG @jpolecon.bsky.social
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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 24/02/2025
📣 Top publication in @jpolecon.bsky.social – Ernst Fehr, Professor of Economics in our department alongside his co-authors, examined the causal impact of working memory training embedded in regular school (first graders). Their conclusion? 🧐🧵⬇️
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
ICYMI: The 2025 Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago in collaboration with JPE Macro, will be held October 16-17, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Access the Call for Papers at bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event... #EconSky
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Call for Papers: 2025 Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives - Becker Friedman Institute
Scientific Committee Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago The 2025 Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The 2025 Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago in collaboration with JPE Macro, will be held October 16-17, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Access the Call for Papers at bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event... #EconSky
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Call for Papers: 2025 Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives - Becker Friedman Institute
Scientific Committee Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago The 2025 Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
How did the 1997 financial crisis in South Korea—and the ensuing banking reforms—affect female entrepreneurship? This article from the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics investigates this question. Learn more here: ow.ly/e8yh50UPbMZ @JPolEcon
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Financial Crisis and Female Entrepreneurship: Evidence from South Korea | Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics: Vol 2, No 4
We document a drastic increase in female-owned manufacturing firms in South Korea after the 1997 financial crisis. During the crisis, a major banking-sector reform was conducted, and many underperform...
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Human Capital HCEO - CEHD @hceconomics.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
New in @jpolecon.bsky.social‬ from HCEO member Francesco Agostinelli et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
ICYMI: The February issue of JPE is now available online at www.journals.uchicag... #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Does more law equal more growth? ⚖️📈 In a new study published in @jpolecon.bsky.social, Dr Matia Vannoni and co-authors put the spotlight on greater, more complex legislation and its impact on economies. Read more 🔽 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/does-mo...
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Does more law equal more growth?
The case has been made for and against the role of greater, more complex legislation and its impact on economies but, in new study, a team of academics found evidence that more law DOES boost the econ...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
What is the value of urgency? From the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, this article investigates this question by analyzing data from users of California's ExpressLanes. Learn more from their findings here: ow.ly/uTce50UKsym #EconSky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The February issue of JPE is now available online at www.journals.uchicag... #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
ICYMI: The JPE is happy to announce that Florian Oswald will be joining the journal as data editor this summer. Updates to the JPE data policy will be forthcoming later this year. @floswald.bsky.social #EconSky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
This article from the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics explores how an individual's Facebook friends can influence their risk-taking behavior. Read more at ow.ly/fCYf50UAOm9
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The JPE is happy to announce that Florian Oswald will be joining the journal as data editor this summer. Updates to the JPE data policy will be forthcoming later this year. @floswald.bsky.social #EconSky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Do the current regulations governing transplant centers and organ-procurement organizations incentivize the reduction of organ recovery and transplantation? This article from the Journal of Political Economy argues, "Yes." Find out why here: ow.ly/UzEF50Uycao #EconSky
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Regulation of Organ Transplantation and Procurement: A Market-Design Lab Experiment | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 132, No 11
We conduct a lab experiment that shows that current rules regulating transplant centers (TCs) and organ-procurement organizations (OPOs) create perverse incentives that inefficiently reduce both organ...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Does new housing supply lead to a decrease in rents, even in high-demand markets? Read this Just Accepted article from the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics to find out: ow.ly/1eN950UqS1B
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The People Lab @thepeoplelab.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
🔬 Published in the @jpolecon.bsky.social written by Stefano DellaVigna, Woojin Kim, and @elizabethlinos.bsky.social: "Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption." We analyzed RCT adoption across US cities. Discover the key barriers here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 132, No 8
Governments increasingly use randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to test innovations, yet we know little about how they incorporate results into policymaking. We study 30 US cities that ran 73 RCTs wi...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A new paper from the Journal of Political Economy investigates how PhD program ranking, department status, and other author connections impact peer review decisions. Read the full findings here: ow.ly/sfLx50UiGII #EconSky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The JPE editors are pleased to announce that the Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize for 2025 has been awarded to Chris Edmond, Virgiliu Midrigan, and Daniel Xu for “How Costly are Markups?” Read about the prizewinning paper here: www.journals.uchicag.... #EconSky
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Fifty years ago in the JPE… @jpolecon.bsky.social www.jstor.org/stable/1830662
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This 2020 article from the Journal of Political Economy studies the effects of industrial robots on US labor markets: ow.ly/pF6O50TVv8S #EconSky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"Nearly 1 billion people still lack electricity access." Read "Out of the Darkness and into the Light? Development Effects of Rural Electrification" from the Journal of Political Economy to learn more about last-mile electrification efforts: ow.ly/R4mC50U4pko #EconSky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
"Learning before Trading: On the Inefficiency of Ignoring Free Information" by Doron Ravid, Anne-Katrin Roesler, and Balázs Szentes: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Why do new technologies take so long to be adopted? This article from the Journal of Political Economy answers this question by analyzing the adoption of mechanized cotton spinning during the first French industrial revolution. Read it here: ow.ly/1AjG50TYrMw #EconSky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Two articles originally published in the JPE were cited in the recent Nobel prize decision. In honor of the achievement of Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson, we have made these articles temporarily free to read at www.journals.uchicag.... #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Paul Wallace @ptwall.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Catch Day 1 of the Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives conference 12:55-5:45pm CT today. This is a new annual conference of the Minneapolis Fed, UChicago’s Becker Friedman, @siepr.bsky.social and @jpolecon.bsky.social macroeconomics. #econsky Watch & see agenda: www.minneapolisfed.org/events/2024/...
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Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives: Banking, Regulation, and Macroeconomic Outcomes | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
A new annual conference and initiative of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the University of Chicago, and Stanford University
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Two articles originally published in the JPE were cited in the recent Nobel prize decision. In honor of the achievement of Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson, we have made these articles temporarily free to read at www.journals.uchicag.... #EconSky
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
The September issue of JPE Macro is now available online at www.journals.uchicag.... #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
The September issue of JPE Macro is now available online at www.journals.uchicag.... #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
Free to read for a limited time! "Social Networks Shape Beliefs and Behavior" at tinyurl.com/ycxkjhjz. Read more JPE Micro at tinyurl.com/bd4phk99. For full access, check with your library or subscribe at 20% off with code JPE20. #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 10/09/2024
For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here. I wrote it hoping to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here. If you think it's useful, please share it. 📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣ aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...
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For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner
This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
Free to read for a limited time! "Social Networks Shape Beliefs and Behavior" at tinyurl.com/ycxkjhjz. Read more JPE Micro at tinyurl.com/bd4phk99. For full access, check with your library or subscribe at 20% off with code JPE20. #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
Read about how gender composition and leadership affects women’s influence in teams in the September issue of JPE, available online at www.journals.uchicag.... #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
Free to read for a limited time! "Fast and Slow Technological Transitions" at www.journals.uchicag.... Read more JPE Macro content at tinyurl.com/y2vb95v4. For full access, check with your library or subscribe at 20% off with code JPE20. #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
Free to read for a limited time! "Fast and Slow Technological Transitions" at www.journals.uchicag.... Read more JPE Macro content at tinyurl.com/y2vb95v4. For full access, check with your library or subscribe at 20% off with code JPE20. #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
The August issue of JPE Micro is now available online at journals.uchicago.ed.... #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
The August issue of JPE Micro is now available online at journals.uchicago.ed.... #EconSky @ChicagoJournals
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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
Free to read for a limited time! "Is It the Message or the Messenger?" at www.journals.uchicag.... Read more JPE Micro content at tinyurl.com/bd4phk99. For full access, check with your library or subscribe at 20% off with code JPE20. #EconSky
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