Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026or maybe not, and it's just a case of mistaken identity bsky.app/profile/prod... 100
Reposted by Luca RigottiCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/10/2026I've long thought that the solution to the spam problem is that email should be taxed a penny a message. I don't care if you burn the money. I just want the friction. But the ability to use agents to customize bullshit at scale makes me think email should be taxed at a dollar a message. 71317
Reposted by Luca RigottiJohn Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026From our AEA cttee on the job market, here's the first update on the status of the job mkt for PhD economists of the 2026-27 cycle. A thread with graphs follows... #EconJobMarket #EconSky @aeainformation.bsky.social @aeacswep.bsky.social @joelistings.bsky.social 1/9 22721
Reposted by Luca RigottiJulian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's starting www.nber.org/system/files...nber.org 23111
Reposted by Luca RigottiMaxime Desmarais-Tremblay @mdtremblay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You may have heard of the VCG mechanism for preference revelation, but do you know who Edward Clarke was and how his approach differed from that of Ted Groves and Bill Vickrey? In this new paper, we contribute to the history of public choice in the 1970s doi.org/10.1007/s111... 1132
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Not weird, but farmers' markets are not really a thing in italy. there are outdoor markets, but the vendors are not farmers. The vibe is very different. Berkeley Bowl also worth a trip... it's italians, they'll love all things food 111
Reposted by Luca RigottiJulien Combe @combeju.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#EconSky Here it starts, GEB is out to hunt for new editor, please say no Happy to help the new journal that will come put of this :) 1227
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This has the most hilarious pronunciation of Italian last names ever, so much so that I struggled to understand which player they were talking about more than once. I suspect the German isn't much better. Good thing it's an official FIFA video. youtu.be/DIxr3kQnYvk?...youtu.beItaly 4-3 West Germany | Extended Highlights | 1970 FIFA World CupYouTube video by FIFA 011
Reposted by Luca RigottiInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🧵 New DP from I4R co-director Lester Lusher, with Sonia Ale, Md Shafiqui Islam, Huda Osman & Jacob Stenstrom (Pitt): "When Samples Shape Significance." What happens when you re-estimate published results using fresh draws of the same data? Some evidence from Google Trends! 12914
Reposted by Luca RigottiData Colada @datacolada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Colada[139] Artificial Deadlines Part 2 Evidence of fraud in the 25 year old gradesheet behind the key finding in an influential paper on deadlines and procrastination. datacolada.org/139 816957
Reposted by Luca RigottiData Colada @datacolada.bsky.social · 31/08/2026An influential paper by Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002) reported two studies with tampered data. Post 1 of 2. datacolada.org/138datacolada.org[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About ProcrastinationA new paper in Psychological Science (.htm) reports a failure to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch’s influential article entitled, “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Contr… 723799
Reposted by Luca RigottiMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026'All told, spending by nearly all of NSF’s eight main directorates is being curtailed by between 20% and 40% relative to the previous year. These reductions have come despite Congress’s directive that the agency not reduce spending for any of its directorates by more than 5%'. 1/3nature.comExclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decadesThe US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project. 14629
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Max Amarante is one exception I could think of. 020
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Depends on vintage. People who received their PhD last century, almost everyone. Nowadays, numbers are more varied. 120
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Second this. I went sometimes: it was considered very exotic and adventurous. The only dish I remember is "pollo alle mandorle", which would translates as "chicken with almonds": chicken bites with almonds in a pretty flavorless sauce. I'm sure there are many decent to good options now. 110
Reposted by Luca RigottiKevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 13/08/2026Academia was so much better before Woke. Sure, David Hume was never able to secure an academic job because he might have been an atheist. But at least no one made him use the singular "they" 12671156
Reposted by Luca RigottiJonathan Libgober @jlibdoesecon.bsky.social · 08/08/2026With the new semester approaching, I wrote a short note on how I'm thinking about AI in education: jonlib.com/assets/paper... It's 60% to explain my views to students, 30% to help myself think through this, and 10% to contribute to the broader conversation. Reactions welcome!jonlib.com 141
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I'm saying that having an extra step we don't really understand makes me uneasy. The game gets more complicated, and many people much smarter and knowledgeable than me worry about the consequences for peer reviews. I just wish we had an open discussion about it, which is not really what happened. 100
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Agreed, but there are implications that aren't obvious to me and I would have preferred some kind of debate about it. Not saying it's necessarily wrong, but just that there are many things we don't understand or control and that's a worry 010
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Doesn't this change behavior and incentives of the referees? I'm slow, but I do not see why not. At that point, not clear at all if there is a strategic advantage or not for authors. Maybe there isn't, but it's not obvious to me. 100
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026All well and good, but Juan makes a good point. I completely agree with him this would be more appropriate if done with an open source tool, or something under the control of the societies rather than a private company. Also, it would have been much better to consult the membership beforehand 211
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Here's more data www.bbc.com/sport/footba...bbc.comWorld Cup 2026 quarter-finals: A guide to penalty shootoutsWe have a look at what can be learned from every World Cup penalty taken in a shootout ever. 011
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 07/07/20262026 NBER/NSF/CEME Conference on Mathematical Economics at CMU Tepper in Pittsburgh, Nov 6-8. Submissions in economic theory and EconCS are very welcome! Deadline: July 31. More info: www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ashouri...andrew.cmu.eduNBER/NSF/CEME Conference on Mathematical Economics — November 2026Hosted by the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, November 6–8, 2026. Keynote by Dirk Bergemann. 020
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Standards are perfect at the institution where I got tenure, it's all the other schools that could have issues 040
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 19/06/2026If it had more bridges, it'd be a little Pittsburgh 020
Reposted by Luca RigottiThe Onion @theonion.com · 10/06/2026Italy Issues Travel Ban On Italian Americans 1773781
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Might have been North-South at some point, but much more complex now 010
Reposted by Luca RigottiScott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 24/05/20265 rules of writing: 1. The reader can only read your words, not your mind. 2. Never make the reader work. 3. The reader is always right. 4. The reader has many other choices. 5. You have (at most) two paragraphs to keep the reader. 2318227
Reposted by Luca RigottiPaul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 28/04/2026Your colleagues in other fields are smart — listen to what they have to say! (If you think you’re the only smart person in your group / department, you’re probably wrong and you’re probably an asshole). 1442
Reposted by Luca RigottiPaul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 28/04/2026You may think your field is the best field. That’s fine – you probably like it the most by revealed preference. You would likely be best served as viewing other fields as inspiration for your own field, rather than as gnats to be ignored. 1331
Reposted by Luca RigottiAlessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026As an Italian, I say, “No, thanks.” We don’t deserve to be at the World Cup 3146
Reposted by Luca RigottiThe Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · 17/04/2026📢📢We now know the Tourists and Hosts for the 2026 REStud European Tour!📢📢 The REStud European Tour recognizes the most promising graduating doctoral students in economics and finance and introduces them and their research to audiences. Let's Meet the Hosts and the Tourists in this thread! 1/21 161
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The most important sentence one learns being a scientist/researcher: "I do not know". Paraphrasing what one of my coauthors pointed out: LLM models have infinite arrogance and never say that. 000
Luca Rigotti @lucarigotti.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I think this is still at a pretty rough stage... "Front Matter" is a paper with no repository :) 120
Reposted by Luca RigottiYale Department of Economics @yaleeconomics.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Join us in congratulating Donald Andrews for being recognized as an AEA 2026 Distinguished Fellow! His work has had a lasting influence on many topics in modern econometrics, and has repeatedly changed how econometric problems are understood. economics.yale.edu/news/260410/...economics.yale.eduAmerican Economic Association (AEA) Recognizes Donald Andrews as a 2026 Distinguished Fellow 053
Reposted by Luca RigottiThe Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The Confederate diaspora—small but powerful and ideologically intense—reshaped culture across the U.S. through influence, organizational mobilization, and political leverage. New paper by Bazzi, Ferrara, Fiszbein, Pearson, and Testa: www.restud.com/the-confeder... #REStud #EconSky 0156
