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Paolo G. Piacquadio

@pgpiacquadio.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Uni. St. Gallen. Interested in normative views and their policy implications.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Max Weber postdoc program at @eui-eu.bsky.social has its deadline 16 October, for a September 2027 start: www.eui.eu/en/academic-...
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Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies
Making a Difference in Global Academia
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and LIS Data Center are hiring a 3-year postdoc for work on public policy, welfare and socio-economic inequality. Open to economics, sociology, pol sci and related disciplines. Apply by Sep 15th: jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur...
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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 26/08/2026
Interested in spending up to a year in Heilbronn and experiencing our emerging AI ecosystem first-hand? Our new AI Fellowship is now open (link below)! If you have a strong PhD from a leading university and work closely on causal AI, get in touch. I’d be happy to explore hosting you at TUM.
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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Last day of BÆM 2026. We conclude with a workshop on "Fairness in the Economy." We again have a jam-packed program of great presentations: www.baem.info/Program_FIE_... Stay tuned for live coverage!
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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford). ▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, Janet Gornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor. 🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May. Join us in Oxford! Details here: atkinsonconference.github.io
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The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality
A two-day interdisciplinary conference on economic and social inequality at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 10–11 September 2026.
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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
NEW JOB AD - POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS - (“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”) 2 positions (Deadline May 17 2026) sites.google.com/site/salvato...
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Salvatore Morelli - Announcements
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS - Deadline May 17 2026 (“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”) University of Roma Tre - Department of Law The Department of Law at the...
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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Forthcoming in the AER: "Social Preferences over Ordinal Outcomes" by Sandro Ambuehl and B. Douglas Bernheim.
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Social Preferences over Ordinal Outcomes
(Forthcoming Article) - We study social preferences in settings where someone who chooses on behalf of others knows how those individuals rank the available options but may lack cardinal information concerning those comparisons. Contrary to majoritarian principles, most people place more weight on pre- venting least-preferred outcomes for others than on enabling most-preferred outcomes. Ranks matter both intrinsically and because they provide a basis for inferring cardinal utility. Ordinal aggregation principles are stable across domains and countries with divergent political traditions. Designing attractive social choice mechanisms is challenging in practice partly because aggre- gation principles that make manipulation diffcult yield outcomes people consider normatively unappealing.
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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 31/12/2025
Beautifully written, urgently terrifying. "In towns like mine, outsourcing and automation consumed jobs. Then purpose. Then people. Now the same forces are climbing the economic ladder...If our leaders fail to prepare, the silence that once followed the closing of factory doors will spread..."
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Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 23/12/2025
📢🚨 PhD position in my new "@welgain.bsky.social" project 🚨 📢 I am looking for a 🎓 PhD student 🎓 interested in impact evaluation, welfare programs, labor & public economics, social policy & inequality, to work with me at NTNU in Trondheim (www.ntnu.edu). (1/3) 👇
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU
Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Located in Trondheim, Gjøvik and Ålesund. Specializing in technology and the natural sciences. 40 000 students.
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Karine Nyborg @karinenyborg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
We're hiring! Postdoc positions in environmental econ, political econ, microeconomic theory, U of Oslo: econjobmarket.org/positions/12.... Brilliant & friendly colleagues, lovely city, beautiful nature, family friendly norms, Oslo's best views from our lunch room!
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EJM - Econ Job Market
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Frikk Nesje @frikknesje.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Looking forward to holding the Department Seminar at @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social on Dec 10. I will present the paper "Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality" (joint with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social). A new version, with many new insights, will be ready soon! shorturl.at/I58qN
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Economics Departmental Seminar - Associate Professor Frikk Nesje
Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality
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Maximilian Kasy @maxkasy.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
⏰ We are hiring on the junior market! ⏰ Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics: econjobmarket.org/positions?sh... 2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ. cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
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EJM - Econ Job Market
The automated language-translation service on econjobmarlet.org is provided free by Google Translate, a third party service. Google is wholly responsible for the translation service. Econ Job…
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Martin B. Holm @martinbholm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are hiring tenure-track assistant/associate professors in Economics at the University of Oslo. Fields: macro, micro theory, international trade, development Application deadline: November 30! More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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EJM - Econ Job Market
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Julien Combe @combeju.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The #econjobmarket is not (totally) dead! 3 positions this year to join our amazing team at @crestumr.bsky.social ! This is a great environnent with amazing colleagues and students please consider applying! Feel free to contact any of us if you have questions
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Jörg Oechssler @oechssler.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Deadline coming up tomorrow! Join us in Heidelberg.
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 26/09/2025
It is finally online the SI of the EER that we guest-edited together with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social, @danielwaldenstrom.bsky.social, and Jakob Madsen. The full list of papers is available here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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European Economic Review | Capital vs. Labor: Perspectives on Inequality in the 21st Century | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
This special issue addresses the complex dynamics between capital and labor in economic inequality and redistribution. It navigates the tension between concentrating capital in the top income distribu...
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James Holland Jones @juemos.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences. Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.
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Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Environmental Behavioral Sciences)
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I very much look forward to presenting this paper next Monday Sept 8th at 5pm Paris time for the NE&EP webinar series. For registering and/or link, write to normative.econ@gmail.com.
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Moritz Drupp @moritzdrupp.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🌍📈 Paper “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out today in the Journal of Economic Literature @aeajournals.bsky.social, joint with Jasper Meya, Lutz Sager & Ulrike Kornek. See short summary and PM by PIK linked below, and the paper here 👉 pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
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AEA Web - Journal of Economic Literature - 63(3):840 - Abstract
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Working paper alert! I generalize discounted utilitarianism to endogenous population settings and avoid most drawbacks of existing welfare criteria. Read more here: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo.... Comments are welcome!
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 29/08/2025
Final reminder to junior researchers to submit a paper for the new award from the Sciences Po Department of Economics honouring the memory of Ghazala Azmat. cepr.org/events/ghaza... #CallForPapers #EconSky
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Ghazala Azmat Award
To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Department of Economics of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name.
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Giacomo Brusco @jackbrusco.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Very happy to see this in print!
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Great paper by @brianjabarian.bsky.social and @luca-henkel.bsky.social on automated job interviews. Is AI better at recruiting? Based on 70.000+ real job interviews: - 12% more job offers; - 18% more hires; - 17% higher retention... - and 78% of applicants choose AI if given the choice.
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Voice AI in Firms: A Natural Field Experiment on Automated Job Interviews
We study the impact of replacing human recruiters with AI voice agents to conduct job interviews. Partnering with a recruitment firm, we conducted a natural fie
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emanueldebellis.bsky.social @emanueldebellis.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Looking for 2 PhD students to join our lab at the Institute of Behavioral Science and Technology @unisg.ch! We study how people interact with AI and automation at the intersection of marketing, psychology, and technology. Fully-funded positions available. Please share! 🙏
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HSG: 2 PhD Positions in Consumer Behavior and Technology (m/f/d)
A passion for behavioral science and new technologies. An excellent master's degree (or equivalent) in marketing, psychology, behavioral economics, or a related field. Outstanding English communicatio...
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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Just accepted: ‘The Impossibility of Non-manipulable Probability Aggregation’ – Franz Dietrich & Christian List Abstract in alt text or read the full paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky
ABSTRACT. A probability aggregation rule assigns to each profile of probability functions across a group of individuals (representing their individual probability assignments to some propositions) a collective probability function (representing the group’s probability assignment). The rule is ‘non-manipulable’ if no group member can manipulate the collective probability for any proposition in the direction of his or her own probability by misrepresenting his or her probability function (‘strategic voting’). We show that, except in trivial cases, no probability aggregation rule satisfying two very mild conditions (non-dictatorship and consensus preservation) is non-manipulable.
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Frikk Nesje @frikknesje.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Our approach makes it possible to reflect the values that people actually hold – and not just those that are easy to calculate. #Economics #Philosophy Pretty big, right? News item in the comments.
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Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Our article (with @madselk.bsky.social, @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @aslicansunar.bsky.social, and Laure Bokobza) on why it is so hard to counteract wealth inequality through inheritance taxation is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!
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emanueldebellis.bsky.social @emanueldebellis.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Do we change who we are when #AI is watching? New paper in @pnas.org: Job applicants emphasize analytical traits and hide intuition when assessed by AI—believing that's what algorithms want. Result? Companies may hire people good at "performing for algorithms" rather than the best candidates.
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AI assessment changes human behavior | PNAS
AI is increasingly replacing human decision-makers across domains. AI-based tools have become particularly common in assessment decisions, such as ...
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Søren Torbjørn Svendsen @sorentsvendsen.eurosky.social · 23/06/2025
Provokerende (ment godt) perspektiv i Frikks og @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social forskning. For hvordan laver vi bedst økonom-modeller (egentlig også relevant ift. debatten omkring FM's regnemodel). Læs artiklen Frikk Nesje linkter til for mere information og link til forskningsartiklen. #dkpol #dkøko
Hvad er den samfundsøkonomiske diskonteringsrate?
Den samfundsøkonomiske diskonteringsrate bestemmer, hvor meget mindre vi vægter fremtidige gevinster eller tab sammenlignet med dem, vi oplever i dag.

Fordi vi som regel foretrækker at få noget godt nu frem for senere, nedskriver økonomer værdien af fremtidige konsekvenser – f.eks. fra klimaindsatser – med en rentesats. Det kaldes tidsdiskontering.

En anden begrundelse er ulighedsaversion. Hvis fremtidige generationer forventes at være rigere end os, nedskriver økonomer værdien af fremtidige konsekvenser.

Metoden bruges i cost-benefit-analyser til at afgøre, hvor meget det er værd at investere i dag for at opnå fordele langt ude i fremtiden.
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Frikk Nesje @frikknesje.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hvordan bør vi fordele goder og omkostninger mellem generationer? I artiklen 'Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality', sammen med @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social, har vi udviklet en ramme for at forstå og vurdere netop dette spørgsmål. Læs nyheden fra KU. nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder...
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Økonomer: Langsigtede investeringer kan blive mere retfærdige
To økonomer har udarbejdet en ny måde at tænke retfærdighed mellem senere og tidligere generationer ind i de langsigtsinvesteringer, vi som samfund laver på bl.a. klimaområdet. Den nye, teoretiske ram...
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Frikk Nesje @frikknesje.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
How should we distribute benefits and costs between generations? In the paper 'Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality', with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social, we have created a framework for understanding and assessing this very question. Read the KU news item. news.ku.dk/all_news/202...
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Economists: Long-term investments can become more equitable
Two economists have developed a new way of looking at equity between later and earlier generations in the long-term investments we make as a society in areas such as climate change. The new theoretica...
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brzezinski.bsky.social @brzezinski.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🚨 We’re hiring! A post-doc opportunity in an international team working on a life course microsimulation modelling of multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries Apply here 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/347427 #EconSky #EconJobs #AcademicJobs #JobAlert #Microsimulation #WellBeing
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Assistant Professor
Project title: A life course microsimulation perspective on multi-dimensional well-being for five European countries (WELLSIM) CHANSE "Enhancing well-being for the future"
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Dominik Sachs @dominiksachs.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
VoxEU column on our paper on child related inequality is now online: cepr.org/voxeu/column... @unisg.ch
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The rising cost of motherhood in Germany
Reductions in women's labour supply after childbirth remain a persistent driver of gender earnings inequality. Using data from West Germany from the 1960s to 2013, this column explores the evolution of the ‘child penalty’ – post-birth earnings reductions for mothers – in Germany. The child penalty increased over time because women are earning more, so the opportunity cost of motherhood has grown. Family policies can affect gender inequality through changing post-birth earnings decisions. Future research should examine how policies influence pre-birth choices and interact with gender norms over the long run.
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We start in about 30 minutes! You can still register and get the zoom link!!!
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd at @unisg.ch and online: PhD minicourse on Minimalistic Market Design with @tayfunsonmez.bsky.social !!! Pls share and register for online or onsite attendance! #econsky #econ #academicsky #marketdesign
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Tayfun Sönmez @tayfunsonmez.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Please join us for the 4-lecture mini course I will give on minimalist market design at University of StGallen this week. The course is open to all and available both in person and via zoom. See below for the registration info and the link in the next comment for the course slides.
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd at @unisg.ch and online: PhD minicourse on Minimalistic Market Design with @tayfunsonmez.bsky.social !!! Pls share and register for online or onsite attendance! #econsky #econ #academicsky #marketdesign
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Ingrid van Dijk @ingridvandijk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Apply before May 15th for the doctoral positions at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University with my colleagues Martin Dribe, Jeanne Cilliers or with me! These are externally funded, 4-year positions in fascinating projects. We're a highly international department in a cute small city 🌞
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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 25/04/2025
What makes one economic outcome fairer than another – and who decides? ⚖️ Should cheap groceries come at the cost of underpaid workers? What IS fair? In a powerful lecture at @uzh_ch, Maya Eden lays out an ethical framework for economic policy. 📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8C...
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
From the archives: how much was history of economics still taught in US economics graduate programs in 1989. Are your students more creative and reflexive now that close to 0% of them are offered a class in history of economics? #econsky
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University of St.Gallen @unisg.ch · 14/04/2025
A study from #HSGProf @dominiksachs.bsky.social and Mark Colas (University of Oregon) challenges prevailing views on low-skilled #migration in the #US. Even migrants with limited formal education can generate net positive fiscal effects. Read more: unisg.link/49y #PublicFinance #MigrationPolicy
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Positive Effects: Low-Skilled Migration and Public Finances in the USA
A study involving the University of St.Gallen challenges common assumptions about low-skilled migration in the United States. While mass deportations are being debated, the research suggests that even...
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Join us for our next NE&EP webinar! Tomorrow, April 14, at 5pm Paris time (11am EDT), #Gabriel_Carroll (U Toronto) will present: “Is Equal Opportunity Different from Welfarism?" To register, email us: sites.google.com/view/normati.... We very much look forward! #econsky
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Frikk Nesje @frikknesje.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
So proud of this paper! Take a look.
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
WP alert (with @frikknesje.bsky.social): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... How to evaluate policies affecting future generations? Time and inequality attitudes are essential. By disentangling these attitudes, we better understand tradeoffs and unveil plenty of tractable criteria. #econsky
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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.
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Gonçalo Pina @alvespina.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We are hiring a Professor (W3, tenured) in Managerial Economics for our Berlin campus @escp.bsky.social. If you're a microeconomist (broadly defined) interested in joining a top European business school in a great city, please apply. Kindly share widely! #Econsky escp.eu/sites/defaul...
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Great PostDoc opportunity to work with @mulleri.bsky.social at the @unisg.ch! Her fascinating project is financed by @snsf-ch.bsky.social and deals with costly learning! Theory and experiments! #econsky #econ PS: She is also hiring a PhD student!
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mulleri.bsky.social @mulleri.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
📣 I am hiring a talented PostDoc and PhD who are eager to research costly learning from a theory and experimental angle, to join me on my recently funded SNF project. 🥳 Please send candidates my way (or share the post 🫶)! 👉 jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell... 🇨🇭 👉 jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
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HSG: Postdoctoral Position in Rational Inattention (m/f/d)
A Ph.D. (completed or near completion) in Economics, with a strong background in behavioral economics, numerical methods and/or economic theory. Demonstrated enthusiasm and ambition for conducting hig...
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Maximilian Kasy @maxkasy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🎉Just accepted at Econometrica:🎉 "Adaptive maximization of social welfare" maxkasy.github.io/home/files/p... (cc @ecmaeditors.bsky.social)
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Yannai A. Gonczarowski @yannaigonch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Looking forward to talking tomorrow to this wonderful community about my new paper with @ellasegev.bsky.social. Thanks much for the invite, Maya Eden and @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social.
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