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Roberto Iacono

@robertoiacono.org
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Prof Economics NTNU, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE III, CESifo & WIL. Main organiser of LISIT. PI of @welgain.bsky.social. Father of two! www.robertoiacono.org

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Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#Walmart #Supercenter openings are associated with a 2.2 percentage point (18%) rise in #poverty, and the increase persists for at least a decade. Our article is now published in #LabourEconomics, with @zparolin.bsky.social, Clemente Pignatti & Rafael Pintro-Schmitt.
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Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#BasicIncome and #JobGuarantee are often pitted against each other. In our @econfip.bsky.social brief with @maxkasy.bsky.social, we argue they can be complements: Cash gives autonomy & security; Guaranteed jobs add latent benefits of work that cash alone doesn't deliver econfip.org/wp-content/u...
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Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The American Sociological Review issue with our paper on labor unions and Walmart's buyer power, with @joshuachoper.bsky.social and @zparolin.bsky.social, is now out alongside several other articles that are worth checking out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/asra/91/3
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American Sociological Review - Volume 91, Number 3
Table of contents for American Sociological Review, 91, 3
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 08/07/2026
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KI fortrenger ikke unge jobbsøkere – ennå
Fortrenger kunstig intelligens unge arbeidstakere tidlig i karrieren? Foreløpig ser det ikke sånn ut. Men kanskje senere.
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 16/06/2026
📄New WP out: "Labor Market Consequences of Generative AI: Early Evidence from Norway" www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo... Does GenAI displace early-career workers? Together w/ Dennis Facius (EUI), we bring population-wide evidence from Norway to one of the most urgent questions in labor economics these days
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WelGain @welgain.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
🎉 New paper out in World Development by @welgain.bsky.social's PI @robertoiacono.org & Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati (UCD): "Unintended Consequences of Externally Aided Projects on Fiscal Transfers: A Subnational Study of India" 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X26001439
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Unintended consequences of externally aided projects on fiscal transfers: a subnational study of India
We investigate the impact of foreign aid on inter-governmental transfers in India. While anecdotal evidence suggests that the central government subst…
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 12/05/2026
📢New Working Paper! "Dual Income Taxation and Top Income Shares" ✍️ Michele Ceraolo, @robertoiacono.org & Fernando Rios-Avila What are the distributional consequences of Dual #Income Taxation (DIT)?💲 Find out: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 05/05/2026
🚨New WP🚨 We study DIT across 20 countries (1980–2019). DIT adoption increases the top 10% share by 0.67 pp & the top 1% by 0.50 pp. Efficiency gains come at an equity cost. W/ M. Ceraolo & F. Rios-Avila. ifo.de/en/cesifo/publications/2026/working-paper/dual-income-taxation-and-top-income-shares
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WelGain @welgain.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Huge congrats to #WelGain member Jorge Luis Garcia (Texas A&M) on his new paper in AEJ: Economic Policy! He shows India's rural employment guarantee raises household consumption but cuts women's labor force participation & well-being — exactly the kind of hidden effect WelGain aims to surface.
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Guaranteed Employment in Rural India: Intrahousehold Labor and Resource Allocation Consequences
(May 2026) - I investigate the intrahousehold labor and resource allocation consequences of an employment guarantee targeting rural households in India. The guarantee insures household earnings, repla...
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Colin Green @colinpgreen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
4th Workshop on Education Economics and Policy (WEEP) to be held 7th-8th September in Trondheim, Norway. sites.google.com/site/prgreen... Keynotes: Elizabeth Cascio (Dartmouth) and Björn Öckert (IFAU) Call for papers open soon Funded by EduGAP project samforsk.no/prosjekter/e... #EconConf
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WEEP 2026
The Department of Economics at NTNU and NTNU Samfunnsforskning are pleased to announce the 4th Workshop on Education Economics and Policy (WEEP) in Trondheim, Norway 7th-8th September 2026. We invite...
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Maximilian Kasy @maxkasy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🔥 Just accepted for publication at AEJ:Policy 🔥 "Employing the unemployed of Marienthal: Evaluation of a guaranteed job program" maxkasy.github.io/home/files/p...
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Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia @fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
#CFA: We are hiring 2 Postdocs and 1 PhD to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (c.1750-1950). Join us in Trondheim! 2 Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... (deadline for applying: March 15)
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Senior researchers in History (291971) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Senior researchers in History (291971), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026
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WelGain @welgain.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Our WelGain project member @lukaslehner.bsky.social interviewed on the UK's benefits bill. Framing correctly the cost of welfare, and unveiling the hidden benefits of social programs, is central to the WelGain project. Stay tuned for more!
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 08/01/2026
Eager to start a PhD and work with Norwegian register data? Apply! inomics.com/job/phd-cand...
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Francesco Andreoli @fandreoli83.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
✨Winter School #IT19 ✨ Sarting the Nineteenth Winter School on #Inequality and #SocialWelfare Theory (#IT19) 3 days, 85 participants, 25 talks, 3 lab sessions, 40 posters/presentations, a lot to learn about! @cesifo.org @liser.lu Uni Verona @cy-univ.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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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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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 19/12/2025
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Here’s what determines whether your income level rises or falls
Your work usually determines whether you manage to earn a better income compared to people around you, but not when your income falls.
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Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 18/12/2025
Fully funded Ph.D. position in economics open - please apply and/or inform your promising students! Application deadline 28 February. www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-... This is an open-topic fellowship, with research proposals aligned with the economics group's research interests being given priority.
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PhD Fellowship position in Economics at Oslo Business School, OsloMet
Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with 23,000 students and over 2,600 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conduct...
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Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Excited to be part of this project, where we'll aim to improve cost-benefit analysis of social policies over the next four years. Thanks for leading the work, @robertoiacono.org!
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WelGain @welgain.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The WelGain project has got a website on which you can follow our updates! www.ntnu.edu/isa/welgain
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The WelGain project explores why public debates about welfare often emphasize costs more than benefits. - NTNU
WelGain – Welfare Gains.
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 14/11/2025
‘But Switzerland’s boring’: tax migration and the pull of place-specific cultural capital url: academic.oup.com/ser/article/...
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‘But Switzerland’s boring’: tax migration and the pull of place-specific cultural capital
Abstract. Many countries are concerned about the migration of top taxpayers. Yet we know little about how economic elites weigh the taxes they pay when dec
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 14/11/2025
I will be hiring soon! A fully funded 3-year PhD position at NTNU, supported by our WelGain project. Stay tuned!
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 12/11/2025
📢 Happy to share that our paper "Compulsory activation of young welfare recipients: revisiting the trade-off between workfare and welfare generosity", co-authored with @baardsmed.bsky.social, has been published in the Socio-Economic Review (OUP). 🔗 Read the article: doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
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Pietro Battiston 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @pietrobattiston.it · 11/11/2025
Our speaker this week is @robertoiacono.org (NTNU), who is currently visiting our Department of Economics @unipisa.bsky.social and presents "Capital and Labor Income Mobility", joint with @marcoranaldi.bsky.social and @joelliambuehler.bsky.social . www.ec.unipi.it/eventi/rober... #econsky #seminar
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Roberto Iacono (Norwegian University of Science and Technology): Capital and Labor Income Mobility - Dipartimento di Economia e Management
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025, at 2:30 pm Venue: Room Bruguier Pacini, DEM + Online via Teams Speaker: Roberto Iacono…Leggi tutto...
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 05/11/2025
Being back at @deps-siena.bsky.social today to present my work, 4 years after my sabbatical spent here, has been a great pleasure, and a bit emotional. Keep up the good work, I think @deps-siena.bsky.social is gaining back the glory of its past!
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DEPS Siena - Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
📢THIS WEEK @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! @robertoiacono.org (NTNU) "Behavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform" 🗓️⏲️ Nov 5, 15:00, Goodwin Room #Siena
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Happy World Statistics Day! 🎉📊 🔥 Final stretch! Apply to join #FIRE — Finland’s register-based research initiative — as a visiting researcher by Oct 22. 📊🚀 @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Do register-based research? 🔎 #FIRE Fellowships offer 1–2 month visits to Finland for postdocs & senior researchers. Apply now 👉 fire-infra.com/en/fire-visi... @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social
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FIRE Visiting Fellow Programme - FIRE
FIRE fellowships are 1–2 months visits to the Finnish Infrastructure for Register-Based Research (FIRE) to collaborate with our researchers.
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Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford @inetoxford.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford! @zparolin.bsky.social is hiring: 🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility 🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility Find out more and apply HERE ➵ www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
From the local newspaper Lister (1899), this gem: Political economy. 12-year-old: “What is political economy, Dad?” Dad: “Never buy more votes than you strictly need.”
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Klaus F. Zimmermann @kfzimmermann.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Second Call for Papers. GLO-JOPE Conference Bonn & Global – December 3-5, 2025. Submission Deadline October 23, 2025. #Development #Family #Fertility #Migration #Refugees #Crime #Conflict #Religion #Economics #Labor #Population #Health #Conflict #EconSky #EcoConf glabor.org/second-call-...
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Second Call for Papers. GLO-JOPE Conference Bonn & Global – December 3-5, 2025. Submission Deadline October 23, 2025.
Second Call for Papers. The Global Labor Organization (GLO), a large international network of economists and related disciplines, invites contributed papers on
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Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Pleased to see our new paper finally out! Together with joël bühler and Roberto Iacono, we study income mobility dynamics in Norway using 26 years of high-quality register data. Main result: upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income — and almost never by capital alone. (1/4)
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Joël Bühler @joelliambuehler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Ever wondered whether capital or labor income makes individuals move up the income ladder? So did my fantastic co-authors @marcoranaldi.bsky.social and @robertoiacono.org and I! Short answer: It's mostly LABOR income! 1/2
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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · 07/10/2025
Do individuals move ⤴️ or⤵️ the income ladder because of jumps in labor or capital income, or both? 👉Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone, find @marcoranaldi.bsky.social @joelliambuehler.bsky.social @robertoiacono.org ▶️ wid.world/news-article...
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Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone - WID - World Inequality Database
Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone This paper studies the dynamics of capital and labor income mobility using high-quality register data from Norway.
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 03/10/2025
Are you a PhD/Postdoc young scholar in search of opportunities abroad? Time to apply for the new call of the Visiting researcher positions with access to admin data @ NTNU in Trondheim. Deadline: 30.11.2025. Details: shorturl.at/Fdw9A Friends & colleagues: pls share with your best candidates.
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 01/10/2025
Time to celebrate! 🎉 The WelGain project (Tangible welfare costs & hidden welfare gains: unveiling the counterfactual in the evaluation of social programs) has received funding by the RCN, approx. 11.97M NOK (1M EUR). I look forward to serve as PI of an amazing team of colleagues @NTNU and abroad!
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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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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
👴👵 Noa De La Vega, Max Weber Fellow at @eui-eco.bsky.social, sheds light on how sudden major health changes in the elderly impact their adult children’s employment, revealing that sons and daughters are affected differently. Read more 👉 loom.ly/1gb8nfc
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 15/09/2025
We are delighted to publish this paper by @thomaspiketty.bsky.social in a forthcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Income Distribution jid.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jid/
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 15/09/2025
An exciting year has just begun! Sabbatical in Pisa & Florence for the whole academic year 2025/2026. Let me know if you are in the area!
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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · 15/09/2025
🔴 🌐First global database of wealth accumulation covering 1800–2025 now available 👇 wid.world/news-article... @cmtneztt.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @alisodano.bsky.social @anmol-smnch.bsky.social @jonasdietrich.bsky.social @gatonievas.bsky.social
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First global database of wealth accumulation covering 1800–2025 now available - WID - World Inequality Database
First global database of wealth accumulation covering 1800–2025 now available The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an interna...
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NBER @nber.org · 02/09/2025
Matching the Forbes 400 to tax data finds that they pay a total tax rate of 24 percent of economic income, lower than the 30 percent tax rate paid on average in the US, from Akcan S. Balkir, Emmanuel Saez, Danny Yagan, and Gabriel Zucman www.nber.org/papers/w34170
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 27/07/2025
Great post by @brankomilan.bsky.social on Compositional vs. Income Ineq, highlighting @marcoranaldi.bsky.social's role in developing this novel concept. Regarding the high CI in the Nordics, @elisapalagi.bsky.social & I in our BEJEAP paper (doi.org/10.1515/beje...) have another interpretation..(1/n)
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Still the Lands of Equality? Heterogeneity of Income Composition in the Nordics, 1975–2016
According to standard measures of income inequality, the Nordic countries rank among the most equal economies in the world. This paper studies whether and how this picture changes when the focus is on...
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Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Just read @brankomilan.bsky.social's latest on income & compositional inequality. One more point: if AI pushes up the capital share by replacing jobs across skill levels, reducing compositional inequality can help capital complement labor—and prevent income inequality from rising👇
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Yajna Govind @yajnagovind.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Happy to have this out (joint with @paolosantini.bsky.social & Ellora Derenoncourt). Stay tuned for more!
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
July 4th, 2025
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 30/06/2025
The 2nd Lofoten Int'l Symposium on Inequality & Taxation (#LISIT2025) is now history! A fabulous 2-day workshop with a stellar group of economists & public finance scholars, surrounded by the stunning peaks & sea views that only the Lofoten islands can offer. Thread below
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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The Influence of Inheritances on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries" By @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social, & Philippe Van Kerm www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics #publicfinance
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Jon Fiva @fiva.no · 21/06/2025
In Oslo this Monday? We're running a Political Economics Mini Workshop—reach out if you'd like to attend. Presentations by Enrico Cantoni, @annkristinkolln.bsky.social, Sara Cools, Stine Hesstvedt, and @siggi-econ.bsky.social.
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Roberto Iacono @robertoiacono.org · 20/06/2025
Lofoten archipelago generally receives around 1500 mm of rain per year... that is why it looks like we are blessed by the weather gods when forecasts for the next week look like this👇 #LISIT2025
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