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Robert Östling

@robertostling.bsky.social
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Professor of economics at Stockholm School of Economics.

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Abhijeet Singh @singhabhi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We’re a v collegial dept, good in multiple fields: applied micro, macro, Dev, theory, behavioural... See e.g. @toreellingsen.bsky.social @robertostling.bsky.social @martinabjorkman.bsky.social @jmerilainen.bsky.social Lots of seminars, an excellent PhD program (run across the Stockholm depts)
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Robert Östling @robertostling.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Är inte detta en mycket stark överdrift? "Med andra ord har amerikanska universitet knappast präglats av någon större akademisk frihet tidigare heller." www.dn.se/debatt/den-a...
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DN Debatt. ”Den akademiska friheten i USA är ett minne blott”
Handels rektor Lars Strannegård om Sveriges "Einstein moment" när Trump, Vance och Musk attackerar akademin i USA – så kan vi locka till oss forskare.
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Robert Östling @robertostling.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
I just posted a blog text about a new report from Oxfam about inequality and the climate. It is in Swedish, but Wordpress new AI tool gives a good summary: "The content of the post discusses a recent report by Oxfam on carbon emissions and income inequality in Sweden. ..."
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Jonas Vlachos @jonasvlachos.bsky.social · 12/11/2023
På torsdag kl 17 presenterar Jesper Roine sin bok om ojämlikhet. @robertostling.bsky.social och jag deltar i samtalet. Gratis, men föranmälan behövs! billetto.se/e/darfor-ar-...
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Abhijeet Singh @singhabhi.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
Today's Nobel for Claudia Goldin is inspiring in so many ways. One of them is recognizing important *descriptive* work built painstakingly over decades. This is rare. Two big examples are Fogel (C.Goldin's advisor) and Kuznets (Fogel's advisor). Few other examples (Stone, Deaton, Ostrom?).
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Robert Östling @robertostling.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
Acemoglu is once again the favorite in our yearly poll. But the real news is that we learned that our readers are not just clicking on the first alternative on the list. ekonomistas.se/2023/10/08/a...
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Acemoglu återigen favorittippad
Daron Acemoglu har varit favorittippad flera år i rad här på Ekonomistas och blev så även i år med 18% av rösterna. En möjlighet är att Acemoglus popularitet skulle bero på att vi sorterat a...
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Robert Östling @robertostling.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
For those of you in the business of speculating about the economics prize in memory of Alfred Nobel, I think the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge laureates provides a good short list of plausible candidates: www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/laureates-ca... #EconSky
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Laureates category - Premios Fronteras
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Jonas Vlachos @jonasvlachos.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Stolen from the other side. Anne L’Huillier at Lund University continues teaching after having been notified of her Nobel prize in physics. Photo credit to her student Aron.
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Robert Östling @robertostling.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
On this year's list of potential economics prize winners at our blog, there are six men named John but only three women. Any suggestions of women to add or Johns to substract? (Btw, there is no John among John Bates Clark medalists.) #EconSky ekonomistas.se/2023/10/03/v...
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Vem får ekonomipriset 2023?
Måndagen den 9:e oktober tillkännages 2023 års ekonomipristagare. Det är därför hög tid för Ekonomistas traditionsenliga omröstning. Du kan rösta på upp till tre kandidater från listan ne...
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Jaakko Meriläinen @jmerilainen.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
🚨 The Department of Economics at Stockholm School of Economics is hiring! Read more here www.hhs.se/en/about-us/... and apply on econjobmarket.org.
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Robert Östling @robertostling.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
I am very proud that my first student has now been promoted to full professor! www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...
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Robert Östling @robertostling.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
I am not an organizer so I can say this credibly: This will be fun! #econsky
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