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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 5h
🏠 How can we ensure access to affordable housing as property prices continue to rise? Our researcher Elisabet Viladecans Marsal reflects on the future of housing and the importance of maintaining an accessible rental market, as home ownership may become increasingly out of reach for many people.
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today's #seminar: 'The Economics of the Global Water Cycle: An Integrated Assessment Model' 🗣️Bruno Conte (UPF)  ⏰12:15 CEST 📍Room 2302, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/5nxs1vx6ru 🗃️Economic Theory seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Firms and gender inequality' ⏰9:00 CEST 📍Room 2019, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/e2ip13kx9j 🗃️AQR-IREA Workshop
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🗣️ Let's talk Economics with Luiz Brotherhood, researcher at the UB School of Economics, who has recently co-authored a paper published in The Review of Economic Studies, one of the top-5 journals in economics.
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Proportionality between allocations in asset management” by Juan David Vega Baquero and Miguel Santolino.  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/qzr9o2sma9 #Economics #EconSky
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Climate Matching, European Overseas Settlements, and Long-Run Development' 🗣️Marco Tabellini (Harvard Business School and CEPR) ⏰17:00 CEST 📍Online 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/w6u6pomu9g 🗃️International Macro History On Line Seminar (IMHOS)
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today's #seminar: 'State Capacity and Inequality in Ancient Japan' 🗣️Jean Pascal-Bassino (ENS Lyon) ⏰14:00 CEST 📍Room 1030, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/qnunqx9yu5 🗃️Economic History seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Artificial Groundwater Recharge in a Differential Game with Asymmetric Farmers: Applications to Western La Mancha and Dendron' 🗣️Aitana Vallina (University of Barcelona) ⏰12:15 CEST 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/y1gwrztj53 🗃️Game Theory and Economic Dynamics
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🏠 What can we learn from other countries about affordable housing?
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What a way to start the academic year! 🏛️ As part of our onboarding activities for 2026–2027, students from the Economics (MECO) and Institutions and Political Economy (MIPE) master's programmes visited the Historic Building of the @ub.edu, the place where we'll be learning the next two years.
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Property Taxation and Housing Supply' 🗣️Thunecke Georg Ulrich (Max Planck Institute) ⏰14:30 CEST 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/2n7sh7a6sk 🗃️IEB seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today's #seminar: 'From Shares to Machines: How Common Ownership Drives Automation' 🗣️Dennis C. Hutschenreiter (IWH-Halle) ⏰12:15 CEST 📍Room 2302, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/925atmup88 🗃️Economic Theory seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Female empowerment and intimate partner violence” by Elisabetta Calabresi and Núria Rodríguez Planas.   Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/cbrg3nzhu7 #Economics #EconSky @fundacioieb.bsky.social
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎓 Yesterday, Julia McGee defended her #PhD #thesis “Essays on Urban Economics”.  (Advisors: Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal and Rosa Sanchis-Guarner Herrero). Congratulations! 🎉
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “The relationship between high-stakes assessments and anxiety: Consequences for academic performance” by Natalia Oliete, Javier Valbuena, and Álvaro B. Choi Mendizábal. Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/3v11nd3iim #EconSky #Economics
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📚 Democracy is also learned. In a new article, our researcher Daniel Montolio reflects on the latest PISA results and the role of education in preparing young people to navigate an increasingly digital information environment.
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Gender Gaps Under Comparable Tasks: Evidence from a Quasi-Random Task Allocation Policy' 🗣️Negar Khaliliaraghi (IFAU) ⏰14:30 CEST 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/4spoz64lqm 🗃️AQR-IREA seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'The Political Effects of Threats to the Nation: Evidence from the Cuban Missile Crisis' 🗣️Tommaso Colussi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) ⏰14:30 CEST 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/4t0sntqg11 🗃️IEB seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Essays on Urban Economics' 🗣️Julia McGee @ub.edu ⏰11:30 CEST 📍Sala de Graus, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/s1rxxpvkiw 🗃️PhD Thesis Defence
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎉 Welcome to the 2026–2027 MSc in Economics cohort! 🎓 This year, 40 students from 19 nationalities join the programme, including exchange students from five European partner universities. We wish them every success in the year ahead!
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Britaly? Identifying euro area historical analogues to the UK’s 2022 bond market shock” by Julián Andrada-Félix, Marta Gómez-Puig, and Simón Sosvilla Rivero.  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/v1cwldonhm #Economics #EconSky
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎓 Last Friday, Xiuxia Yin defended her #PhD #thesis “Egalitarianism in resource allocation problems: An axiomatic approach”.  (Advisors: Pedro Calleja and Josep Maria Izquierdo). Congratulations! 🎉
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Egalitarianism in resource allocation problems: An axiomatic approach' 🗣️Xiuxia Yin @ub.edu ⏰11:30 CEST 📍Sala de Graus, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/oq0tz2ehga 🗃️PhD Thesis Defence
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Wealth tax enforcement: The role of tax and institutional design” by José María Durán Cabré, Alejandro Esteller Moré, Christos Kotsogiannis, and Luca Salvadori.   Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/ccdgo42lid #Economics #EconSky @fundacioieb.bsky.social
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Money Beyond Borders' 🗣️ Barry Eichengreen (UC Berkeley, CEPR) ⏰17:00 CEST 📍Online. More info: f.mtr.cool/6lwt8hg4af 🗃️International Macro History Online Seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'The Fair Aspiration Core:Equivalence with the Per-Capita Least Core and its Axiomatizations' 🗣️ Yukihoki Funaki (Waseda University) ⏰12:30 CEST 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🗃️Game Theory and Economic Dynamics seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Happily Under-Insured Ever After? The Role of Beliefs in Household Specialization' 🗣️Ana Costa-Ramon (University of Zurich) ⏰14:30 CEST 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/aw62egv1wx 🗃️IEB seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Master's Thesis Defences 2025-2026' ⏰12:00 CEST 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/6j1u2xrxxs 🗃️MSc in Economics activity
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Mitigating Generative AI Hallucinations” by Alessandro De Chiara, Ester Manna, and Shubhranshu Singh.  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/t8pfb0f8hc #EconSky #Economics
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'State Capacity: Concepts, Measures, and Historical Evidence' ⏰9:15 CEST 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/0t6kanq0k5 🗃️Workshop
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Self-selection, learning, and productivity dynamics in the green transition' 🗣️Josep Tomas-Porres (University of Turin and University of Valencia) ⏰14:00 CEST 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/qst5zg4zpe 🗃️IEB seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📈 Another step forward for Economics at the @ub.edu!   The @ub.edu keeps improving in the 2026 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects in Economics, moving up to the 101–150 range worldwide, compared with 151–200 in 2025.
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Partisan Climate Action, Utility Interests, and Policy Choice in the U.S. Power Sector” by Witson Peña Tello.  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/d9il9v3wmz #Economics #EconSky
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🎓 Congratulations to Marie Beigelman (@mariebgl.bsky.social) on receiving the Extraordinary PhD Award for the 2023–2024 academic year from the @ub.edu, in recognition of the excellence of her doctoral thesis.
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Bringing War Back In: main ideas and research agenda' 🗣️Luis Schenoni (University College London) ⏰14:00 CEST 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/isgw2jzgp2 🗃️Economic History Seminar
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📸 The #EALE2026 Conference wrapped up two weeks ago, but we’re still looking back on some unforgettable moments!
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🎓 Yesterday, Alyvia McTague defended her #PhD #thesis “Essays on Violence and Health of Vulnerable Populations”.  (Advisors: Judit Vall Castelló and Elisa Trujillo Baute). Congratulations! 🎉
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Intimate partner violence and income: Quasi-experimental evidence from the earned income tax credit” by Resul Cesur, Núria Rodríguez Planas, Jennifer Roff, and David Simon.   Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/njfpdpnobj #Economics #EconSky @fundacioieb.bsky.social
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Essays on Violence and Health of Vulnerable Populations' 🗣️Alyvia McTague @ub.edu ⏰11:30 CEST 📍Sala de Graus, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/6w9yrpc6ml 🗃️PhD Thesis Defence
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🎙️ What happens when two leading labour economists have a conversation about information, AI and the future of labour markets?
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “The toys that made us: The role of game in gender gaps” by Daniel Bianchi, Álvaro B. Choi Mendizábal, and John Jerrim.  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/ztq6hekpzk #EconSky #Economics
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Refrigeration, Diets and Human Health: Evidence from Ghana” by @ntsiful-enoch.bsky.social and François Cohen.  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/012j4y2ft5 #Economics #EconSky
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎓 Yesterday, Ragip Kaan Erdemli defended his #PhD #thesis “Essays on Industrial Organization”. (Advisor: Joan Ramon Borrell). Congratulations! 🎉
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Economic policy and psychological violence: The hidden costs of spain’s minimum wage reform” by Yolanda F. Rebollo-Sanz and Núria Rodríguez Planas.   Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/jipqpt2yyp #Economics #EconSky @fundacioieb.bsky.social
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today's #seminar: 'Essays on Industrial Organization' 🗣️Ragip Kaan Erdemli (@ub.edu) ⏰11:30 CEST 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/z8wtvjl0tw 🗃️PhD thesis defence
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🆕#WorkingPaper: “What Happens When Some Agents Over-Demand in Claims Problems” by Xiuxia Yin, Pere Calleja, Josep Maria Izquierdo Aznar. Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/eahn9rg4xy #EconSky #Economics
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today's #seminar: '38th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE)' ⏰9:00 CEST 📍Faculty of Economics and Business 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/nqmp1imw95 🗃️Conference
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
📰 Friends or Classmates? The Hidden Dynamics of Group Work in Schools A new article on @5centims.bsky.social by our Economics PhD alumnus, Àlex Izquierdo Nofuentes, explores how the way student groups are formed influences both academic performance and well-being in the classroom.
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
📰 Teleworking and Productivity: What Have We Learned from the Catalan Courts? A new article on @5centims.bsky.social by our researcher Andreu Arenas presents evidence on the effects of teleworking on productivity through a study of judicial case managers and court clerks in the Catalan court system
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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics is offering a 4-year PhD Fellowship in Gender and Migration Economics, starting in April/May 2027.
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