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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Congratulations to Hassan Afrouzi (PhD 2017) on being selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Economics. sloan.org/fellowships/...
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2026 Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Congratulations to professor Wayne Geerling, who received the 2025 Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award during the November 23, 2025 during the recent Annual SEA Meeting in Tampa, FL. It's the second time in 5 years that a department instructor has won! 🤘🏆 @waynegeerling.bsky.social
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Jason Abrevaya @abrevaya.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
My book is officially out in the world! 🎉📚 Thanks @mitpress.bsky.social!
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Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · 24/07/2025
📢 Kiel-@cepr.org-Research Seminar. Christoph Böhm @utaustinecon.bsky.social presents joint work w/ @nityanayar.bsky.social on dynamic gains from trade. Both are currently in Kiel teaching in the ASP program! Don’t miss future talks - register here for the series 👉 www.ifw-kiel.de/institute/ev...
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Empirical Macroeconomics Policy Center of Texas @empctmacrotx.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
How News about the US Economy Drives Global Financial Conditions New blog post by Chris Boehm and @kronerniklas.bsky.social (UT graduate @utaustinecon.bsky.social 🤟) based on paper recently published in @reveconstudies.bsky.social. Short summary below ⬇️
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The latest issue of the @qjeharvard.bsky.social features a paper by @ericchyn.bsky.social and his co-authors, "The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Racial Desegregation Program: Gautreaux."
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Congratulations to @mikegeruso.bsky.social and Dean Spears on the release of their new book, After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People.
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Our work now published showing how better AI can improve both accuracy and diversity in hiring relative to supervised learning tools and status-quo human hiring.
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Empirical Macroeconomics Policy Center of Texas @empctmacrotx.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
What's happening with inflation expectations? Two often used household surveys disagree: - the Michigan MSC says inflation expectations are up - the NY Fed SCE says they're not... Which one is it? New blog by Oli Coibion and @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social says: MSC is right! Find out why ⬇️
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Jason Abrevaya @abrevaya.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑 (MIT Press) has an official publication date of November 25, 2025! Instructors interested in using the book for free in the fall can comment or send me a message. Great resources available. #econsky probstats4econ.com
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probstats4econ • Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business
Utilities for multiple hypothesis testing, companion datasets from "Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business: An Introduction Using R" by Jason Abrevaya (MIT Press, under contract).
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
UT Austin jumps to #21 in the latest US News rankings of Economics programs. 🤘 www.usnews.com/best-graduat...
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Congratulations to Economics major Kevin Chen, who is a co-author on the recently published Nature Human Behavior paper, "The global landscape of academic guidelines for generative AI and LLMs." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The global landscape of academic guidelines for generative AI and LLMs - Nature Human Behaviour
The integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) in academia brings benefits for access and collaboration as well as challenges that include misinformation a...
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Empirical Macroeconomics Policy Center of Texas @empctmacrotx.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
How quickly will workers adapt to AI-driven changes? New blog post: 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 by @nityanayar.bsky.social, Beraja & Adao Link: sites.utexas.edu/macro/2025/0...
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Lauri Kytömaa 🇺🇦 @kytola.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A write-up of how I have leveraged the National Science Foundation's Access program for academic computing resources! access-ci.org/using-hpc-to...
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Using HPC to Improve the Mortgage Industry - Access
NSF ACCESS resources at the Texas Advanced Computing Center are central to a study into mortgage relief failures during the U.S. foreclosure crisis.
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Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · 12/03/2025
🔹 Keynotes: Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & @cepr.org and Olivier Coibion @utaustinecon.bsky.social 🔹 Policy panel on monetary policy & geopolitics: Kristin Forbes @mitsloan.bsky.social, Fritzi Köhler-Geib @bundestag.de, & @ollirehn.suomenpankki.fi @suomenpankki.fi
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Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · 12/03/2025
Our Monetary Policy Conference is in full swing! Kicked off by an inspiring keynote from Olivier Coibion @utaustinecon.bsky.social, we're now in intense parallel sessions, diving deep into the data & discussions. We look forward to more debates today & tomorrow! @cepr.org @schularick.bsky.social
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
10 year ago, Oli Coibion ( @empctmacrotx.bsky.social ) and I had a paper in AEJ Macro about inflation expectations in the U.S. (www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...). We found that oil/gasoline prices strongly predict inflation expectations. This "iron law" continues to hold. #inflation #EconSky
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The 28th annual Texas Econometrics Camp was held this past weekend at the Canyon of the Eagles (Burnet, TX). Great talks by PhD students and faculty, and some s'mores too! @smueconomics.bsky.social @riceuniversity.bsky.social @uh.edu @tamu.bsky.social
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We're excited that Rafael Veiel will be joining the department as an Assistant Professor in the fall! 🤘 @rveiel.bsky.social
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Forthcoming QJE paper by @ericchyn.bsky.social on the effects of residential segregation. Important work!
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
How much would people pay to avoid business cycles? Professor Olivier Coibion and his collaborators answer this question in a new @nber.org working paper.
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"Examiner and Judge Designs in Economics: A Practitioner’s Guide" by @ericchyn.bsky.social and his co-authors is forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Literature. @aeajournals.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Examiner and Judge Designs in Economics: A Practitioner’s Guide
(Forthcoming Article) - This article provides empirical researchers with an introduction and guide to research designs based on variation in judge and examiner tendencies to administer treatments or o...
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Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Tariffs—or the anticipation of them—could affect prices, according to Booth's Michael Weber (paper with @utaustinecon.bsky.social’s Olivier Coibion, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social’s @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social) www.chicagobooth.edu/review/podca... #econsky
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Trumponomics: Expect Higher Inflation—with or Without Tariffs
Chicago Booth’s Michael Weber explains how tariffs—or the anticipation of them—could affect prices.
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The February 2025 issue of AEJ: Economic Policy features articles by both Marika Cabral and Jackson Dorsey. @aeajournals.bsky.social
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Empirical Macroeconomics Policy Center of Texas @empctmacrotx.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Oli Cobion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Michael Weber wrote a new blog post on what Americans expect from the Trump tariffs: sites.utexas.edu/macro/2025/0... Key results: they expect to bear a share of tariffs, firm managers expect to raise prices. Disagreement b/n Dems & Reps, and many more in blog
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The Upcoming Trump Tariffs: What Americans Expect and How They Are RespondingBlueskyEmailTwitter
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Empirical Macroeconomics Policy Center of Texas @empctmacrotx.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Congratulations to Chris Boehm and former UT Austin grad @kronerniklas.bsky.social on getting their paper "The US, Economic News, and the Global Financial Cycle" accepted at Review of Economic Studies @reveconstudies.bsky.social !🥳 @utaustinecon.bsky.social Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wak4l...
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper on school desegregation by Cody Tuttle and his co-authors.
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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Meet @aeacswep.bsky.social new Board Member: @caitlinmyers.bsky.social (CeMENT Co-Director) is Professor of Economics at Middlebury College and a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. To read her full bio, visit our website: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
‪Meet @aeacswep.bsky.social new Board Member: @nityanayar.bsky.social (At-Large Rep) is Associate Professor of Economics at University of Texas at Austin. To read her full bio, visit our website: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
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Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Americans are stockpiling ahead of Trump’s tariffs, according to consumer data collected by @utaustinecon.bsky.social’s Olivier Coibion, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social’s @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social, and Chicago Booth’s Michael Weber. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/ameri... #tarrifs #econsky
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Americans Are Stockpiling Ahead of Trump’s Tariffs
Survey responses suggest a large share of consumers are preparing for higher prices.
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Empirical Macroeconomics Policy Center of Texas @empctmacrotx.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
New work by our co-director, Oli Coibion, together with @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social and Michael Weber on the upcoming Trump tariffs ⬇️
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Updated paper: A lot of work on the effects of tracking in education, which is a widespread practice globally. We show 1) algorithms can track students far more effectively than test scores 2) test scores discriminate 3) algorithmic placement has infinite MVPF static1.squarespace.com/static/60d0c...
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AEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The recipient of the 2024 CSQIEP Award for Outstanding Research Paper in LGBTQ+ Economics is Marcus Dillender of @vanderbilt.edu for “Evidence and Lessons on the Health Impacts of Public Health Funding from the Fight against HIV/AIDS” #econsky aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
It was a great to celebrate Sandy Black's accomplishments with family, friends, and colleagues at #ASSA2025! @econsandy.bsky.social
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper by Steve Trejo that studies how the age of immigration for Mexican immigrants affects their ethnic identification and that of their children.
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
We are thrilled to officially announce that @econsandy.bsky.social will be returning to UT-Austin as a faculty member this fall! Welcome back Professor Black!
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Congratulations to PhD alum Marcus Dillender for winning the AEA's 2024 CSQIEP Award for Outstanding Research Paper in LGBTQ+ Economics. 👏👏 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
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CSQIEP Award for Outstanding Research Paper in LGBTQ+ Economics
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Microeconomics class at 8am? Absolutely! Learn about how professor Wayne Geerling keeps students engaged with his unique teaching style. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ric...
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A Student Perspective - Fun at 8:00am in a 450 Seat Lecture Theatre by The Ludicast
We flipped the script! Normally we speak to educators about how and why they build fun into their courses. In this episode we speak with first year students Mariam Olayemi and Nathan Velte from The U...
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
A new @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper from @ericchyn.bsky.social and his co-authors examines whether "gifted" education programs improve college-entry rates for disadvantaged male students.
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
A new @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper from PhD student Hayden Parsley and his co-authors uses smartphone geolocation data to estimate consumer preferences for retail chains.
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
We've seen a big change in the gender breakdown of our majors in the last five years (percent female increasing to nearly 40%). @utaustin.bsky.social
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper by professor Andrés Drenik and PhD alum Hassan Afrouzi.
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
"Clubs and Networks in Economics Reviewing," now published in JPE, is an important paper by Scott Carrell and his co-authors.
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Econometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Both households and firms are more attentive to inflation when inflation is high, supporting central predictions of models in which attention is endogenous www.econometricsociety.org/publications...
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Forthcoming paper in Econometrica by professor Oli Coibion, PhD alum Hassan Afrouzi, and their co-authors... "Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know: Learning in Low and High-Inflation Settings" www.econometricsociety.org/publications...
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Forthcoming Papers
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving y’all! 🤘🍗
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Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · 22/11/2024
📢 Call for Papers! Our Kiel-CEPR conference on monetary policy & inflation will bridge academic insights & policy perspectives 👉 ifw-kiel.de/institute/ev... 🔹 Keynote by Olivier Coibion @utaustinecon.bsky.social 🔹 Venue GDV in Berlin - also featuring its CEO Jörg Asmussen ... 👇
Visual with general conference pictures and the full title of the conference "Monetary Policy After the Inflation Surge-What Have We Learned?", March 12-13, 2025, Berlin
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We have a great group of PhD students on the job market this year! Check them out, and contact placement director @mikegeruso.bsky.social with any questions. liberalarts.utexas.edu/economics/ph...
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College of Liberal Arts | The University of Texas at Austin
Liberal Arts at UT offers over 40 majors and many top-ranked graduate programs in the social sciences and humanities taught by 750 faculty.
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UT-Austin Economics @utaustinecon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We've made it to Bluesky! Please re-post so others can follows us... 🤘
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