
Augustin Bergeron
@ABergeron_econ
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Development Economist. Assistant Professor @Harvard. FRF @NBERpubs. Affiliate at BREAD, J-PAL, CEGA, @HarvardCID.
Cambrige, MA
Joined May 2020
š The unintended consequences of Brazilās landmark anti-corruption campaign Today on VoxDev w/ @claudferraz (@ubcVSE), Luiz Moura (@ufrj), Lars Norden (@FGVEBAPE) & Ricardo Schechtman (@BancoCentralBR):
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Anti-corruption campaigns ā such as Brazilās Lava Jato ā can reduce corruption but may also trigger significant unintended economic costs ā disrupting credit markets while reducing employment and...
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We are hiring at @ubcVSE two assistant professors. Focus on international trade/spatial and applied micro (dev, labor, env, etc). Fantastic department, great city, democratic country. Please apply! https://t.co/2iYBwVmsYH
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Instead of testing for bias from potential misspecification of model restrictions, it's nearly optimal to adapt, averaging restricted and unrestricted estimates using data-driven weights. shinyApp: https://t.co/i8cYk2fP5p Paper: https://t.co/Wdc5U8Mh3s
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#NEUDC2025 is less than a month away!! Eager to know who's presenting? Check out the agenda and detailed program here: https://t.co/eZsDkbm1ng ā°Remember to register to attend the conference at https://t.co/Ykwxau4WEA before Friday! #NEUDC #DevEcon #Econtwitter
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What is NEUDC? The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) conference is a leading annual forum dedicated to the advancement of development economics.
š¢10 days until the #NEUDC2025 registration deadline!! Register to attend the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference taking place at Tufts University on November 8-9, 2025. Details & registration: https://t.co/boHYR78yhK
#EconTwitter #NEUDC #DevEcon @tufts
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In the 1980s, NestlƩ was moving into infant formula markets in low-income countries. With each new market entry, moms switched from breastfeeding to unclean water, and infant mortality increased substantially; 200,000 excess deaths per year. 1/n
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt āfor having explained innovation-driven economic growthā with one half to Mokyr
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Per la democrazia, per la libertĆ e per lo Stato di diritto. Una bellissima notizia. @MariaCorinaYA
BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to
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This paper is one of the most astonishing feats of sustained data wizardry I have ever seen. Using data from Uber, they are able to estimate the roughness of every road in America and precisely estimate the value people place on it, and so much more. 1/
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Growing UNC Chapel Hill Economics department hiring: 3 tenure-track + 1 teaching position (all fields). Joined last year with 4 others and found a vibrant intellectual community.
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Indiana Jones is a fantasy about being a professor with no admin duties
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We are hiring!!! UPF has several junior positions available and we'll be looking across fields in econ and finance. Apply! The posting is here: https://t.co/YiMQ4ElfRM If you have any questions about the department or living in BCN, DM me!
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Weāre hiring @ LSE ID We have *multiple* economist positionsāassistant and associate professorāhere at LSE International Development. Our economics group is expanding. We have exciting stuff planned. Weāre keen on big picture economists. DMs open. https://t.co/xd1O54HOK3
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Excited to host the All California (formerly All UC) economic history JM conference tomorrow ā proud to keep this tradition alive and looking forward to the papers! https://t.co/9On4Gu2a9n
@chenzix @B_Eichengreen @SilviaFarins
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We (@EconomiaITAM_) are hiring: https://t.co/aES5pv3alq Pay is competitive with the US (in absolute terms), working language is English, virtually no service work, spend ~80% of your time in research, and you get to live in one of the coolest cities in the world. #econtwitter
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šØ Hiring Tenure-Track APs in Econ at the University of Copenhagen! šØ Join a great group in an exciting (and friendly) city š! Details will follow. PLS REPOST AND GET IN TOUCH to hear more. All fields, and Iām esp. interested in hearing from DEV candidates š! #econtwitter
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Berkeley ARE is looking to hire an assistant professor this year! Open field, apply by Nov. 17. Come and build your career in one of the most vibrant universities located in one of the most beautiful places on earth! https://t.co/q4TrCY4HoQ
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I can confirm that @ben_golub's https://t.co/xORWMq03gI is very, very good. It's eagle-eyed! Spotted discrepancies in a manuscript that unearthed several coding errors
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Very excited to announce that Cornell is hiring an AP in Labor Econ, and I will be chairing the recruitment committee. Please spread the word! https://t.co/1XtgcC6iKF
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š¢ Call for Small Grant Proposals š¢ Measuring the causal effect of a policy change and seeking to measure its Marginal Value of Public Funds? Apply for an Early Career Scholars Grant @policyimpacts to support your work: https://t.co/PAiwBRdj3J
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Policy Impacts seeks proposals from early-career scholars who are currently conducting well-identified analyses of government policy changes and who are seeking to translate those estimates into...
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