Andrew Dickens
@ACDickens
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Associate Professor @BrockEconomics and Research Affiliate @CESifoNetwork. I like to run regressions and marathons.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined February 2013
RT @GalorOded: What underlies differences in cultural diversity across societies?. The out-of-Africa migration. Societies whose ancestors….
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RT @MIwanowsky: Join us for our conference on „Microdata in Economic History: Beyond the Full-Count Census”. When: November 29/30, 2024, Mu….
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RT @CraigBaird: July 1, 1958:.CBC's TV signal is extended from coast-to-coast for the first time. It was also on this day in 1966 that CBC….
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RT @MIwanowsky: Thanks for inviting me and the great discussion afterwards. Sorry that @ACDickens couldn't be around - he would've been mor….
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This session is happening bright and early tomorrow morning (8:30am) as part of the CEA 2024 conference in Toronto. Come check it out if you are around! #ACEA2024 @CanEconomics.
An overview of "The State in History" session that is happening this Friday, May 31st at Toronto Metropolitan University, as part of the CEA annual conference (@CanEconomics). #ACEA2024 #cdnecon. Featuring papers by Jeff Chan (Laurier), @NippeLagerlof (York) and myself. 1/8
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Hope to see you there!. CEA 2024 "The State in History".Friday, May 31, 2024.8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST.Room: POD358. Details and abstracts here: 8/8.
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CDN TV emerged as a dual system of private (local) and public (national) broadcasters, yet early policy prevented the expansion of both into the same market. Local news differences across markets explains the direction of change in voter turnout and political accountability. 7/8.
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(3) I will close the session with my paper "From Couch to Poll: Media Content and the Value of Local Information" (joint with @MIwanowsky). We develop a novel identification strategy to estimate the political effects of new media (television) in Canadian history. 6/8.
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European Great Powers fought many battles. Lagerlöf & Kitamura suggest that *where* these were fought is linked to local geography, and the locations of the capitals of the belligerent powers, in ways that speak to the deep causes of European state fragmentation. 5/8.
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(2) @NippeLagerlof (York) will present “Cities, Conflict, and Corridors” (joint with @ShuheiKitamura). Lagerlöf & Kitamura provide new theory and evidence of state fragmentation in Europe. 4/8.
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In the 1920s the US enacted quota restrictions on immigration, with the severity depending on country of origin. Chan finds that immigrant men already in the US reacted to the quotas by increasing their likelihood of becoming naturalized citizens and marrying a US-born wife. 3/8.
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(1) Jeff Chan (Laurier) will present “Did the Melting Pot Come to End? The Effects of Immigration Restrictions on Immigrant Assimilation.” Chan studies the effect of historical US state immigration policies on the outcome of immigrant men already living the US. 2/8.
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An overview of "The State in History" session that is happening this Friday, May 31st at Toronto Metropolitan University, as part of the CEA annual conference (@CanEconomics). #ACEA2024 #cdnecon. Featuring papers by Jeff Chan (Laurier), @NippeLagerlof (York) and myself. 1/8
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RT @I4Replication: Our first meta paper is out!! This paper combines our first 110 completed reproductions/replications. This is joint work….
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RT @MIwanowsky: In German, we say 'Was lange währt wird endlich gut'. After 11 years and many interations, this idea finally found its pla….
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RT @WileyEconomics: "The long-run agglomeration effects of early agriculture in Europe" by @ACDickens and @NippeLagerlof has won @InquiryWE….
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Of potential interest to fellow Canadians! We reconstruct the mid-20th century Canadian television network from archival records and study TVs impact on political engagement/accountability. I am really proud of this one and it's my first time working on anything Canadian related.
How will future changes in the media landscape affect political engagement?. In a new working paper, @MIwanowsky and I find that the extent of local information contained within new media explains the direction of change in political engagement. 🧵.
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Thrilled that my work with @NippeLagerlof received the 2023 Best Paper Award from Economic Inquiry! Many thanks to the Editorial Board.
The Editorial Board of EI is excited to announce our Paper of the Year from 2023. The paper provides an interesting re-evaluation of how early agriculture impacts modern agglomeration. Congratulations to @ACDickens and @NippeLagerlof!.
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Addendum: one cannot conclude that public media is "bad" for politics from our findings. We discuss this and the context of 1950s Canada in the paper, and how the context shaped the different objectives -- and thus content -- aired on public and private stations.
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Please take a look at the paper if this piqued your interest. Link to paper:
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