Excited to share our new article in the European Journal of Political Economy with @guy_ashyro Ever wondered whether the super costly organisation of Mega-events (Olympic Games, FIFA WC, Universal Expos) has an effect on wealth inequality in host countries? A short 🧵below:

Happy that this is finally out! Have contributed with a chapter on economic populism in the 21st century 😎

We have my co-author and friend Gaygysyz Ashyrov presenting at our department seminar at Corvinus in Budapest this Friday, come over if interested, this should be cool! https://t.co/2MPLXScR3g

Read the full article: https://t.co/CW2Pxab7LA #PopulismResearch #CivicCulture #EasternEurope #PoliticalEconomy #PolSci #EconTwitter

The length of governance under populist elites correlates with a decrease in individual social connectedness, growing dissatisfaction with democracy, and diminished interest in politics. Individual income remains the strongest predictor of civic participation.

Just published in East European Politics and Society! My article explores how populist governance and economic factors impact civic culture in Central and Eastern Europe. Findings show populists weaken civil society over time, while economic development boosts civic engagement

Honorable and commendable of Zelensky to hold his ground against Trump. What a contrast with Macron and Starmer. And now, please. Time for Tariffs. On. Oligarchs https://t.co/3bMUOq6LYG

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS The 7th Baltic Economic Association Conference will be held in Vilnius on June 26-27, 2025, hosted by ISM University of Management and Economics & Lietuvos Bankas 👨‍🏫 Keynote: Luigi Guiso (Einaudi) 📅 Deadline: March 15, 2025 ➡️ Submit:

Happy to be spending some of the winter term at the London School of Economics

We've written a blogpost for @ECPR_TheLoop check it out!

We're hiring an assistant professor at our department. Experience in teaching needed. Young department, beautiful city, get in touch for more info! https://t.co/4vmqs8SORb

Methods/stats profs: if it’s that time of the semester where you’re teaching correlation & regression, I made a post that covers a subtle but key difference b/w the two. No paywall and has gotten a surprising amount of engagement, so it might help! https://t.co/o9WYWftSFe

Very happy to join the new Cost project on the intersection of euroscepticism and populism, led by @Auth_University and chaired by @andreadis_i !

How does having a difficult-to-pronounce name affect labor market outcomes? Negatively in the economics job market: A 1 SD increase in "name complexity" lowers likelihood of obtaining econ jobs (by 3-12pp) + placement in institutions w/ high research productivity (by 70-80 spots)

Super happy to accept the prize for the best doctoral dissertation in comparative economic systems awarded by EACES (European Association for Comparative Economic Studies) in 2024! And the cash prize makes all the emotional rollercoasters worth it :)

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Now in @apsrjournal: What do politicians think about their voters? Fielding face-to-face surveys to 982 sitting politicians in 11 countries, and surveys of 12,000 citizens, we find they have remarkably consistent - and cynical - theories of voters: /1 https://t.co/RRVjarAb8M

@cnetucl @UCLSSEES New chapter out: Public Attitudes toward Markets after Central Planning https://t.co/Kq1i0DtOen From the Oxford Handbook of Post-Socialist Economies, edited by @avgevorkyan

🚨New pub alert🚨 Delighted to see this out in @EPSRjournal. With the great @jrochg_uoc @jtudcis @alberto_lyague @G_Cordero_ we show with a conjoint design in 🇪🇸 that populism attracts the young more than we tend to believe. A thread🧵👇 Link(open access): https://t.co/Qo2cWkweG6

🥳🥹 Almost nine (!!) years after the first pilot, this paper with @ProfKarpo, @steveoconnell1 & @jrpjrpjrp is accepted @JPolEcon! It's been one of my favorite and most impactful projects, so including a short 🧵 below. Full paper here: https://t.co/FwJi1Reweb