Lawrence D. LaPlue
@LLaPlue
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@NMSU, Economist (enviro, energy, trade, development). Benefits 🔼cost ⏩sustainable dev. UT Knox '16 (Phd econ) Bryan College '08 (BA history, political comm)
Las Cruces, NM
Joined October 2009
Happy to share some recent work focused on local reported crime effects associated with increased U.S. border control over the past 30 years or so. A little outside my usual wheel house, but some interesting history and Policy ground covered. https://t.co/cUHosKlV23
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Abstract. This paper analyzes the deterrent effects of both border patrol agents and increased United States–Mexico fencing on reported crime rates in U.S.
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I cover a "sustainable economic development" course in our doctoral program. Interesting to juxtapose the commonly approach in the econ discipline against this...
Welcoming lawmakers and political leaders from across the world, Pope Leo emphasised that the vision of a flourishing life is often distorted in today’s world. Speaking to the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network (ICLN), the Pope stressed
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Interesting. Analysis seems good. Reading through the lit cited as best as an economist can 😊
Okay, I'll answer both of those questions. My position has been made crystal clear many times and it is rather simple. The planet has warmed by about 1.2°C since 1850, although we don’t actually know the precise number because of poor data quality in the early part of the
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It would be a fascinating and powerful twist of history if the first American pope provided a corrective to the American president’s lack of faith in free markets. My @ProSyn column on Pope Leo, the Church, and economics.
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Michael R. Strain hopes the new pope will emphasize the value of economic freedom, as most of his predecessors did.
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Fascinating guest /topic combo recently on @EconTalker "EconTalk - Why Christianity Needs to Help Save Democracy (with Jonathan Rauch)" in Podcast Guru: https://t.co/dhMtkOL59t
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Had the exact same thought when I saw the "screwing in tiny screws" quote... Who is actually clamoring for that job?? 🤔
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Good observations highlighting complexity of the "reciprocal tariff" discussion and ways stats can clarify (when their construction is well understood) or obfuscate (when it is not). (eg compare current Rose Garden presentation by @POTUS to this figure shared by @JustinWolfers).
Some data worth pondering as the conversation shifts to "reciprocal" tariffs.
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What country is the most self sufficient on the planet? It's probably North Korea. Which tells you almost all you need to know about the concept.
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Ahhhh... I was wondering why I couldn't see the mountains anymore 😊
Unbelievable satellite imagery of a massive dust storm (haboob) roaring across New Mexico and northern Mexico. This dust storm, generated by severe thunderstorms, is over 200 miles in length!
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David Kelly of @JPMorganAM: "The trouble with tariffs, to be succinct, is that they raise prices, slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment, worsen inequality, diminish productivity and increase global tensions. Other than that, they’re fine."
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Interesting case study for the "Porter hypothesis". Counterfactual absent the policy restriction is of course essentially unknown. "Kass, a former executive at OpenAI said DeepSeek's advances despite America restrictions "underscore a broader lesson: Resource constraints often
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The beautiful sound of the Notre Dame ‘Worker’s Choir’ rehearsing. More than 80 engineers, architects, carpenters, crane operators, construction workers… who all worked on the Cathedral’s restoration have formed a choir that will perform inside Notre Dame next week.
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#ICYMI The @utbakerschool welcomed @AEI Director of Economic Policy Studies @MichaelRStrain and independent columnist @mattyglesias on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. They spoke to students before giving an evening lecture about economic policy on the @UTKnoxville campus, with former
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🧵NEW PAPER. My new @AspenEcon paper is well titled: "Protectionism is Failing and Wrongheaded." Link: https://t.co/i5pzZduzcU 🚨🚨🚨
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Interesting insight coming out in @ecmaEditors with potentially important implications for all manner of public policy (welfare, public health, environmental/climate, etc) : "I demonstrate that, under standard assumptions, these two questions are equivalent : carrying more about
My paper, "The Cross-Sectional Implications of the Social Discount Rate", is forthcoming in Econometrica! The basic idea of the paper in 5 tweets, and then some acknowledgements 1/9
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Someone is trying to put the Babylon Bee out of business.
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Sex may be a more useful explanatory variable than gender identity for predicting the performance of athletes in mass-participation races, a new paper has found.
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Quite the burn
The Babylon Bee Writers Stand In Solidarity With Our Fellow Fake News Writers Going On Strike At The Washington Post https://t.co/3zdIm7yUFZ
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We are hiring two assistant tenure track positions (#NMSU, CoB, Dep of Econ) this cycle. One in energy / environmental econ ( https://t.co/Mlvj4PNYDM) and one in economic development ( https://t.co/sQMJCzHexc). We welcome any qualified applicants (Econ phd in hand by August 2024)
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Coming from an SEC school who's stadium could hold roughly the entire population of Las Cruces puts this somewhat in perspective, but, still ... Loving this! 😁 https://t.co/8ohbozyYv7
#NMSU
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NMSU didn’t just earn one of the biggest wins in program history. The Aggies were paid $1.85 million by Auburn to simply play the game.
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