Kurt MIT-shock-man
@SorryToBeKurt
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Prof @cemfinews, AscProf @IIES_Sthlm, Fmr Editor @RevEconStudies, PhD @Penn, @MarshallAlums @UVA macro research @iza_bonn @cepr_org 🌈🇩🇪🇸🇪🇺🇸
Stockholm, Sweden
Joined September 2012
Have falling labor market barriers to women led to a change in selection of high-skilled women away from education, leading to a decline in the quality of teachers, and human capital production? See my co-author Kieran present our paper at NBER SI.
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RT @serdarozkanEN: 📈 Unemployment has risen from record-low prepandemic levels - but the impact isn't equal. Our two new blog posts dive de….
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RT @MortenORavn: In Sweden, the Riksbank - aiming for stable prices - became subordinate to government policies aiming for low interest rat….
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RT @RevEconStudies: *** Meet REStud North American 2025 Tourists! ***. The REStud North American Tour recognizes the most promising graduat….
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RT @IIES_Sthlm: Thrilled to share that our new hires Amalia Repele (PhD @Unibocconi ) and @CanishkNaik (PhD @LSEnews) have been invited to….
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Sad to hear of his passing. Pic from the CRNYU conference in his honor.
RIP Charlie Plosser, former @PhiladelphiaFed President 2006-2015 during Great Recession. Lucas-Prescott-Sargent student. Work on RBCs. King and Plosser (1988) started production networks in macro, now popular. JME coeditor, SOMC member, @HooverInst Visiting Fellow. Great golfer!
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RT @jmmorelli_88: Thank you @SorryToBeKurt and NORMAC organizers for hosting such a nice conference! Insightful papers and vibrant discussi….
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RT @serdarozkanEN: Why did US house prices stay resilient during 2021-24 while those in Sweden & Canada saw sharp corrections? 🤔.Our new re….
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Differences in the structure of mortgages, specifically fixed rate versus variable rate, can explain the divergence in house price trends among developed countries, this analysis reveals.
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RT @cian_ruane: An amazing paper that everyone working on misallocation should read, huge congrats for you and Gideon!.
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Still looking for a pre-doc this coming year and interested in international macro? Come work for Sebastian Fanelli and me!.
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RT @Ale_M_Peter: It all started with “How come all macro models of misallocation imply that high-markup firms should be subsidized?” . The….
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Nice write up of our recent paper by my coauthor @serdarozkanEN .
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Differences in the structure of mortgages, specifically fixed rate versus variable rate, can explain the divergence in house price trends among developed countries, this analysis reveals.
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RT @RobinJessen: My paper with J. Jessen, E. Gałecka-Burdziak, M. Góra & J. Kluve is now online at @RevEconStudies. Here’s what we find 👇.
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RT @makotonkjm: Call for papers: Midwest Macro Meeting at FRB Cleveland (November 13-14). Deadline for paper submission: August 15. Link: h….
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RT @RevEconStudies: Recently accepted to #REStud, "Homeownership, Polarization, and Inequality," from Andrii Parkhomenko:. .
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RT @RevEconStudies: "What is the effect of extending unemployment benefits on unemployment? How relevant are different channels for the tot….
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RT @kuhnmo: More evidence that changing the UI system has large effects on inflows to unemployment. We document the importance of this sepa….
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Abstract. A key question in labour market research is how the unemployment insurance system affects unemployment rates and labour market dynamics. We provi
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RT @monacelt: 📣Finally out in #Restud our paper “Bewley Banks” - with great @RustamJamilov . A model with incomplete insurance, heterogeneo….
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RT @RevEconStudies: "How large are the costs of regulating banks? This paper shows that raising capital requirements have small effects whe….
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RT @GitaGopinath: After nearly 7 amazing years at the IMF, I have decided to return to my academic roots. On September 1, 2025, I will rejo….
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