Valentin Kecht
@VKecht
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Econ PhD @unibonn. Previously @unibocconi and @EU_Commission. Bavarian by nature, Italian by nurture. Views and dadjokes my own.
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🚨 Very excited to co-organize the 2nd PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics in Copenhagen (June 8-9, 2026) Are you a PhD student / PostDoc? ✅ Working on Labor and/or Behavioral Economics? ✅ Do not miss the chance to apply!
📢 PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2026 📢 The next edition will take place at @CEBI_UCPH , Copenhagen (June 8–9, 2026). Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH) & Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley). Call for Papers: https://t.co/TA313a3rO2 Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
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📢 PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2026 📢 The next edition will take place at @CEBI_UCPH , Copenhagen (June 8–9, 2026). Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH) & Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley). Call for Papers: https://t.co/TA313a3rO2 Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
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Next Edition: 2nd PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics June 8/9, 2026 Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI) University of Copenhagen CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS
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The NBER Economics of Executive Compensation Conference will be held next week (October 9-10) in Cambridge, MA. We have nine great papers and discussants. The meeting will be livestreamed on the NBER's YouTube channel. Links to both are in the first reply. Please tune in!
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I have leftover funding for a PhD student for one year (ideally Sept '25 - Sept '26). Might be a good fit for someone wanting to delay going on the market. Please send interested students my way!
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You do research in macroeconomics, broadly related to the topics of finance and inequality? You have an upcoming sabbatical or summer time off? Have a look at this opportunity to become a visiting fellow of at our @dfg_public sponsored center CASFI at @UniBonn for 3 to 6 months.
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Could not agree more with this! A huge thanks to the organizers @warwickecon @cage_warwick
Had a great time in the West Midlands for the Warwick PhD conference. Excellent organisation and selection of papers. Even managed a central position in the group pic alongside my amazing discussant and fellow presenter @KamalKassam Apply next year if you can!
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New @kielinstitute Policy Brief (with @filpet4): How are capital markets reacting to Germany's proposed €500bn infrastructure investment + defense spending boost? Surging Bund yields reflect growth optimism, not default concerns -- in contrast to the UK's 2022 Truss episode.
📈 Die Finanzmärkte vertrauen auf 🇩🇪s fiskalische Transformation! In ihrem neuen Kiel Policy Brief zeigen @farzado & @filpet4, dass die jüngsten Marktreaktionen bestätigen: Deutschland bleibt ein sicherer Hafen – selbst bei signifikanter fiskalischer Expansion 👉
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Die von uns (@ifo_Institut @zeitonline @schieritz) gewählten Parameter wurden dem BSW vorab gesendet, mit der Bitte um Stellungnahme. Dem BSW war es nicht möglich, unsere Rückfragen zu beantworten. Das ist keine Wahlmanipulation sondern eher Unfähigkeit in der Partei...
📢 Wahlmanipulation durch das ifo-Institut? Bei einem Vergleich der steuerlichen Auswirkungen der Wahlprogramme hat das ifo-Institut für das BSW nach Gutdünken Steuersätze und andere Eckzahlen selbst festgelegt sowie einige unserer steuerpolitischen Forderungen einfach
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One week left to apply for our PhD Workshop in June 2025 at @iza_bonn, but why wait? We will bring together a group of outstanding PhD students working in applied behavioral and labor economics! https://t.co/v4pehRJMB6
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🚨 Extremely excited to co-organize the 1st IZA PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics (June 12-13, 2025)🚨 Are you a PhD student / PostDoc? ✅ Working on Labor and/or Behavioral Economics? ✅ Do not miss the chance to apply!
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Our new @Stata package for Distributional Synthetic Controls (disco) is live! 🕺💃🪩 #econtwitter It implements the method in Gunsilius (2023). Thread below. (1/8) Install it using 🪩net install disco, from(" https://t.co/Xu8w4lwSfm") replace🪩 https://t.co/QyN4m3nr81
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Contribute to Davidvandijcke/DiSCos_stata development by creating an account on GitHub.
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📢Invitation to the 3rd @iza_bonn @OECD Online Workshop: New Perspectives on the Minimum Wage 👥Organized by @AndreaBassanini Pierre Cahuc @stephancarcillo Werner Eichhorst @AGarnero & @ONottmeyer Register (for free) 👉 https://t.co/a7Ndc7SiCm
#econtwitter #izaOECD #minimumwage
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent" by Sebastian Hager, Carlo Schwarz, and Fabian Waldinger.
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(December 2024) - We study how performance metrics affect the allocation of talent by exploiting the introduction of the first citation database in science. For technical reasons, it only covered...
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FAQ: - submission deadline: January 31, 2025 - extended abstracts are accepted - conference will be hosted and sponsored by IZA in Bonn - limited financial assistance for travel is available
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🚨 Extremely excited to co-organize the 1st IZA PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics (June 12-13, 2025)🚨 Are you a PhD student / PostDoc? ✅ Working on Labor and/or Behavioral Economics? ✅ Do not miss the chance to apply!
🔥#CallforPapers | 1st @iza_bonn PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics (June 12-13, 2024) 🎓@VKecht @SJECordes @IngoIsphording & Florian Zimmermann 🗣️@SydneeCaldwell & Christopher Roth 👉 Submissions (Jan 31) https://t.co/TyBtvq83rw
#EconTwitter @UCBerkeley @UniCologne
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🔥#CallforPapers | 1st @iza_bonn PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics (June 12-13, 2024) 🎓@VKecht @SJECordes @IngoIsphording & Florian Zimmermann 🗣️@SydneeCaldwell & Christopher Roth 👉 Submissions (Jan 31) https://t.co/TyBtvq83rw
#EconTwitter @UCBerkeley @UniCologne
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What holds back Germany? It is not high energy prices. It's real challenges are aging, underinvestment, and too much red tape. Read more here: https://t.co/obTG4tRAwV
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