Frederic Robert-Nicoud
@bobnic72
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Economist, Geneva School of Economics and Management, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
Genève, Switzerland
Joined July 2012
We also open visiting positions: https://t.co/0ddqZ3JfTn Please do not hesitate to RT
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We (= Institute of Economics and Econometrics of the GSEM at the U of Geneva) hire at the Assistant or Associate Prof. level: through https://t.co/8vSiG7pcKr Very competitive conditions! Apply by 17 November 2024 through EJM. And please spread the word.
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... and thanks to @GSEM_UNIGE and @snsf_ch for generous funding. Thanks also to Julia Cajal Grossi and the numerous people involved in the academic and logistic aspects of the event, as well as to UEA's former and current (vice) presidents for approaching us in the first place.
Thanks to @unige_en & @GVAGrad for hosting this week's Summer School in Urban Economics. 50+ students excited about urban economics enjoyed lectures on frontier research, presented their own work, and met some of the future stars in the field. https://t.co/Dmj87T8Jgs
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The program for our 2024 Summer School in Urban Economics hosted by @unige_en & @GVAGrad in Geneva is now online: https://t.co/HXOLY49SfC Looking forward to six faculty lectures, twelve student presentations, and small-group feedback sessions during June 24 - 26.
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We had amazing presentations and incredibly good times in Cagliari at @univca for the @cepr_org X Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics! Thanks to all the participants, come back soon @bobnic72 @EugeGonzAguado @GeorgDuernecker @daniel_m_sturm
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Spacial economic clusters, peace and globalisation, international trade, and financial crashes: Let's take a look back at the remarkable research career of Philippe Martin 👇 https://t.co/FhUt1KuZ1w
https://t.co/FhUt1KuZ1w cc. @ScPoEcon @AfseContact @cepr_org @CAEinfo
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Spatial economic clusters, peace and globalisation, international trade and financial crashes... A look back at a remarkable research career.
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PhD students: Apply to join us in Geneva for summer school June 24-26. Learn from leading scholars: @TradeDiversion, Dave Donaldson, @ProfDavidDorn, @thetahat, @m_saintmary & @WinnieVanDijk. Get feedback on your research & meet other urban economists. https://t.co/Dmj87T8Jgs
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En 1967, Cabu publie une série de planches, terribles et puissantes sur la rafle du Vel d’Hiv. En 2020, sa femme les rend publiques en double hommage au sinistre événement et à l’homme tué par les terroristes islamistes lors de l’attentat de Charlie Hebdo En voici quelques unes🧶
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Headed to the big ERWIT/CURE crossover, where I'll discuss @bobnic72's "Sorting to Expensive Cities". https://t.co/SK2ASFvpDo Looking forward to presenting "Market Size and Trade in Medical Services" at the @bse_barcelona Summer Forum on June 13. https://t.co/AH6F9AmxJU
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Find paper topics, past speakers, and the call for the next edition of the BSE Summer Forum Workshop on Geography, Trade, and Growth
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We are organizing the “Public Policies, Cities and Regions” workshop in Lyon, December 18-19, 2023 Submission deadline: september 15, 2023. https://t.co/MjQQkEIGUW
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I am proud to report, as one of 29 scientist-authors, that our paper "In Defense of Merit in Science" https://t.co/QueWxes3qK has just appeared in philosopher Peter Singer's Journal of Controversial Ideas. Here's a NYT commentary on this important paper: https://t.co/Ra76yCv0kW
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Research ought to be independent, not ideological.
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Given some of the reactions to this thread, let me remind you of some of the doomsday predictions around the time we wrote our original paper. Our key message below is not: "everything is great in Germany". Instead it is: "those doomsday predictions were far off the mark."
Just released: new study showing 1. The German economy coped well with end of Russian gas supplies even avoiding recession 2. Germany would have also withstood an earlier 1 April 2022 import stop Joint with @MSchularick @GeorgZachmann @ECON_tribute
https://t.co/mzTvQEkl4J
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"Heterothetic Cobb Douglas" paper out: https://t.co/IQImlmLjwj Highly tractable system of non-homothetic preferences due to unitary price elasticity. Applications to growth, trade, and geography. With Clement Bohr @NUEconomics and Martí Mestieri @bse_barcelona and @ChicagoFed
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We study a class of preferences that we call Heterothetic Cobb-Douglas (HCD). They feature unitary own-price elasticity and non-unitary income effects so that differences in expenditure shares for a...
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Thanks. In a nutshell, we reason that "Governments don't pick losers. Losers pick government policy." Link to non-technical, executive summary (also coauthored with @BaldwinRE:)
@leemakiyama 'Losers' compete harder for subsidies too
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Thanks. In a nutshell, we reason that "Governments don't pick losers. Losers pick government policy." Link to non-technical, executive summary (also coauthored with @BaldwinRE:)
Too good to be forgotten. Great econ paper on lobbying and why govts pick losers by @BaldwinRE @bobnic72 - scary how well it fits US telecoms.
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Thanks. Link to non-technical, executive summary (also coauthored with @BaldwinRE:)
"Governments frequently intervene to support domestic industries, but a surprising amount of this support goes to ailing sectors. We explain this with a lobbying model... not that government policy picks losers, it is that losers pick government policy."
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These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics articles published in 2022, in alphabetical order by author, continuing with a tradition from the last few years
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[2/2] How does studying math affect outcomes? I estimate the returns to 41 degrees to understand the role of university courses with a nested IV model and novel data. Successful degrees are multidisciplinary, math alone does not increase returns, timing matters 💥 #EconTwitter
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