
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
. 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.
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RT @UrbanEconomics: The program for our 2024 Summer School in Urban Economics hosted by @unige_en & @GVAGrad in Geneva is now online: https….
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RT @sciencespo: Spacial economic clusters, peace and globalisation, international trade, and financial crashes: Let's take a look back at t….
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RT @UrbanEconomics: PhD students: Apply to join us in Geneva for summer school June 24-26. Learn from leading scholars: @TradeDiversion,….
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RT @vkokoszka: En 1967, Cabu publie une série de planches, terribles et puissantes sur la rafle du Vel d’Hiv. En 2020, sa femme les rend pu….
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RT @abbernard: High skilled workers opening a file at #ERWIT - Agglomeration or congestion effects?
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RT @TradeDiversion: Headed to the big ERWIT/CURE crossover, where I'll discuss @bobnic72's "Sorting to Expensive Cities". .
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RT @GlennLoury: I am proud to report, as one of 29 scientist-authors, that our paper "In Defense of Merit in Science"..
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"Heterothetic Cobb Douglas" paper out: 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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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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RT @ProfDiegoPuga: These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics articles published in 2022, in alphabetical order by author, continuing wit….
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RT @EleonoraBdmt: [2/2].How does studying math affect outcomes? I estimate the returns to 41 degrees to understand the role of university….
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