Brian Knight
@briangknight
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Professor of Economics @BrownUniversity. Co-editor @aeajournals AEJ:Policy. Studied @UWMadison & @miamiuniversity. Public Econ and Pol Econ in 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇨🇴🇻🇪
Rhode Island, USA
Joined May 2019
My new NBER working paper "THE FRANCHISE, POLICING, AND RACE: EVIDENCE FROM ARRESTS DATA AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT", joint with Giovanni Facchini and Cecilia Testa, was just released today. Comments are welcome. Ungated version here:
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I gave an online talk in China today about the editorial process in Economics and am reposting this, which I think remains relevant today!.
I often work with young researchers who don't convert R&Rs to publications. I definitely don’t do everything well! But I put a lot of effort into this and have a 24/24 conversion rate. So I am passing along six tips based upon my experience as an author and editor. #Econtwitter.
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🚨just five days left until the submission deadline. @gemmadipoppa and I look forward to reading your submissions!.
Excited to announce the Northeast Political Economy Conference on October 3, 2025 at Brown U, organized by me and @gemmadipoppa! This event is co-sponsored by the Bravo Center for Economic Research and the Center for PPE. Submit a paper at by June 16.
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With my four PhD students: Luca, Aarushi, Mercedes, and Jacob!
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457 undergraduates graduated today in economics @BrownUniversity. 1 out of 4 students and one of the largest, if not the largest, concentrations on campus. Also the largest audience I have ever spoken to! @Brown_Economics
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With my amazing senior thesis advisee Ella Edmonds. Off to the phd program at @ChicagoBooth next year!
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First of 10 flights in 15 days. What could possibly go wrong 🤷♂️
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RT @gemmadipoppa: 📌 Excited to announce the 2nd Northeast Political Economy Conference 📌 We (@briangknight) are seeking submissions from ec….
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Excited to announce the Northeast Political Economy Conference on October 3, 2025 at Brown U, organized by me and @gemmadipoppa! This event is co-sponsored by the Bravo Center for Economic Research and the Center for PPE. Submit a paper at by June 16.
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RT @Brown_Economics: The Econ DUG is excited to present Econ Dogs on Friday 4/25 from 3:30-4:30 on the Quiet Green🐾.Whether you're an econ….
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What about the other 80 percent? . ===. Trump says he's weighing giving 20% of DOGE savings to Americans
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Luca Rizzotti works on discrimination and crime. While the literature has focused on suspects, Luca studies discrimination against victims. Using detailed data from Chicago, he provides evidence in favor of discrimination against minority victims.
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Maria Mercedes Ponce de Leon works on gender and crime. Using detailed data on 911 calls from Seattle and quasi-experimental variation in the gender of responding officers, she finds that female officers are more effective in handling domestic violence.
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Aarushi Kalra experiments with the algorithm for a social media platform in India. Shifting away from an engagement-maximizing algorithm reduces hate speech. But this comes at a substantial cost to the platform in the form of lower engagement.
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Jake Fabian studies a reform in the National Flood Insurance Program under which premiums were updated to better reflect flood risk. He finds that increases in insurance rates are associated with a reduction in development after the reform.
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I am writing four letters for PhD job market candidates from @Brown_Economics and am excited to let you know about their research. In alphabetical order:.
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If I can just get my model to 50-50 by Tuesday I’ll be able to claim that I predicted the winner either way.
This morning's update. Chart tells the story I think. Possibly another update later today.
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RT @Brown_Economics: Econ faculty gave students a much needed break from midterms at the Econ DOGS event, hosted by the Econ DUG. Professor….
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RT @frrodriguezc: How do we know the results published by Venezuela's opposition are authentic? @UCBerkeley's @dkronick argues that the dou….
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