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              Department of Economics, Birmingham Business School (@UoB_Business), College of Soc. Science (@CoSS_Birmingham), University of Birmingham (@unibirmingham)
              
              Birmingham, England
            
            
              
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             Bitcoin Research: What Are the New Frontiers? - Financial Review - Wiley Online Library  https://t.co/iZfahw1txZ  selfie with Andrew Urquhart 
          
            
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              In this article, we discuss how far Bitcoin has come since its formulation 16 years ago and explore promising areas for future research in finance. The future research topics fall into the following...
            
                
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             📝 New working paper out 
           New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20482 Customs Agents and Trade Facilitation @wanyu_chung, @RobertJRElliott, Yangjun Han @unibirmingham, Antonio Navas @sheffeconomics
               https://t.co/bq1qdcPTxU 
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             Brexit and Visual Media Bias: A Computer Vision Approach - Chung, Dai and Elliott (2025). An engagement experiment :-) 
          
                
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             100+ presentations in parallel sessions, 30+ in posters, 3 special sessions with 3 papers each (@bankofengland, @NIESRorg, CHASM-@unibirmingham) & 4 keynote talks (Loriana Pelizzon, Olivier Coibion, @ufukakcigit, @monacelt): not to miss this at all! Registration & details below! 
           🥁There is still a month, by 14 Aug, to register - via Conference Maker - at the early-bird rate for the 56th annual conference of @MMF_research at @UoREconomics on 8-10 Sep 2025, which promises to be a great research event: prg, info & links below. @UniRdg_Research
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             NEW: "Small Boats And The Rising Tide Of Racism". @GoldbergRadio hears from how negative headlines about a minority of migrants affect the public's view of all of them. With @apuravbhatiya and @ZoeJardiniere From @BylineTimes
             https://t.co/2qg8xF1kwY 
          
          
            
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              The latest figures show that more than 19,000 migrants have arrived in the UK from France this year after crossing the channel in makeshift vessels, despite government pledges to destroy smuggling ...
            
                
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             Took a long break from here since maternity leave but the work vibe is finally back 😁💪 Grateful for brilliant colleagues, good chats, and even better drinks! 🍻 Thank you @ToshiKomatsu and Jacopo Bonan for visiting us! #TEDE #EconLife @econ_ub
          
          
                
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             How the war has affected scientific research in Ukraine  https://t.co/44H3dPvQDL  via @cepr_org
          
          
            
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              Russia's 2014 invasion of Ukraine has devastated Ukraine's scientific productivity. This column examines the war's impact on Ukrainian research output, drawing on a dataset of over half a million...
            
                
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             Call for papers: CUHK-CEPR Workshop on Imperfect Expectations and Bounded Rationality, Hong Kong, 11-12 December 2025 - 
          
                
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             Are people experiment averse as suggested previously? New working paper shows revealed preferences in favor of policy experiments - even though people rate experimenting morally objectionable in the same cotext.  https://t.co/QQ2gcx4w6V 
            #econtwitter #Economics @econ_ub
          
          
            
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              PDF | Randomized controlled trials remain underutilized in informing policy design, despite their potential. Moral objections to experimentation... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
            
                
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             New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20055 Remote Work and Compensation #Inequality
            @giannidefraja, @JesseMatheson2, @MizenPaul, @Jcrockey, Shivani Taneja @EconUniKent, @GregoryThwaites
             https://t.co/rRgZxbm223 
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             Political alignment significantly shapes perceptions of the Federal Reserve, leading to lower inflation expectations and higher trust. Communication can mitigate biased perceptions, from Pei Kuang, Michael Weber, and @ShihanXie
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             New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19952 Central Bank Communication with the Polarized Public Pei Kuang @unibirmingham, Michael Weber @ChicagoBooth, Shihan Xie @ShihanXie @UofIllinois
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             Innovation for economic resilience: Strengthening Ukraine's human capital and science sector Yulia Bezvershenko @theNASEM, @inaganguli, @SashaTalavera, @YGorodnichenko
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             Electric vehicles now last as long as petrol and diesel rivals  https://t.co/dttTuEiHAc  very cool graphics based on our paper @vietecon
          
          
            
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              Rapid advances in technology are making battery electric vehicles more reliable and durable
            
                
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             Our expert Prof. Robert Elliott discovered that battery-powered electric vehicles can match the lifespans of cars and vans with petrol and diesel engines - marking a pivotal moment in the drive towards sustainable transportation  https://t.co/zQsl94zrqa 
          
          
                
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             The College of Policing has published reports by CCJP researchers on policing interventions for county lines, child exploitation & out-of-court panels as part of the Vulnerability & Violent Crime Programme. Find here  https://t.co/AA8UC6ENVd 
              @SBandyo72 @CJ_researcher @bIGIdeas_UoB
            
          
                
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             Many congratulations, colleagues! @FGulcin_Ozkan has been elected MMF Chair, as from Sep 2025. @EconArnab & @ChristophGortz have been re-elected Committee Members. Christoph Himmels, @AlistairMacaul7, @lorenzarossi3 & @SashaTalavera have been elected Committee Members. 1/2 
          
                
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             THIS WEEK! Wed 11 December, 16:00 UK! External Seminar by Parama Chaudhury (UCL): An Evidence-Driven Approach to Addressing Awarding Gaps at University 
          
                
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