Guo Xu
@guoxu_econ
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Associate Professor in Business and Public Policy at @BerkeleyHaas | Political Economy, Development, Econ History, Organizations | All views my own
Berkeley, CA
Joined February 2010
RT @hmmlowe: New evidence on the intergenerational effects of intergroup contact: male civil servants exposed to female colleagues have dau….
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Don’t miss out! Bay Area economic history is a vibrant community!.
Amazing lineup of @UCBerkeley, @Stanford, @ucdavis, @ucmerced students at the Bay Area Economic History Workshop — happening tomorrow at UC Berkeley! .Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
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RT @SilviaFarins: 📢Bay Area Economic History Workshop is back at UC Berkeley on April, 25!. PhD students working in Economic History in NoC….
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Very excited about the first installment of the Berkeley Econ History Mini Conference — first edition being on econ history x political economy. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!
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RT @EvaDavoine: 🚨New working paper🚨.“The Political Costs of Taxation” with.@EnguehardJoseph & @IgorKol52824963. When a state has low capaci….
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RT @Audingus1: Call for papers for the 2nd edition of the @bancaditalia Economics of Public Sector and Institutions (EPSI) conference is op….
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In all advanced economies, the public sector and institutions play a crucial role for economic growth and prosperity. State intervention can take various forms, ranging from establishing regulatory...
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To be fair - @HenryEOliver responded now agreeing to cite appropriately. Thanks so much for featuring our work! Not citing is just something that triggers academics I guess….
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The @FTMag’s @HenryEOliver wrote an entire article about my Royal Navy with @joachim_voth but didn’t give us any credit (“a study”). Bad practice?
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The hero of Trafalgar shows us that meritocracy alone doesn’t always get the best results
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Studying bureaucracy is my thing. Here are some insights from my research about the ongoing efforts to transform teh US bureaucracy
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The Trump administration is pursuing sweeping changes to the federal workforce, aiming to increase political control over civil servants and reduce the size of the bureaucracy. The new Department of...
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RT @wbg_gov: "Strengthening the independence of bureaucracies can reduce turnover and increase the quality of public services, ultimately b….
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RT @slashdot: 'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio
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At an all hands meeting inside Meta Thursday, the company's co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he was increasingly careful about what he says internally at Meta. From a report:...
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RT @pbacherikov: PhD students working in political econ and development, keep an eye on this! Great opportunity to present your work and ge….
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Just bringing this up again as it seems relevant these days….
Avoiding political interference - an "army of suck-ups" -is exactly why we have civil service protections, as we show in our paper studying the introduction of the Pendleton Act in 1883: -- @Bob_Ortega @KyungLahCNN.
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Agreed - reports of econ history’s death are greatly exaggerated….
@nunopgpalma @nyu @NYUSternEcon @NUEconomics @berkeleyecon @B_Eichengreen @chenzix @guoxu_econ @StanfordEcon @AlthoffLukas @PrincetonEcon @leah_boustan @EDerenoncourt @nathannunn @juhreka13 @MDrelichman @JohanFourieZA I will say that “old school” history, like what Dick Sylla did, is getting too little respect. We need to get the facts and numbers right – before feeding them into regressions. But I’m optimistic overall bec there are so many young people doing great work in history today!.
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RT @Jeff_Weaver_: 🚨🚨Last day to submit to Pacdev 2025! Don’t miss the West Coast’s largest #DevEcon conference, hosted by @UCLA and @USC_E….
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About the Conference The Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) is the West Coast's largest annual conference on development. The event brings together researchers and...
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RT @arpitrage: “union members appear negatively selected by teacher value added… teachers’ productivity improved in decertified districts.….
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RT @SIOEcon: SIOE 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS. Join us in Sydney, at UNSW, from 24-26 of August 2025!. 🚨Submission deadline: January 15, 2025. Loo….
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RT @guoxu_econ: Morgan Foy from UC Berkeley is on the job market this year with an excellent paper on “Selection and Performance in Teacher….
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RT @lugaricano: Fascinating. One has a very strong expectation of the result, given the times we live in. And one is surprised. Note: res….
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Morgan Foy from UC Berkeley is on the job market this year with an excellent paper on “Selection and Performance in Teachers’ Unions” — be sure to have a close look at his paper!
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