Not sure why the idea of another consumption boosting scheme (50:50 copayment) has resurfaced in Thailand Those who support it should weight the opportunity cost of limited budget w/ benefit & whether better to channel the fund, as if we have a lot, to more focused project or K

Statistically insignificant results are at least as interesting as significant ones (but often end up in the file drawer because deemed less publishable). Results are interesting if they change what we believe. No reason that only non-zero findings should change our beliefs.

If you're an economist and haven't heard about the double descent phenomenon, you might be overlooking one of the most interesting developments in computer science and statistics today. Personally, I haven't come across anything as fascinating since I first learned about Markov

One of the best antitrust papers now in the QJE: Nearly half of US federal judges attended a crash course in economics at the Manne Institute. This training had lasting effects: judges used more econ language, sided against regulators more often, and imposed harsher sentences.

I have just posted my survey paper “Deep Learning for Solving Economic Models” on my webpage: https://t.co/vGbt7dnyog In one or two weeks, it will also circulate as a working paper at the NBER and CEPR. Still, I wanted to let people know already, since I am quite happy with the

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I was fortunate that I could publish 4 papers with statistically insignificant results

1/ 📢 Call for Papers! 📢 The 6th Women in International Economics Conference will be held at Yale University on Oct 16-17, 2025. We invite submissions from junior women in international economics. 📅 Deadline: April 30, 2025 📩 Submit here: https://t.co/V7L6oqhB70 Organized by

The @CEP_LSE @warwickecon Junior Trade Workshop will take place on September 22 at the @LSEEcon! The one-day agenda is exciting: come meet and provide feedback to six promising JMCs! UK-based trade/urban/spatial aficionados are welcome to register here: https://t.co/sesL6KIc7L

Stony Brook University is hiring again! We are looking for both juniors and seniors in Applied Economics. Check below for more info: Assistant Professor in Economics. https://t.co/UOndw00TDl Associate/Full Professor in Economics. https://t.co/LJGQYY5Lmp

If you teach an undergrad international trade course and want some hands-on experience with real data & Stata or R, consider my “Gravity for Undergrads” Chapter. It may be useful in econometrics, undergrad seminars, and undergrad theses. Gravity Rules 💪 https://t.co/vWhBReSVPL

If you haven't read "AI Agents for Economic Research" by @akorinek , you should drop everything and do it right now. Get up to date or get left behind. Link in the next post.

>went to an SF restaurant >"SF Mandate (8%)" on the bill >it's not a tip >it doesn’t go to your server >suggested tips were "15% - 18% - 20%" on top SF has 8% Mandate of Heaven. When did “mandatory mystery fees” become normal in the US??!!

Submission deadline for Fall Midwest Trade & Theory Conference at Penn State is this Saturday at 11:59 US ET! @YotovG @rafer77 https://t.co/UHz8DNvoOO

The most interesting thing about this chart is not that horse population dwindled dramatically, but that eventual car ownership was three times peak horses by the 1960s. The application of new technology for market expansion is a far more powerful force than pure replacement.

Someone let ChatGPT run a stock portfolio. over 2 month ChatGPT’s portfolio is up +29.22% vs. the S&P 500’s +4.11% over the same window. (Prompts, Code, Github listed) The process works as follows. ChatGPT is given real market data each trading day, including prices, volumes

📣 Chulalongkorn University (my alma mater) is hosting the Western Economic Association International conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on 1-4 April 2026! Submission is now open (deadline on 15 October) at: https://t.co/VWJ5HtXqUm.

@historyinmemes More Info 🚨 .Michael O'Leary, the CEO of Ryanair, arrives in Dublin. He enters a pub and orders a pint of draught Guinness. The bartender nods and says, "That'll be one euro, sir." Surprised, O'Leary replies, "Wow, that's cheap!" and hands over the euro. The bartender smiles

I wrote about the perverse consequences of grade inflation. Between 1985 and 2021, the share of Harvard grades in the A range more than doubled, from 33% to 79%. But students are more miserable—and doing less schoolwork��than ever:

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