Amazing paper!

Why is agricultural productivity in India so low? UMN @umn-econ.bsky.social Econ JMC Scott Sommers argues weather shocks amplify land market restrictions as source of misallocation in agriculture. He uses micro data to build model of heterogeneous farmers. sites.google.com/view/scottso...

Very interesting paper and great candidate !

How does IMF intervention after sovereign default help debtor country? UMN @umn-econ.bsky.social JMC Teresa Balestrini evaluates differences post default for countries that restructure within IMF program versus those that directly negotiate with creditors 1990–2014. www.teresabalestrini.com

🚨Job Market Paper Alert🚨 How do localized migrations shocks, such as deportations, impact aggregate productivity over time? I’m on the 2024-2025 #EconJobMarket, and my #EconJMP uncovers some of the unintended, long-lasting consequences of these policies. 🧵

Gabriel put together data appendices for 11 country chapters of Juan Pablo's and my book, A Monetary and Economic History of Latin America, 1960-2017, with MS Excel files for Kehoe-Nicolini-Sargent government budget accounting for all 11 countries. manifold.bfi.uchicago.edu/projects/mon...

Why does Latin America suffer from high inflation, high informality, and low financial intermediation? UMN Econ JMC Gabriel Devoto's @gabriel-devoto.bsky.social hypothesis: Government’s use of inflation as fiscal tool causes informality and low financial intermediation. www.gabrieldevoto.com

How will climate change impact poor households in developing countries? UMN Econ JMC Mauricio Barbosa-Alves @mbarbosaalves.bsky.social constructs model of Brazil in which high temps lower crop yields and agricultural incomes but poor road networks also increase food prices. mbarbosaalves.github.io

We have known for a while that investment in infrastructure that facilitates trade has huge potential to generate economic growth.

Why does Latin America suffer from high inflation, high informality, and low financial intermediation? UMN Econ JMC Gabriel Devoto's @gabriel-devoto.bsky.social hypothesis: Government’s use of inflation as fiscal tool causes informality and low financial intermediation. www.gabrieldevoto.com