Tomorrow (Nov 21) is the deadline for the BIS-CEPR-Gerzensee - SFI conference on Financial Intermediation, which I organize with Christoph Basten, Martin Brown, Sebastian Dietrich and Andreas Fuster @fuster.bsky.social . Send us your papers! www.swiss-fi.com

The research department of Norges Bank is hiring a research economist for an permanent position. Apply by November 24 and check details at econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Good stuff coming to Le Chat

"As climate extremes intensify, the next financial crisis may not come from housing or tech, but from a climate-driven breakdown in the global food system."

Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time Latest data indicates progress for EU country most dependent on the fossil fuel

Wow, super interesting! "Cultural Bonds" by Cascarano, Garcia-Appendini, Sekerci, and Stradi. "We find that households of different cultural origins invest differently in government bonds..., reflecting cultural differences in the perception of public debt." www.norges-bank.no/en/news-even...

38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

📢 There is still time to submit your #ResearchPaper to the @banquedefrance-off.bsky.social for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Economics, Finance, and Central Banking Conference. 📩 Submit your research to [email protected] by April 30. Details: bit.ly/3DykmNJ #DiversityInEcon

I had missed this, but it looks like Trump's April 8th executive order may kill California cap-and-trade system (www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...)

We just completed a first, preliminary draft of a new paper: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 Joint with Ko Miura econweb.umd.edu/~drechsel/pa...

Article we wrote in 2019 turning out to be very relevant for the debate around external imbalances and the dollar today. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

It was an honor to contribute a chapter on "Sustainable Banking" to the 4th edition of The Oxford Handbook of Banking. I review the role of banks in financing the transition to a low-carbon economy, the impact of climate risks on credit supply & challenges such as greenwashing and carbon arbitrage 👇

Forthcoming article by Jin Cao, Ragnar E Juelsrud and Talina Sondershaus "The Effect of Asset Encumbrance on Bank Behavior: Evidence from the Introduction of Covered Bonds in Norway" @eeanews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

Slowly but surely coming along: we have a new version of our working textbook on diffs in diffs! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Chapters 2 to 4, which cover the set up, classical DIDs, and relaxations of the parallel trends assumptions have been thoroughly revised and are now almost finished.

*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...

Norges Bank Spring Institute 2025 with @helenerey.bsky.social: beautiful days in a non beautiful time 🇺🇦

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Last chance to apply for a #researchassistant position at @NorgesBank. Knowledge of a Scandinavian language is an advantage. Deadline February 15.

President Trump has launched an attack on the rules-based international order. Olivier Blanchard @piie.com @pse.bsky.social & @pisaniferry.bsky.social argue that the #EU can and should work with non-EU countries to form partnerships or ‘coalitions of the willing’. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Large firms can and should use #climate commitments to accelerate the green transition when government climate policies are constrained. Private commitments resolve policy gaps & make government commitments more credible. V Acharya, R Engle, @olivierwang.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

📢Final Reminder! #CallForPapers CEPR, the organising and program committees, along with the organising institutions, invite papers for the 7th Summer #Conference on Financial Intermediation and Corporate #Finance. 📆Submit by: 15 Feb 2025 More details: cepr.org/events/7th-s... #EconSky

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️ We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late. Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

Very excited to see our paper on climate change forthcoming at the American Economic Review @aeajournals.bsky.social ! We study how people across 20 countries think about climate change and climate policies.

Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101! They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs. Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships. 1/

The inflationary effects of green regulations are limited to #carbon taxes, with larger impacts in developing economies, where #inflation is already high, and in sectors with high emissions and low innovation capacity. L Bettarelli, D Furceri, L Pisano, P Pizzuto cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky 📈📉

Appropriate mix of headlines. Climate change accelerates, while the business world, under pressure from US conservatives, abandons any attempt to stop it

Beautiful paper by Calel, Colmer, Dechezleprêtre and Glachant! Check it out. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The submission deadline for the BIS-CEPR-Gerzensee-SFI conference on Financial Intermediation (formerly the "Lenzerheide conference") is October 31. Submit your papers! Call for papers here: mailchi.mp/cepr/bis-cep...

Call for papers for the @CebraOrg annual meeting #CEBRA24 in Frankfurt. @NorgesBank invites papers for a special session on "Housing and Consumption". The submission deadline is March 10.Submit at: cebra-events.org/call-for-pap...