The 3rd Workshop on Societal and Policy Problems took place in Potsdam last week, organized by CEPA members @katrinhuber.bsky.social, @shushmargaryan.bsky.social, and @emarkowsky.bsky.social.

📢 Uni Potsdam's Chair of Markets, Competition and Institutions invites applications for Academic Staff Member position to be filled asap (limited to 3 years). Your future team works in behavioral & experimental economics with a focus on communication and cooperation. 1/n tinyurl.com/3n8dumrt

How communication fosters collusion A novel meta-study by Max Andres (@hatrecht.bsky.social) and Lisa Bruttel utilizes seeded LDA to analyze communication and decision data from oligopoly experiments. ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp...

Worum geht es, wenn wir in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften zu Kriminalität forschen, auch bei uns am @diw.de ? Zum Beispiel, was uns Kriminalität als Gesellschaft kostet und wie diese Kosten zustande kommen. Einen Einblick dazu gibt es in unserem neuen #DIWGlossar.

Our @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social network is still building momentum compared to the Twitter days. Help us out by spreading the word? This workshop is genuinely a great opportunity for PhD researchers and we have excellent keynotes again this year!

Join us for our final PRSE presentation this semester: Tuesday, June 24, at 2:15 pm in room S12, Haus 6 (room change!). Agata Galkiewicz (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) will present on "The Effects of Air Pollution on Children's Cognitive Performance: Evidence from School-Leaving Examination in Poland".

Upcoming PRSE presentation! Tuesday (May 27) at 2.15 pm, we welcome Steffen Künn (from @umsbe.bsky.social). He will present on "Indoor environment, student satisfaction, and performance: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in university classrooms". Join us in room 2.31, Haus 1!

We are pleased to announce the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, which will be held September 24–25, 2025. The workshop aims to allow talented young researchers to present and discuss their research. For details and the CfP, follow this link: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...

We're pleased to invite you to our upcoming Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics, held this Tuesday (May 20) at 2:15 pm in Room 2.31. Yue Huang (IAAEU, Trier) will present on "Industrial Relations and Working from Home in Germany during the COVID-19 Pandemic". We look forward to seeing you there!

Upcoming PRSE presentation: We're excited to announce next week's seminar presentation, featuring Johannes Rincke from @fauwiso.bsky.social . He will present research on "Preferences in Social Network Formation." 📅 Tuesday, May 13 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1 We look forward to seeing you there!

A new discussion paper "Suspicion and Communication" (w/ Lisa Bruttel and Friedericke Fromme) is out now! Check it out: ideas.repec.org/p/pot/cepadp... 1/N @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social

📢 Upcoming Talk: "Missing Men and Women's Fight for the Vote" by @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social from @wisocologne.bsky.social 📅 Tuesday, May 6 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1 Join us for this fascinating exploration of how gender demographics influenced women's suffrage movements in Germany.

In this week's edition of the PRSE, @unipotsdam.bsky.social 's own @aikoschmeisser.com will present his work on "The Value of Coworkers: Peer Preferences in a Job Choice Experiment". Come join us on Tuesday, April 29, 2.15pm in Room 2.31, Haus 1!

📢Join us for our next PRSE presentation! Dinand Webbing from the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam will present on "Evidence from monitoring and inspections of schools." Tuesday, April 22, 2.15pm, Room 2.31, Haus 1 Don't miss out on learning about how school inspections affect test scores!

📣 Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics Our first talk of the semester features @gregorsinger.com presenting: "Complementary Inputs and Industrial Development: Can Lower Electricity Prices Improve Energy Efficiency?" 📅 April 15 ⏰ 2:15 PM 📍 Room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee Join us!

🌞 Summer Term Begins! The Center for Economic Policy Analysis is back with our seasonal newsletter, packed with news regarding upcoming events, recent publications, and research activities. 📧 Check your inbox or the following link for our latest edition:

📣 Attention PhD-candidates & early postdocs! We host the 2nd Freiburg PhD-Workshop on the Economics of Criminal Behavior: 22-24/09 at csl.mpg.de. 👩‍🏫📊🎓 Discuss ideas, network with leading experts, and present your research. Apply by 22/06 & spread the word! 🗣️👂 tinyurl.com/FRECB25

Der Diskurs zu #Kriminalität und #Zuwanderung muss sachlicher werden Was weiß die Forschung über #Migration und #Gewalt? Drei Erkenntnisse aus Studien zeigen, warum die pauschale Aussage "Zuwanderung erhöht Kriminalität" nicht stimmt. Meine Kolumne, mit Anna Bindler: www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

Neue Folge zu künstlicher Intelligenz in der Analyse qualitativer Daten ist aufgenommen. Freut euch auf ein Gespräch über erkenntnistheoretische Grundbedingungen von #LLM sowie einen pragmatischen, progressiven Blick auf KI in der #qualitativen #Sozialforschung. #KI #GenAI #ChatGPT

🚨Less than two weeks to go: Apply to the workshop “Text as Data in Behavioral Economics”, aimed at exploring the intersection of text mining techniques and behavioral economics. 📍Potsdam, Germany on 10-11.06.25. 📍Submit here until 15.02.25: sites.google.com/view/text-as... #EconSky

Heute geht es um die Abstimmung zur Verschärfung der Gesetze zur Migration. Im Diskurs der letzten Tage werden die Themen Migration und innere Sicherheit eng verknüpft. Der Zusammenhang zw. Migration und Kriminalität ist Gegenstand aktueller Forschung, die aber zu anderen Schlüssen kommt. (1/2)

🎬 Season finale of our Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics series! Adriana Di Liberto of the University of Cagliari wraps up this term with "Managerial Practices and Student Performance: Evidence from Changes in School Principals". Today at 2.15 pm in room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee.

In the latest CEPA Discussion Paper, @abergeaud.bsky.social, Max Deter, Maria Greve, and Michael Wyrwich aim to explore the causal relationship between inventor migration and regional innovation, using the historical context of East-to-West German migration before the building of the Wall. 1/3

Join us today for the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics! Karen Evelyn Hauge presents "Offering scholarships to adult skilled workers: Evidence from a field experiment". Today at 2.15 pm in room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee.

Join us today for the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics, where Efthymia Kyriakopolou from the Athens University of Economics and Business will explore "High-rise Housing and Urban Sustainability." Don't miss the final session before the holidays at 2:15 PM in room 2.31. #UrbanSustainability

Today, we welcome Arianna Ornaghi of the Hertie School to the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics. Arianna will present work on "The Returns to Viral Media: The Case of US Campaign Contributions". Join us at 2.15pm in room 2.31, Haus 1, Campus Griebnitzsee.

Great CEPA Policy Lecture by Ludger @woessmann.bsky.social yesterday on "Bildung und Wohlstand: Das Wissenskapital der Nationen und wie wir es mehren". Thanks for visiting!

Is a climate policy without income losses for all income classes, homeowners, and generations possible? @mkalkuhl.bsky.social, M Kellner, N Kögel, and L Stern develop a mechanism of climate policy in the building sector that guarantees a weak Pareto improvement.

In the latest CEPA Discussion Paper, Marco Caliendo, Nico Pestel, and Rebecca Olthaus examine the long-term effects of the 2015 German minimum wage and its subsequent increases on regional employment.

Join us for the next CEPA Policy Lecture with Ludger Wößmann on 27 November at 5 pm at Campus Griebnitzsee. Ludger will provide interesting insights into the topic "Bildung und Wohlstand: Das Wissenskapital der Nationen und wie wir es mehren" (in German). Register here: https://buff.ly/4eE5Ksz

Today, we welcome Astrid Kunze of the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) to the Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics. She will present work on "Parental Leave from the Firm’s Perspective". Join us at 2.15 pm!

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