USA & China liefern sich ein atemberaubendes Wettrennen um die Dominanz in KI. Im „Sofortprogramm“ der CDU/CSU steht währenddessen unter der Überschrift „Vorrang für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit & Wohlstand“: Agrardieselsubvention wird wieder erhöht. Umsatzsteuer für Gastronomie gesenkt. Kein Wort zu KI. 😳

Congratulations to @barbarabiasi.com who was recognized for the AEJ Best Paper Award for Economic Policy at #ASSA2025 for the paper “The Labor Market for Teachers under Different Pay Schemes.” #econsky aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Pls share: Davide Cantoni and me are looking for pre-doc research assistants to work on projects in international economics and econ history! For details, see: bit.ly/4gSNIVh

Sounds familiar? After Haier (foreign entrant) withdrew its bid for Maytag, which was unpopular out of a concern for US jobs, Whirlpool (domestic rival) bought Maytag. Result: fewer domestic jobs lost, but at great harm to consumers. Link to paper: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/rese...

„Versäumnisse angehen, entschlossen investieren“ heißt das aktuelle Jahresgutachten des Sachverständigenrats #Wirtschaft. Am 14. Januar stellt Gastredner Dr. Christopher Zuber es in einem öffentlichen Vortrag an der Universität Münster vor. www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph...

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility: Evidence from World War II,” by Garin (@andygarin.bsky.social) and Rothbaum: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨 @monika-schnitzer.com and I are organizing a workshop on Skill shortages and Reskilling at the 2024 Venice Summer Institute in San Servolo. Please submit your papers & join us for an amazing day of research and learning! @CESifoNetwork www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...

We're hiring! Join us as post-doc at the University of Tübingen! 3 yrs, 0 teaching. Funded through an ERC STG on the effect of digitalization on firms. Deadline is 30nov2023. econjobmarket.org/positions/10... annagumpert.wordpress.com/erc-starting...

Imke Reimers is here!!! Follow her and be amazed @imkereimers.bsky.social

Paul Niehaus + Pierre Azoulay are incredibly inspiring mentors, researchers, and individuals -- I couldn't recommend this J-PAL/MIT Sloan post-doc in the economics of innovation / metascience more highly as an invaluable opportunity to work with and learn from them. aeaweb.org/joe/listing....