❄May your holidays be filled with happiness, peace, and positivity for a bright future! Happy new year!

🎉 Congratulations to our Master’s in Economics graduates! We are proud to announce that two of our students have been awarded the “Premi de Recerca Fiscal i Estudis Tributaris”, granted by the Government of Catalonia! 🧵👇🏼

🆕#WorkingPaper: “Deprivations rarely come alone. Multidimensional poverty dynamics in Europe” by @nsuppa.bsky.social  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/frrkwgnrmg  #Economics #EconSky #Poverty

🗣️ Rewatch the talk by our researchers Alfonso Herranz and @vahagnj.bsky.social, organized by the @sce.iec.cat, held on December 1 as part of the recognition of Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt.   🔗

On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor @diegopuga.org (@cemfi.es) for BESTEPS Closing Lecture, “Research Products in Economics.”

📢 Save the Date! Join us at our Summer School on 'Seeing Through the Algorithms: A Summer School on Machine Learning and AI'. Applications will open in January 2026!

Today's #seminar: 'Digital Money and Imperialism: New Frontiers for International Political Economy' 🗣️Costas Lapavitsas (SOAS and SPARC), Sergi Cutillas (@ub.edu and SPARC), Juan J. Duque (SPARC) ⏰16:00 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/dkddplhzli 🗃️Economic History ‬seminar

As we close out 2025, we are delighted to welcome 19 new researchers to the UB School of Economics.

🥇 Congratulations to @ntsiful-enoch.bsky.social on winning the Best Paper Award at the PhD in Economics Workshop 2025 for his outstanding academic paper “Refrigeration, Diets, and Human Health: Evidence from Ghana.” Well done!

Today's #seminar: 'Did Tariffs Make US Manufacturing Great? New Evidence from the Gilded Age' 🗣️@chris-meissner.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social  ⏰17:00 CET 📍Online 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/aurjgeupxg 🗃️ International Macro History Online Seminar (IMHOS) ‬seminar

Today, don't miss the last Seminar of 2025! "Taxing Corporate or Shareholder Income" 🎙️  @kristoberg.bsky.social (Trinity College) 📅 Today, December 16 🕝 14:30h (CET) 📍 @ubeconomics.bsky.social, Room 1038 ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/hprwphbvaf #IEBSeminars

Today's #seminar: 'Taxing Corporate or Shareholder Income' 🗣️ @kristoberg.bsky.social (Trinity College) ⏰14:30 CET 📍In person. Room 1038, 690 Building. 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/thoaxhyylr 🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social seminar

🎓Last Friday, Andika Perdana defended her #PhD #thesis “Mental Health Over the Life Course: Evidence from Shocks and Interventions . (Advisors: Jordi Suriñach | @juditvall.bsky.social#PhD#thesis Congratulations! 🎉

🆕#WorkingPaper: “The shadow of polarization is long: trust in the government and independent institutions after 142 government changes” by Luis M. Guirola-Abenza and Gonzalo Rivero. Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/cwwgiccmhh #Economics #EconSky #Polarization @aqrirea.bsky.social

Today's #seminar: 'Efficiency in Collective Decision-Making via Quadratic Transfers' 🗣️Dimitrios Xefteris (University of Cyprus) ⏰12:15 CET 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/micqwqusah 🗃️Game Theory and Economic Dynamics seminar

Today's #seminar: 'Self-equivalent voting rules' 🗣️Héctor Hermida-Rivera (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) ⏰11:30 CET 📍Room 1037, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/zjfiztnguh 🗃️Game Theory and Economic Dynamics seminar

Today's #seminar: 'Mobilizing Climate Action: The Behavioural Impact of Local Public Leadership' 🗣️Maite D. Laméris (University of Groningen) ⏰12:15 CET 📍Room 1030, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/hdovanmcwg 🗃️ GiM- OAP seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Mental Health over the Life Course: evidence from Shocks and Interventions' 🗣️Andika Perdana @ub.edu  ⏰11:30 CET 📍Sala de Graus, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ihroilbtho 🗃️ Thesis defence #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Workshop Industrial Change in Global Perspective, 19th–21st Centuries' ⏰14:00 CET 📍Online. 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/bhiropeufa 🗃️ Economic History seminar #EconSky #Economics

Today's #seminar: 'Data versus Information Sales under Financial Constraints' 🗣️Dmitry Orlov (University of Wisconsin–Madison) ⏰12:15 CET 📍In person. Room 2302, 696 Building. 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/gycuryjgcb 🗃️ Economic Theory seminar #EconSky #Economics

🗣️ #MasterThesisTalks with Yann Marx!   🎓 Yann, a 2025 MSc in #Economics graduate, and now studying his PhD at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, whote his master theses about the green transition.

Today's #seminar: 'Inference based on the Continuously Updating Estimator and the Conditional Likelihood Ratio Test' 🗣️Marcelo Moreira (Getulio Vargas Foundation) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1029, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ezwereomks 🗃️ AQR-IREA seminar #EconSky #Economics

Our researcher Francesc Amat will take part tomorrow in the science outreach session “Institucions i ciutadania: una relació en revisió” at the UB’s Science Coffee! #Economics #EconSky @ubdivulga.bsky.social @cescamat.bsky.social

Our researcher Francesc Amat will take part tomorrow in the science outreach session “Institucions i ciutadania: una relació en revisió” at the UB’s Science Coffee! #Economics #EconSky @ubdivulga.bsky.social @cescamat.bsky.social

🗣️ On Wednesday, Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela (Universitat de Barcelona & IEB) delivered the BESTEPS Lecture 5, “Presentations: How to give an academic talk and how to benefit from one” 🧵👇🏼

Today's #seminar: 'Residential Human Capital and Economic Spillovers' 🗣️@nicgc.bsky.social @mcgill.ca  ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/mkqgautuum 🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social ‬seminar

‼️We are thrilled to announce that applications for the MSc in Economics at @ub.edu is officially open! 🌍Join the globally recognized programme in Economics designed for aspiring Researchers, Economists, and Policy Leaders dedicated to understanding and shaping today’s economic challenges.

Today's #seminar: 'Ernest Lluch Seminar: 25 years later' ⏰12:00 CET 📍Hybrid. Sala de Graus, 690 Building. 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/mvzebjhwgc 🗃️ Other activities

🇺🇾 Uruguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Gabriel Oddone, visited UB School of Economics last Friday to deliver the lecture “América del Sur ante los desafíos económicos y geopolíticos globales”. 🗣️ In this video, the minister gives a brief summary of the key points from his talk.

Today's #seminar: 'Fiscal Legibility and State Development' 🗣️Francisco Garfias (Duke University) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/hsmnzcrqbf 🗃️IPERG seminar

Today's #seminar: 'Network Origins of Carbon Pricing Regressivity' 🗣️Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira (Network Origins of Carbon Pricing Regressivity) ⏰12:15 CET 📍Room 2302, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/pfzvzkzwqj 🗃️Economic Theory seminar

Today's #seminar: 'Housing is the Financial Cycle: Evidence from 100 years of Local Building Permits' 🗣️@cslapoint.bsky.social @yale.edu  ⏰17:00 CET 📍Online 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/grppxugajs 🗃️ International Macro History Online Seminar (IMHOS) ‬seminar

Today's #seminar: 'The Long-Term Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Socialist East Germany' 🗣️Maria Waldinger (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) ⏰14:00 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/pcgpamfdex 🗃️ Economic History seminar

Today's #seminar: 'Undergraduate Course Allocation through Competitive Markets' 🗣️Alexey Kushnir (Moroccan Center for Game Theory) ⏰12:15 CET 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/amouavpqlf 🗃️Game Theory and Economic Dynamics seminar

🙌🏾 Congratulations to our 11 PhD students who presented at the PhD in #Economics Workshop 2025, fantastic work from all of you! 🔍 Your research and insights showcased the strength and diversity of our PhD community.  🏆 Best Paper Award winners will be announced soon… stay tuned!

Today's #seminar: 'What If You See It? Workers’ perceptions of and reactions to LLMs' 🗣️Monica Langella (Federico II University) ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ouqqlghxwx 🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social ‬seminar

Today's #seminar: 'Voting Restrictions, Education, and Poverty' 🗣️Luciene Pereira (FGV/SP) ⏰12:15 CET 📍Room 2302, 696 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ytjxrpjdnu 🗃️ Economic Theory ‬seminar

🗣️ Let's talk Economics with Marc Teignier, expert in macroeconomics & economic growth, who has recently published the article “Structural Change, Land Use and Urban Expansion” in the @reveconstudies.bsky.social 🧵👇🏼 shorturl.at/0KHAs

🆕#WorkingPaper: “Crime at your doorstep: Gender-specific effects on university student performance” by Daniel Montolio and @pereataberner.bsky.social. Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/bejlokdmsa #Economics #EconSky #Gender @fundacioieb.bsky.social

📢#JobMarketPaper by Witson Peña: 📑 "Partisan Climate Action, Utility Interests, and Policy Choice in the U.S. Power Sector" @assameeting.bsky.social @mfeliu.bsky.social @ub.edu 🧵👇🏼

Today's #seminar: 'PhD in Economics Workshop' ⏰9:00 CET 📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/zsknzrxtjl 🗃️PhD in Economics activity

🇺🇾 Today, the Faculty of Economics and Business of the @ub.edu welcomed the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay and @economiaiempresa.bsky.social alumnus, Gabriel Oddone.

🇺🇾 Today, the Faculty of Economics and Business of the @ub.edu welcomed the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay and @economiaiempresa.bsky.ub alumnus, Gabriel Oddone.

📢#JobMarketPaper by Ragip Kaan Erdemli: 📑Do Transparency Policies Work as Expected? Evidence from the Retail Gasoline Market 🔹This paper studies a consumer-side fuel price transparency policy in the retail gasoline market, in a setting where major brands were already coordinating before the policy🧵👇🏼

📢#JobMarket Paper by Alejandra Rivera: 📑 "Heatwaves and Health at Birth" 🔹This paper studies how extreme heat during pregnancy affects birth outcomes in Spain. @assameeting.bsky.social @mfeliu.bsky.social @ub.edu @juditvall.bsky.social 🧵👇🏼

📰 Read the interview with our researcher Nuria Rodriguez-Planas in El Periódico.  🗣️ “Reducing the gender gap not only improves the situation of women, but also that of men.”

🎓Eleven #PhD students in #Economics at @ub.edu#PhD#Economicsill present their latest research at the PhD in Economics Workshop 2025. 🔝A great opportunity to discover fresh insights, innovative approaches, and emerging talent in the field. 🔗Check out the full programme and join us: https://f.mtr.cool/ezvbteqlpr

🚀 Your future in Economics starts here! Applications will be open soon for the MSc in Economics at @ub.edu - a leading program built for aspiring Researchers and Professionals in economics, and Policy Shapers. 🌍 📚 Two-year programme with solid methodological foundations 🌐 Taught entirely in English

Today's #seminar: 'Marriage and Misallocation: Evidence from 70 Years of U.S. History' 🗣️Jay Eui Jung Lee @stockholm-uni.bsky.social  ⏰14:30 CET 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/exaudhnruj 🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social ‬seminar

Last Thursday, we hosted the PhD in Economics Info Session & Career Opportunities Panel, jointly organized with the MIPE programme. The event began with an overview of the PhD programme by Concepció Patxot Cardoner, PhD in Economics Director 🧵👇🏼