Our paper on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia is now out in Nature! 🎉 Huge thanks to Felix Michalik, Seunghun Chung, @pascalge.bsky.social and especially Min Xie (@minxiesci.bsky.social) & Simon Heß (@hesss.org) making the analysis so much fun! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today, @kasingerj.bsky.social (Tilburg University) presented “The Pass-through of Retail Crime” (w/ @carlhase.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social). Using WA cannabis store data, they find robberies & burglaries drive a 1.8% price hike at victim stores & competitors, comparable to a hidden 1% tax.

The new semester is approaching, and we are thrilled to welcome the speakers for the Econ Spring 2025 Seminar Series in Lugano! 📅 Check out the full schedule below and join us if you're interested: idep.usi.ch/storage/app/... #USIEcon #econbluesky

Just out in @J_Ind_Econ (joint with @AljoschaJ): We explore when firms, facing rational inattentive consumers, optimally obfuscate prices, e.g. by hiding fees or choosing complex add-on pricing structures. doi.org/10.1111/joie... 🧵

Are e-scooters making our city streets more dangerous? 🛴💥 Our latest research in the European Economic Review studies the impact of shared e-scooter services on urban traffic accidents and the critical role of public policy (joint with @cannoncloud.bsky.social and @hesss.org) #EScooters 👇👇