Julián Hidalgo provides another piece of evidence that rising markups are explained by decreased marginal costs and increased product quality (here through advertising). And not so much through prices. This time from the US beer industry #econsky julianhidalgorodriguez.github.io

She studies markups + markdowns (total margins) in the European car market. Check out the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2is... Paper here: t.co/4tmRozosi0 (🚨behind Google Drive). Access problems? Contact her, I'm sure she'll email you a copy in a jiffy.

Ilona Tsanko (on the market! www.economic-stories.com) with another markup paper: Ever wondered about the rise of markups when attaching higher weights to industries that consumers really care about? Check out this paper: "Markups for Consumers" www.degruyter.com/document/doi... #EconSky

I saw the keynote at the UZH Market Power workshop. Inspiring! And, wonderful workshop: bsky.app/profile/nels... Learned a lot about dairy through Etienne Guigue (KU Leuven): paper on markups+downs. For another paper on total margins (up+down), check out Nadine Hahn's work www.nadinehahn.com

Not sure I have the bandwidth to learn another social media platform, but here goes...my first post here:) Excited to share a new paper: 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬: 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 w/ Dave Macdonald & Jerry Montonen. Abstract pictured below!

The running list of IO job market candidates for this year is live! Fill this out to add your info: forms.gle/6Y2uSt3YrFxD... Running list here: shoshanavasserman.com/io-jmc/