Trying to publish a paper on fake news in 2012... I guess I was ahead of the times 😂🤷‍♂️

Fascinating paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social, @bartonelee2.bsky.social, and Hasin Yousaf! The paper addresses a fundamental question: Why do some democracies chronically avoid ambitious, long-term reforms even when they have decent institutions? They argue that what matters is not only

[email protected] has a number of vacancies for Assistant Professors (Macro & Development) Coventry has canals, an amazing cathedral etc. ... is one hour from London, 20 mins from Birmingham 90 mins from the Peak District National Park Apply here: 👉 econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

I'm thrilled to see @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma & I have won over $825,000 in funding from the Australian Research Council for our Discovery Project "Generation-Z engagement with political parties". (When you're recovering from drinking Lima tap water, this helps a lot).

Preparing some (ambitious 🤣) slides for this year's @unswecon.bsky.social Annual Honours Alumni Event.

It's not our style to speculate on others' budgetary issues, But you may want to know we are hiring on this year's junior JM. 😉

🚨NEW VERSION IS HERE!!! 🔥ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE 2.0❤️‍🔥 LINK: gratton.org/papers/Addin... A short 🧵 👇 1/8

Public debate surrounding 57 mass shooting events 2016-2022 become systematically more partisan and polarized after politicians join the conversation. Analysis of 4.75M tweets reveals that unlike other social media celebrities, interventions by politicians are uniquely partisan and issue polarizing!

🚨NEW VERSION IS HERE!!! 🔥ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE 2.0❤️‍🔥 LINK: gratton.org/papers/Addin... A short 🧵 👇 1/8

For more information about our department, check out this thread by one of our many wonderful professors, @grattonecon.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/grat...

Hello everyone, we have an important announcement: We are hiring on the junior market. Please send us your applications -- we want to recruit the best and brightest to join our exciting department. We may also hire at senior levels. Apps Close November 28th econjobmarket.org/positionGrou...

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

🚨 WE @unswecon.bsky.social ARE HIRING! 🚨 JMC: apply and email/DM for any question! A short 🧵 on @unswecon.bsky.social and why you want to apply and join us in Sydney👇 econjobmarket.org/positionGrou...

We are hiring! Join us in Sydney.

If I were a JMC, I would jump at this headfirst…

🚨 WE @unswecon.bsky.social ARE HIRING! 🚨 JMC: apply and email/DM for any question! A short 🧵 on @unswecon.bsky.social and why you want to apply and join us in Sydney👇 econjobmarket.org/positionGrou...

Nice framework. And the normative complement would be that it is OK for majorities in power to delegate to technocratic bodies when they fear their future selves (the usual time inconsistency argument), but not OK when they want to lock in policy because the opposition might rule in the future.

Interested in a take that situates the Cook saga -- and concerns about the erosion of Fed independence -- in a broader theoretical framework? Then, check out the updated version of this working paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and myself. gratton.org/papers/Techn...

The new edition of Weber meets Kafka is out! @grattonecon.bsky.social, Luigi Guiso, Claudio Michelacci, and Massimo Morelli. 2021. ‘From Weber to Kafka: Political Instability and the Overproduction of Laws’. American Economic Review 111(9): 2964–3003. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

🚨Announcing the 2025 Australian Political Economy Workshop (APEN 2025) 18 November, @unswecon.bsky.social ‪@lalthoff.bsky.social‬, @kathrynbaragwanath.bsky.social, P Bhattacharya, R Dahis, @anjaprummer.bsky.social , D Strömberg, L Welnner REGISTER AT sites.google.com/view/apenetw...

Hyping! 2025 Australian Political Economy Workshop @unswecon.bsky.social, 18 November Announcements, emails, speakers list coming this week!

Today’s econ seminar featured Ruben Durante presenting amazing work on the effect of GenAI on demand for news (joint with @filipecampante.bsky.social and @ananyasen.bsky.social)

Today at @sioecon.bsky.social 2025. How politicians polarize the public debate.

Thermostatic public opinion seems to be something of a stylised fact. Its microfoundations are not obvious. If policymakers are vote-seeking and voters are spatial, and both are perfectly informed, then policy should converge to the vote-max. position with no systematic over- or undershooting.

People will read this as “Democrats are doomed”, but in our duopolistic system it most likely means they’re ripe for the kind of hostile takeover that Trump pulled off in the GOP. It’s a good bet that the 2028 nominee won’t be an elected official. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

Our seminar speaker today, Gianluca Russo, and our very own Pauline Grosjean discussing Gianluca’s amazing work uncovering the intended and unintended effects of transitional justice programs using aggregate and individual data from South Africa.

One of my fav conferences--and a mandatory experience for those interested in organizational and political economy. For the first time in the souther emisphere! 👇

Less than a week to go! We're looking forward to hosting more than 200 researchers for @sioecon.bsky.social 2025! Program and info: www.sioe.org/conference/2...

In econ, caring about causal identification is centrist-neoliberal coded. In poli sci, it's conservative coded. On twitter, it's left coded.

Do you want to read more about our research but are intimidated by the maths in our papers? businessthink.unsw.edu.xn--aus-so0a research spotlights feature easy-to-read explainers of some of our most insightful research, together with policy and current event analysis by our researchers.

Here an explainer featuring @grattonecon.bsky.social's insights into the roots of anti-technocratic populism. t.co/YsgwPmvfF6

Check this out: we’ve got a new look!

Terrific talk today by Lukas Wellner (Monash) on a sadly timely topic, using rich data from WWI and interwar Germany: how war losses in human capital affect postwar economic structural changes.

My letter to the editor in a just world 👇

It was great to host our research partners from e61 Institute today. Looking forward to seeing our joint research projects contribute to academic research and enable positive societal change!

We have a logo! 💪

🚨Davide Cipullo, Tommaso Colussi, Domenico Rossignoli and I are excited to open the call for the 2nd UniCatt Political Economy workshop! We have 2 great keynotes: Alessandra Casella and David Yanagizawa-Drott. Send us your papers (theory or empirics) and let us meet in Milano on December 18.

Incredible new work from our wonderful colleague Masyhur Hilmy and illustrious coauthors in REStud!

"State schools aimed to secularize Indonesia, but religious schools adapted, competing for students and strengthening Islamic identity instead." Recently accepted to #REStud, from Bazzi, Hilmy and Marx: www.restud.com/religion-edu... #econsky

Recently accepted to #REStud, "Policy Diffusion and Polarization across U.S. States," from DellaVigna and Kim: www.restud.com/policy-diffu... #econsky

What a pleasure to host Paola Conconi (@oxfordecondept.bsky.social‬) presenting her brand new analysis finding that the complex rules of origin in the post-Brexit UK-EU free trade agreement distorted French firms' sourcing decisions and reduced French exports of final goods to the UK.

We don't hate to recommend it! There's still a few days to apply to us for your PhD www.unsw.edu.au/business/stu...

We study 4.7 mil tweets in 57 online public debates surrounding U.S. mass shooting events (2016-2022). We: 1. Document when and how politicians intervene in debates; 2. Identify the polarizing effect of political interventions.

✈️Off to Melbourne to present "Adding Fuel to the (Gun)Fire" at Deakin. 👇

✈️Off to Melbourne to present "Adding Fuel to the (Gun)Fire" at Deakin. 👇

5/7 Some of our PhD students can access further research funding from our labs, hubs and centres, eg, Resilient Democracy Lab, which we think could hardly be more timely and important, featuring our fearless @grattonecon.bsky.social and many other incredible colleagues www.resilientdemocracylab.org

🚨 Applications to our PhD program starting January 2026 close on July 31 🗓️ Fully funded scholarship for a 1 year Master’s coursework + 3.5 year research in our School. A 🧵 on our PhD program and school. (1/7) Program and application info 👇 www.unsw.edu.au/business/stu...

UNSW Econ is finalloy on Bluesky! 👇

they're finally here!!!!! we're finally here? they/we pronouns.

Hi everyone! We're finally on bluesky! We heard this is now where all the cool people hang out, and even though we are just an economics department, we still would like to be cool.