We are very happy to welcome @fsberger.bsky.social and @jyusof.bsky.social to our Political Economy of Global Development Lab @unistuttgart.bsky.social l 🥳💪 Stay tuned for exciting research in political economy by Felix and on inequality and fairness by Jeffrey @pegdev.bsky.social

🎉 Congratulations to @jyusof.bsky.social who has successfully defended his PhD Thesis: «Understanding Inequality and Redistribution: The Role of Perceptions and Preferences»! 🇩🇪 He will pursue a position as an assistant professor at the @unistuttgart.bsky.social

Research (n=65k in 60 countries) by @ingvildalm et al reveals a rich picture of people’s views on inequality, shaped less by the cost of redistribution than by views on fairness, which vary across countries (eg does inequality stem from merit or luck?): buff.ly/zBQZNmm

Happy to attend the @cepr.org Workshop on People’s Understanding of and Support for Economic Policies workshop at St Gallen. I ll share some thoughts on this carefully curated workshop in this thread.

Next up, we have Jeff Yusof presenting joint work with Ricardo Perez-Truglia on Billionaire Superstar: Public Image and Demand for Taxation. They use an experiment where they used luxury queues -- pictures of their luxury homes -- in an informational experiment. Again, drawing links...

The German party AfD is suspected of being right-wing extremist and anti-constitutional. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has analyzed the party and generated a detailed report. We are publishing this document in full. netzpolitik.org/2025/verdach...

Very excited to see my (first!!!) publication with @acohn.bsky.social, @rfisman.bsky.social, and Michel Maréchal in print!🎉 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

@belindaarch.bsky.social and I have written a letter from economists regarding PEPFAR. Please sign and share with your network. Only economist signatures right now (for more focused impact). Once signed, we will share with the administration, congress, + the media. #econsky forms.gle/C5roVX5sFF14...

Excited to see my job market paper with Simona Sartor featured in the German news! 🔥 Read the article here (in German): faz.net/aktuell/wirt... Time for a thread with more details about the paper. ⬇️

#eeca Day 14: @jyusof.bsky.social JMP with Simone Sartor: "Market Luck: Skill-Biased Inequality and Redistributive Preferences" They find more willingness to accept inequality produced by market forces (cultural differences in France and China?) drive.google.com/file/d/1vVwB... #econsky #econjmp

As I am noticing some some momentum, here is a starter pack of 40+ profiles related to the Swiss 🇨🇭 economy 📈📉 go.bsky.app/9Hv8CCy 🐄🍫🧀🏔️⌚💡

Spend 1$ on auditing >90th income percentile: get 12$ back <50th income percentile: get 5$ back

📯Call for Papers! 🔹1st Berlin Micro Theory and Behavioral Economics PhD Conference 📅July 7-9, 2025 at @WZB_Berlin ✍️Submission deadline: January 20, 2025 More information, and how to apply: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s... #EconTwitter #CfP

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