Economics at Southampton
@sotonecon.bsky.social
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Department of Economics at the University of Southampton
📢 Great seminar this week by Xavier Mateos‑Planas (
@qmul.bsky.social
) on “Trade Credit Default.”A very insightful talk on how trade‑credit defaults shape macroeconomic shocks. Plenty of thought‑provoking ideas!
#Research
#AcademicTalks
#econtwitter
#FinancialFriction
#TradeCredit
about 9 hours ago
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📢 Great seminar this week by our Jiekai Zhang on "Optimal Retail Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy", joint with Markku Siikanen and Mikko Vanhala. Insightful look at how pharmacy incentives affect pricing and patient costs in
#Finland
.
#econtwitter
#econsky
#HealthEconomics
#PharmaceuticalMarkets
1 day ago
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📢Great seminar last Thursday with Santiago Oliveros (
@bristoluni.bsky.social
) on "Active Product Development".The work examines how an intrinsically motivated developer improves a product and decides when to launch, balancing progress, setbacks, and timing.
#EconTwitter
#EconomicTheory
#EconSky
3 days ago
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Great seminar yesterday with
@astridkunze.bsky.social
(
@nhhnor.bsky.social
) on "Boss Effects in the Labor Market" with N. Agikyan &
@gathmannch.bsky.social
Key insights: 💼 Able bosses raise wages 🚀 Boost promotions — but also turnover 🎓 Strongest effects in high‑skill roles
#EconTwitter
#EconSky
8 days ago
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New piece by our
@monicabeeder.bsky.social
in
@uk.theconversation.com
. How safety concerns shape working women’s everyday choices in Ethiopia, including why some adapt how they present their ethnic identity when entering employment. Link:
tinyurl.com/37aedb2p
#Ethiopia
#Gender
#Work
#econsky
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Ethiopian women and safety: why some switch their ethnic identity when they start working
Ethnicity can be consciously adjusted in response to the risks women face in public spaces.
https://tinyurl.com/37aedb2p
9 days ago
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Thanks to Prof. Andrew Ellis (
@lsepress.bsky.social
) for a great seminar on “Equilibrium Effects of Machine Learning” (with Michele Piccione and Shengxing Zhang). Clear insights on how ML can shape information aggregation in markets.
#Economics
#MachineLearning
#Research
#EconTwitter
#Econsky
15 days ago
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✨ Econ Job Market Spotlight: Xuefeng Yang (Univ. of Southampton) 📷 PhD ’25 | JMP: Time-varying Probability Weighting in Non-Expected Utility Models and Investor Sentiment Toward Tails.
#econjobmarket
#EconTwitter
#JobMarket2026
#macro
#Finance
📷 Website
tinyurl.com/xuefengyangjmc
17 days ago
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✨ Econ Job Market Spotlight:
@rupalivashisht.bsky.social
(Univ. of Southampton) 🎓 PhD ’26 | JMP: Asymmetric Impact of ESG on Credit Risk.
#econjobmarket
#EconTwitter
#JobMarket2026
#JobMarket2025
➡️ JMP Paper:
tinyurl.com/tjn58rrm
➡️ Website
tinyurl.com/544ctv89
21 days ago
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Thanks to Alessandra Luati (
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
) for today’s seminar on “Unobserved Component Models, Approximate Filters, and Dynamic Adaptive Mixture Models.” A clear and engaging talk on state estimation under parameter uncertainty!
#Econometrics
#TimeSeries
#EconTwitter
#HighEd
23 days ago
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reposted by
Economics at Southampton
Monica Beeder
29 days ago
⏰ PhD deadline: 31 Jan 2026 Final call for our PhD “Tracking the Global Story of Khat: From Banned Stimulant to Hidden Economy” at the University of Southampton, using AI and satellite data to study post-ban khat economies in Ethiopia and Kenya. More information:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Tracking the Global Story of Khat: From Banned Stimulant to Hidden Economy at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Tracking the Global Story of Khat: From Banned Stimulant to Hidden Economy at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/tracking-the-global-story-of-khat-from-banned-stimulant-to-hidden-economy/?p192052
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🚨New research alert! Higashi, 0zbek, & Takeoka:“Axiomatic Foundations of Bayesian Persuasion.”A work about axiomatic foundations of Bayesian persuasion, where a principal informs a biased agent about uncertain payoff and delegates choice-making.
#econresearch
#econtwitter
link:
bit.ly/4pEFBzl
about 1 month ago
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🎓 Celebrating a successful Winter School in Advanced Causal Inference & Machine Learning (Dec 2025–Jan 2026)! Led by EmanuelaLotti with Thomas Gall & Chaowen Zheng, it brought together 40+ PhD students across disciplines and UK institutions.
#CausalInference
#MachineLearning
about 1 month ago
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Considering a PhD with us? ⏰ The SCDTP funding application closes at 16:00 GMT on 16 January — apply soon!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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Thanks to Diego Zambiasi (
@newcastleuni.bsky.social
) for yesterday’s seminar on “Gangs of London: What Online Gang Territory Maps Reveal About Crime and Policing” (joint with
@nilsbraakmann.bsky.social
). A fascinating talk on crime and urban dynamics!
#Economics
#Policing
#econsky
#econtwitter
2 months ago
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Brilliant to see our students diving into a lively discussion on the
#Budget2025
. Huge thanks to our panellists — Jessica Smith, Dan Devine (PAIR), Thomas Gall, and Alex Menunni (Economics) — and to Siwei Han and Maximiliano Deere for their fantastic work!
#Economics
#StudentEngagement
#HigherEd
2 months ago
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Great seminar this week by our colleague Kemal Ozbek on “Optimal Auction Design under Flexible Learning.” A very insightful talk with plenty of thought-provoking ideas!
#Research
#AcademicTalks
#Economics
#econtwitter
2 months ago
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Our Head of Department,
@anonimomilanese.bsky.social
, is back from an outstanding week in India! Big thanks to everyone for the amazing welcome and great conversations!
#UniversityOfSouthampton
#GlobalEngagement
#HigherEducation
#WeAreUoS
#RussellGroup
2 months ago
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🎓 Continuing our introductions for the job market season, we're pleased to feature Libo Chen (
lnkd.in/dmJGKYkD
) from the University of Southampton!
#econjobmarket
#econjobcandidate
#Academic
#AI
#LabourEconomics
#JobMarket2025
2 months ago
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Huge shout-out to our PhD students presenting their research at the
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
’s Doctoral Research Poster Showcase this week! 🎓
#PhDLife
#ResearchExcellence
#PhD
#DoctoralResearch
#Southampton
#AcademicShowcase
3 months ago
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Our department hosted a great seminar this week by my colleague
@tfwerner.com
titled "Experimental Evidence That Conversational AI Can Steer Consumer Behavior Without Detection". Eye-opening insights into conversational AI and consumer choices!
#AIResearch
#BehavioralEconomics
#AcademicResearch
3 months ago
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Thanks to
@profhjalmarsson.bsky.social
(
@gothenburg-econ.bsky.social
) for today’s seminar on "Job Sorting and the Labor Market Effects of a Criminal Record". Fascinating evidence on how criminal records shape labour market outcomes!
#Economics
#LaborMarkets
#EconSky
#CriminalJustice
3 months ago
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🎓 Job market season has begun! We're proud to introduce our job market candidates from the University of Southampton. Featured today: Dingzhi Chen (
dzchen19.github.io
)
#econjobmarket
#econjobcandidate
#EconTwitter
#AcademicTwitter
#econsky
3 months ago
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Thanks to Prof. Karim Chalak (
@uomsoss.bsky.social
) for today’s seminar on “Estimating the Firm Investment Equation: Tobin's q with Mismeasurement and Feedback.” Great insights into new econometric approaches! 📊📈
#Economics
#Investment
#Research
#EconTwitter
3 months ago
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Today’s internal seminar featured our colleague, Dr Marco Alfano, presenting “Temperature and Confidence in Government in Africa,” a joint work with Gabriel Aboyadana. Fascinating insights into climate and governance!
#Research
#econtwitter
#econresearch
#AcademicTwitter
3 months ago
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Thanks to Daniel Garrett (
@universityofessex.bsky.social
)) for presenting “Sorry, the Cost Has Gone Up”—a thought-provoking discussion on microeconomic theory!
#Economics
#Research
#econtwitter
4 months ago
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Big thanks to Deniz Kattwinkel (
@ucl.ac.uk
) for presenting “The Division of Surplus and the Burden of Proof” at today’s seminar. Fascinating discussion on key debates in microeconomic theory!
#Economics
#MicroTheory
#Research
#AcademicDebate
#econtwitter
#econsky
4 months ago
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Big thanks to Larissa Marioni (
@niesrorg.bsky.social
) for today’s seminar on “Using New Sources of Data to Understand Skill Demand and Supply: A Regional Analysis.” Insightful discussion on regional skill dynamics and data innovation! 👏📊
#Skills
#LabourMarket
#Econtwitter
#Research
#Econsky
4 months ago
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Thinking about a PhD in Economics? 🎓 Join Southampton for research in applied, theoretical, experimental econ & econometrics. 💰 Fully funded via SCDTP 🗓 Apply by 16 Jan 2026 📩
[email protected]
🔗https://linktr.ee/UOSEconPhd Tag someone who should see this!
#econsky#econtwitter#econresearch
4 months ago
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Our
#EconSeminar
series continues with Prof. Abhimanyu Gupta (
@universityofessex.bsky.social
) presenting “A Nonparametric Test for Social Spillovers and Interference” (joint with Margherita Comola and Camila Comunello). Thank you to Prof. Gupta for an insightful and engaging talk!
4 months ago
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Today, we were delighted to host our PhD student, Amruta Bagwe, who presented her Job Market Paper, “Tied Too Soon: The Limits of Legal Reform in Empowering Underage Girls in India.”
#EconSky
#EconTwitter
#EconSeminar
#JobMarketPaper
4 months ago
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Kicking off the year with an inspiring seminar! Huge thanks to
@gavazza.bsky.social
(LSE) for sharing his fascinating research yesterday on ‘Bank Deposit Pricing in the Euro Area’ (joint with Ugo Albertazzi, Finn Faber, Oana Maria Georgescu, and Ernest Lecomte)
4 months ago
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Check out the latest work by our colleague
@aforesta.bsky.social
(together with Adelaide Baronchelli and Roberto Ricciuti) on the relationship between languages and accountability, published in Journal of Institutional Economics
#econresearch
#econtwitter
#econsky
#research
shorturl.at/YmC2g
4 months ago
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New term, new seminars 🎓✨ See the (updated) attached list for what’s coming up!
#AcademicLife
#Seminars
#econtwitter
#econresearch
#research
5 months ago
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✨ Great energy at our department away day! A great start to the year — planning, laughter & well-earned prizes for our colleagues! 👏
5 months ago
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New term, new seminars 🎓✨ See the attached list for what’s coming up!
#AcademicLife
#Seminars
#econtwitter
#econresearch
#research
#econsky
5 months ago
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reposted by
Economics at Southampton
University of Southampton
6 months ago
Congratulations to our academics Dr Stefania Parendes Fuentes and Professor Bryony Whitmarsh who have been awarded National Teaching Fellowships from Advance HE in recognition of the outstanding impact they’ve had on higher education. Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/n2msdnosl6
#NTFSawards2025
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We are pleased to extend a warm welcome to Chitrakalpa Sen, Head of Economics at the University of Southampton Delhi. His visit marks the beginning of our wonderful collaboration between the two campuses.
#UoSDelhi
#transnationaleducation
#Globaleducation
#August2025
8 months ago
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reposted by
Economics at Southampton
Academy of Social Sciences
8 months ago
Our newly elected trustee jackiewahba.bsky.social is Prof of Economics at
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
. An applied labour economist specialising in international migration & displacement, Jackie is a Founding Fellow of
@resmedia.bsky.social
.
bit.ly/4e6sBhM
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🔬 Curious about experimental methods in the Social Sciences? Join our upcoming five-day summer school to master lab, field, and survey experiments with hands-on training! No prior experience required. 🎓✨Apply here:
shorturl.at/Y1QLX
#ExperimentalMethods
#socialscience
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C-BEAR Summer School - Introduction to Experimental Methods in Social Sciences | University of Southampton Online Store
This five-day workshop introduces participants to the theory and practice of experimental methods in the Social Sciences. It provides an overview of preval
https://shorturl.at/Y1QLX
8 months ago
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It was a pleasure to host the Southampton-Essex-Surrey-UCL Macro Workshop yesterday. We are grateful to all presenters and participants for their insightful contributions and stimulating discussions. Programme details:
sites.google.com/view/soton-e...
8 months ago
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🚨 New paper alert! Our colleague
@aforesta.bsky.social
has just published a fascinating study in the European Journal of Political Economy on how judges' gender influences trial outcomes.
#econresearch
#econtwitter
#econsky
shorturl.at/qyePA
8 months ago
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Check out the latest work by our colleague
@aforesta.bsky.social
on the impact of jurors' political affiliation on trial verdicts, published in the Journal of Law & Economics
#econresearch
#econtwitter
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
9 months ago
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🚨Job Opportunity!🚨
@sotonecon.bsky.social
is hiring a Professor of Economics. Join a dynamic, growing team incl. new hires: Alex Gershkov, Oliver de Groot
@francescafolia1.bsky.social
, Marco Alfano &
@tfwerner.com
📅 05/06/25
#econjobmarket
#econsky
Apply here:
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Professor of Economics
The University of Southampton’s Department of Economics invites applications for a Professorship position. This recruitment follows the successful hiring in Autumn 2024 of two Lecturers, one Associate...
https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=3076225CC
9 months ago
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🎓 Tuesday’s PhD workshop at the Department of Economics showcased excellent research by our PhD students. Their presentations sparked rigorous discussion and reflected strong scholarly potential.
#PhDLife
#EconTwitter
#EconSky
#AcademicWorkshop
9 months ago
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Check out the latest work by our colleague Joao (together with Nobuyuki Hanaki, Fabrice Le Lec,
@schokkaert.bsky.social
, Benoit Tarroux) on the intrinsic value to freedom, published in European Economic Review
#econresearch
#econtwitter
#econsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
9 months ago
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Just wrapped up an amazing workshop on Network Economics today! 🚀💡 Great insights, engaging dialogue, and lots to think about. Big thanks to everyone who made it happen!
#econresearch
#econtwitter
#workshop
#econsky
9 months ago
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Our departmental seminar list
10 months ago
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Huge thanks to Robert Sauer (Royal Holloway) for presenting his fascinating work "How Do Mental and Physical Health Influence Career and Family Choices?" at today’s weekly seminar!
#econsky
#econtwitter
10 months ago
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Good luck to our amazing team at the Econometrics Games! 💼📊 We’re cheering for you! 💪🍀
#EconometricGame
#GoodLuckTeam
#EG2025
tinyurl.com/3bzvk8mw
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Participating Universities EG 2025
Participating Universities of the Econometric Game 2025
https://tinyurl.com/3bzvk8mw
10 months ago
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Check out the latest work by our colleagues Joao Ferreira & Foivos Savva, exploring social welfare criteria with wealth limits, published in Economics Letters
#econresearch
#econsky
#econtwitter
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Having enough and not having too much: A characterization of sufficientarianism–limitarianism
Sufficientarianism, a prominent framework in distributive justice, asserts that everyone should have enough resources to meet a minimum threshold. Lim…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176525001235
11 months ago
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