Does it pay off to be a science Kardashian? It does! In the age of limited attention span, visibility grants you expert status hence boosts your citations -New paper with @econlessmann.bsky.social and Max Rose- onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @voxeu.org @davidstadelmann.bsky.social

Is #innovation good for #regional development? Yes, and here’s how: West German regions that absorbed East German know-how after 1990 saw higher incomes, esp. in industries that drive their region’s #patents. tinyurl.com/fbkczuyw with @saschaschweitzer.bsky.social and @olgatcaci.bsky.social

A fascinating podcast on how economic statecraft—through tariff cuts and foreign aid—helped replace cocaine cultivation with asparagus and blueberries. www.npr.org/player/embed...

Just wrapped up a fantastic debate in my int'l trade class! Two IU debate team members discussed Trump's proposed tariffs, starting with opening speeches for & against, then leading class discussions to refine arguments using course material. A highly-recommended class activity!

Here is the Podcast about our paper created using NotebookLM (Some aspects are explained MORE elaborately than I could!) @olgatcaci.bsky.social #patents #regionaleconomics #occupationmatching drive.google.com/file/d/1F9eP...

What are causal effects of regional innovation on income and employment? New WP with @olgatcaci.bsky.social and S.Schweitzer Using PATSTAT and SOEP, we match patenting activity to occupations. We find innovative region is good, innovative occupation is better! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Revised WP with @econlessmann.bsky.social shows it actually pays to be a "Science Kardashian" on social media! Kardashian virologists' pre-COVID papers started to get significantly more citations after COVID compared to their coauthors' papers during COVID. www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...

Does performance-based public funding pay off for university research? We apply Arkhangelsky et al.'s (AER, 2021) synthetic DiD to UK's REF. We find significant and causal effects in UK univs' Economics and Business research output since REF in 2009. Available as WP: ideas.repec.org/p/pbs/ecofin...

New paper with @jvoth.bsky.social "From the Death of God to the Rise of Hitler" Click (pdf) 👉 lnkd.in/g2wtSvUm

Whether it is Bluesky or Twitter or whatever platform may be popular at the time, showcasing research pays off in terms of academic citations. Not only showcasing research, showcasing yourself --hence visibility-- brings home citations. More details in my VoxEU column: cepr.org/voxeu/column...