Economist @MonashWarwick
Project Leader @RF_Berlin
BWV227
Editor @EJ_RES
Associate Editor @QJEHarvard
First gen high school grad
Classical music and jazz enthusiast
Pleasure to see the great Eric Melander 🎉
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Join us at 9pm AEDT/ 10am GMT to listen to Gerard Camats Penella (UAB & BSE), Mohammad Zeqi Yasin (University of Glasgow) & Meng Yu Ngov (KCL)
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Germany was 4 times China's GDP in 1990
China is now 4 times Germany's GDP in 2025
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
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Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
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Our research leader @essobecker.bsky.social, with
Jeanet Bentzen, & @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social
survey the links between gender and religion.
🧵->
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Our research leader @essobecker.bsky.social, with
Jeanet Bentzen, & @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social
survey the links between gender and religion.
🧵->
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Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
(See thread below for an overview)
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If you are interested in culture, gender and masculinity, please apply and join me in Sydney!
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It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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Der ökonomische Blick. In germanischen Sprachen steckt im Wort für Schulden auch die Schuld. Das macht etwas mit uns.
mit @lisawindsteiger.bsky.social
www.diepresse.com/20294445/ueb...
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New research report + micro-neighbourhood level mapping tool with @nikdatta.bsky.social uses 20 billion housing searches to map demand
Map wheretobuild.warwick.ac.uk
Research report + 350 customised LA reports: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
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“Gender and Religion: A Survey" 👉 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
Such a pleasure to work with @jeanetbentzen.bsky.social and @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social ❤️
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“Gender and Religion: A Survey" 👉 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
Such a great public good.
melbourne-economics.org
👉 2020 paper: doi.org/10.1177/0003...
👉 2025 paper: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
www.mdr.de/wissen/bildu...
The new and extended version of our paper on dealing with spatial unit roots in regressions, now
*forthcoming at the Stata Journal* under a new title!
w/ @essobecker.bsky.social @jvoth.bsky.social
Relevant to anyone who uses spatial data !
Link and more information in🧵(1/n)
See (pdf) 👉 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
@lukasmergele.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social
"Jetzt wächst zusammen, was zusammengehört"
Bob believed in me and hired me when my CV looked very thin.
Forever grateful to him 🙏
Morning run in the hills above Stirling University campus 🍂🍂🍂
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Stata package:
github.com/pdavidboll/S...
The new title reflects that we have significantly extended the practical application section to make this paper more useful to applied researchers generally, regardless of software persuasion.
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The new and extended version of our paper on dealing with spatial unit roots in regressions, now
*forthcoming at the Stata Journal* under a new title!
w/ @essobecker.bsky.social @jvoth.bsky.social
Relevant to anyone who uses spatial data !
Link and more information in🧵(1/n)
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
