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Johannes Boehm

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Professor of Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute & CEPR. Growth, Trade, Productivity, Organization, Environment, South Asia. https://jmboehm.github.io/

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thomas Chaney and I updated our working paper on "Trade and the End of Antiquity" (which recently got some airtime on twitter). A short re-cap: 1/n

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · 16d

Do you include potentially reduced incentives to innovate in the "no war" counterfactual? What's your assessment of those?

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Dennis Novy @dennisnovy.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great programme for the CEP/LSE-Warwick Junior Trade Workshop on 22 September
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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · Aug 28

NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY.

We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration.

I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.

Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Aug 25

Let the sabbatical begin! Thank you to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social economics for hosting me for the year (and thanks for the nice office view!)

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Aug 5

Also great work on the Roman economy.

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · Aug 5

Peter Temin, economic historian at MIT, has passed away. He worked both on problems of understanding the past (e.g. "Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression?") and how how the past shapes the present (e.g. "The Vanishing Middle Class.") Terrific scholar and mentor, generous critic.

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Jul 29

Further unraveling: we'll see, I'm not that optimistic. I would have preferred it if the US had unilaterally withdrawn from the WTO. I agree on incidence.

Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yes, that's exactly what I'm worried about (but it will take 5-10y to evaluate). The EU is effectively showing the middle finger to MFN.

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Jul 28

But at the price of sacrificing the world trading system...

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Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.bsky.social · Jul 28

If this is accurate, then unless the EU eliminates all tariffs on industrial imports from all its WTO partners, it will be joining Trump in destroying the international trade rules that have applied since WW2. The difference being that while Trump hates the rule-based order the EU claims to value it

Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · Jul 28

White House has now published text of the Turnberry golf resort agreement between EU and US.

It states very clearly that pharma will be tariffed at 15%.

Adds to the existing confusion. The question is when?
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal

MAKING GLOBAL HISTORY: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union (EU), fundamentally rebalancing the economic

www.whitehouse.gov

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Jul 27

Today's trade deal between the US and the EU -- if as reported in the press, and if independent from other agreements -- is a massive mistake on the EU's side. Instead it should have called Trump's bluff. Trump would not have imposed 30% on EU imports for long.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · Dec 31

Great anecdote here from former FT editor Richard Lambert on the time Manmohan Singh came to the FT to talk with him and Martin Wolf. H/T @andymukherjee70.bsky.social

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Jul 13

"Contracts as reference points"?

Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · May 29

Does that mean that the 'mistake' was merely to use this particular justification, and if they find a somewhat less creative justification, there is little that the courts would do to stop tariffs?

Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you ‪to @peterfrankopan.bsky.social‬ for discussing our paper on his terrific substack blog: peterfrankopan.substack.com/p/coins-in-t...

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · May 13

The real Austrian response is "depends on who's asking" :)

Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Apr 29

Whenever you need a model/estimator that isn't already available in 'canned' form (i.e. whenever you need to write the optimization problem yourself). If you stick with OLS/IV/PPML/logit/probit your're usually fine w/ R or stata.

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Apr 28

They can't; the Calvo fairy didn't let them today

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · Apr 18

Trade and the End of Antiquity featured in today's Chartbook Top Link.

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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · Apr 16

Call for papers: @theigc.bsky.social/@yaleegc.bsky.social conference on Firms/Trade/Development, Oct. 24-25, 2025.

The leading conference in the firms & development space!

Early decision deadline (to accommodate visa processing): May 30.

General submission deadline: July 18.

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · Apr 15

On 14th April, as part of a first of a series of events, nine Institute professors gave briefings, tying their expertise to the the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency and its global implications.
Watch the recording now, in case you missed it
👇
shorturl.at/xnGla

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Apr 10

That document is very unclear about this

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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · Apr 7

There is still a time to apply for our Master in International Economics

Third and final deadline on April 15

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Please repost

Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · Feb 25

🧵 Thinking about a career in international economics?

1/ Looking to combine academic rigor with policy relevance? Want to make a real impact in economic policy and research?

@gvagrad.bsky.social

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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel) @tradediversion.bsky.social · Apr 3

Dekle, Eaton, Kortum (2007): "We incorporate imbalances into a quantitative model of bilateral trade, calculating how relative factor costs and welfare would change if current accounts were all balanced." US welfare declines 6%.

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AEA Web - American Economic Review - 97(2):351 - Abstract

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · Apr 2

Just such beautiful variation though

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Mar 28

The research group at the Workd Bank is doing an off-cycle hire for a trade economist worldbankgroup.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Research Economist

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solv...

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Mathieu Parenti @mathieupar.bsky.social · Mar 27

1/ NEW RESEARCH: Our study reveals 46% of pesticides embedded in EU agricultural consumption originate from imports, despite imports constituting only 17% of consumption. This includes substances prohibited in the EU. This regulatory gap fuels leakage effects and hurts EU competitiveness 🧵

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Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm.bsky.social · Mar 21

I gave a talk in Edinburgh a few weeks ago and had a great time. They have a fantastic group.

Stephan Maurer @stephanmaurer.bsky.social · Mar 21

We're hiring again! The School of Economics at the University of Edinburgh is looking for candidates for two Senior Lectureships/Readerships, with a particular interest in applied economics and macroeconomics.

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EJM - Econ Job Market

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Stephan Maurer @stephanmaurer.bsky.social · Mar 21

EJM - Econ Job Market

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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · Mar 21

Europe is about to commit its greatest strategic mistake. on.ft.com/4bVGZZ9

Europe is about to make its biggest strategic mistake

[FREE TO READ] Control over Moscow’s blocked foreign reserves empowers the EU to shape how the Ukraine war ends

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