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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here it is: open.spotify.com/episode/63qT...

7. Cultural stereotypes of multinational banks

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Sep 5

@b-eichengreen.bsky.social; @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social; @citystgeorges.bsky.social; @cityeconomics.bsky.social; @nber.org; @cepr.org; @cesifo.org

Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Sep 5

In case you’re looking for something interesting to listen on this sunny day, my favourite podcast has just released a new episode. Check it out! 😉
open.spotify.com/episode/63qT...

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · Sep 1

With the start of the new academic year, the Department of Economics is pleased to welcome five new faculty members: Filippo Boeri (@fboeri.bsky.social); Loren Fryxell (@lorenfryxell.bsky.social); Ran Gu; Caroline Liqui-Lung; Itzhak Rasooly. We’re delighted to have them join us!

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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our Visiting Senior Fellow @orkunsaka.bsky.social and
@b-eichengreen.bsky.social have published new research which explores the role of cultural trust biases (i.e. stereotypes) in shaping multinational banks’ cross-border exposures.

Discover their new article below 👇

Cultural Stereotypes of Multinational Banks

Abstract. Cultural trust biases (i.e., stereotypes) play an important role in shaping multinational banks’ cross-border exposures. Exploiting a unique iden

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Aug 14

🎉🎉🎉 The 10th edition 🎉🎉🎉

Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Aug 14

📢 #CallForPapers for the 10th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop!

Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.

Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer
Deadline: 25 August
cepr.org/events/10th-...
#EconSky

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Ralph De Haas @ralphdehaas.bsky.social · Aug 15

📢New working paper: "Masculinity Norms and Their Economic Consequences" w/ @paulinegrosjean.bsky.social Ieda [email protected].

We review the literature on how masculinity norms - the informal rules guiding men's behavior - shape economic outcomes in health, labor markets & politics. 🧵

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Aug 11

It has been a long journey but I’m glad that our paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social has now found itself such a nice home @jeeanews.bsky.social 😊

Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Aug 11

Supported by @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @citystgeorges.bsky.social, @cityeconomics.bsky.social, @lse-ei.bsky.social, @nber.org, @cepr.org, @cesifo.org

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Aug 11

It has been a long journey but I’m glad that our paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social has now found itself such a nice home @jeeanews.bsky.social 😊

Interested in behavioural biases in banking or economics of culture in general? Download/read it for free here: academic.oup.com/jeea/advance...

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Vincent Pons @vinpons.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thrilled to see our paper published in the American Economic Review!! 👇👇👇
We show that candidates in US and French elections move to the center during the campaign, reflecting strategic adjustment to their opponents.
@aeajournals.bsky.social with R. Di Tella, R. Kotti and @clpennec.bsky.social (1/n)

AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Jun 5

Forthcoming in the AER: "Keep your Enemies Closer: Strategic Platform Adjustments during U.S. and French Elections" by Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti, Caroline Le Pennec, and Vincent Pons. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Keep your Enemies Closer: Strategic Platform Adjustments during U.S. and French Elections

(Forthcoming Article) - We study changes in political discourse during campaigns, using a novel dataset of candidate websites for U.S. House elections, 2002-2016, and manifestos for French parliamenta...

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Mustafa Kaba @mustafakaba.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hiring yet another RA for my project on the role of complexity and narratives in decision-making.

For more information: forms.gle/YuTfqQyQBmYe...

Spread the word please!

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Aug 8

Here is some weekend reading on how much time and energy we are unnecessarily wasting on REF preparations in UK: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Aug 6

It's hard to fathom that every 6-8 years UK universities spend years and hundreds of millions doing something that can be done in an afternoon by one person with access to impact-factor weighted citation counts.

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Aug 6

Here's a newer study that's even better. VQR = bibliometric algorithm. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Aug 1

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 31

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.

“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.

Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

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b-eichengreen.bsky.social @b-eichengreen.bsky.social · Aug 1

Now available under forthcoming papers: www.eeassoc.org/journal/cult...

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Ugo Panizza @upanizza.bsky.social · Aug 1

Check out the @cepr.org Summer reading list

cepr.org/about/summer...

Summer Reading 2025

For many, August is the perfect opportunity to pause a little, reflect on the year so far, and plan for the months still to come. What better time to look back at popular columns, papers, books, podcasts and videos from the first half of the year, that you may have missed or overlooked.

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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · Jul 29

Open position⚠️
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.

Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Jul 28

𝔼𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟 & 𝕊𝕒𝕜𝕒 (𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝) 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖
sites.google.com/site/orkunsa...

International economics/finance/relations scholars obsessed with dyadic relationships and gravity estimations: check this brand new dataset from our @jeeanews.bsky.social paper with @b-eichengreen.bsky.social !

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Orkun Saka @orkunsaka.bsky.social · Jul 25

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NEP-BAN: Banking @repec-nep-ban.bsky.social · Mar 27

Political Accountability During Crises: Evidence from 40 Years of Financial Policies: Orkun Saka; Yuemei Ji; Clement Minaudier

NEP/RePEc link

to paper

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Charles Heimberg @heimbergch.bsky.social · Mar 8

«Les épidémies entraînent une diminution de la confiance des jeunes envers leurs systèmes politiques.»
Le chercheur Orkun Saka explique comment la crise sanitaire due au Covid a favorisé un glissement mondial vers les mouvements populistes de droite.
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

« Les épidémies entraînent une diminution de la confiance des jeunes envers leurs systèmes politiques »

Le chercheur Orkun Saka, coauteur d’une vaste étude de la London School of Economics sur l’impact politique des épidémies sur la jeunesse, explique, dans un entretien au « Monde », comment la crise sa...

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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · Feb 27

Dr Orkun Saka is co-organizing the 3rd London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop w/ @bayesbschool.bsky.social
@citystgeorges.bsky.social & @FMG_LSE on 10 June 2025, feat keynote speech by Anat Admati (Stanford GSB).

💡🗓️ Call for papers closes tomorrow 28 February: sites.google.com/view/londonp...

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Contemporary Turkish Studies at LSE @lsects.bsky.social · Jun 17

🧠 “Inflation, Institutions, and Politics”
On 5 June, Prof. Selva Demiralp joined LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies for a sharp analysis of how political influence over central banks affects inflation.
🎧 You can watch the video or download the podcast now.
With Dr Orkun Saka and Prof. Yaprak Gürsoy.

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