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Romain Wacziarg

@romainwacziarg.bsky.social

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Professor at UCLA, Managing Editor of the JEEA Website: http://wacziarg.bol.ucla.edu/

Romain Wacziarg is an economist who has served as a professor of economics at the UCLA Anderson School of Management since 2011, where he has also held the Hans Hufschmid Chair in Management since 2015. He was previously a professor of economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research interests span international economics, political economy, economic growth, and economic development. .. more

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Romain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · Sep 4

The August 2025 issue of the Journal of the European Economic Association is now published (academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...). It consists of 10 fantastic papers from a wide range of fields of economics. @jeeanews.bsky.social

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Aug 26

🆕 Why doesn’t global capital flow to where it’s most productive, in developing countries?

Today on VoxDev, Bruno Pellegrino (Columbia Business School), Enrico Spolaore (Tufts) & @romainwacziarg.bsky.social (UCLA) discuss barriers to global capital flows: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...

Why doesn’t global capital flow to where it’s most productive, in developing countries?

International capital flows can boost global growth and reduce inequality, but numerous geopolitical barriers distort where investment goes – often away from developing countries where it is most prod...

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Romain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · Aug 3

The June 2025 issue of the Journal of the European Economic Association is now available for download (academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...). It consists of great 10 papers from a wide range of fields of economics.
@jeeanews.bsky.social

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Romain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · Jun 30

Delighted that after many years of hard work, Barriers to Global Capital Allocation (written jointly with Bruno Pellegrino and Enrico Spolaore), will be coming out in the QJE. academic.oup.com/qje/article-...

Barriers to Global Capital Allocation*

Abstract. Observed international investment positions and cross-country heterogeneity in rates of return to capital are hard to reconcile with frictionless

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Romain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · Apr 25

I'm honored to present the April 2025 issue of the JEEA - featuring 10 outstanding papers. @jeeanews.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...

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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Apr 16

Forthcoming article by Charles Louis-Sidois "Both Judge and Party? Investigating the Political Unbiasedness of Fact-checkers" @eeanews.bsky.social

Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat...

doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

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Romain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · Mar 11

My new paper with @guillaumeblanc.bsky.social is out as an NBER Working Paper. Demographic pressures have had lasting effects on the spread of diasporas. Malthusian migrations contributed to sustained improvements in living standards in Europe in the 19th century. www.nber.org/papers/w33542

Malthusian Migrations

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Guillaume Blanc @guillaumeblanc.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 Migration as escape valve from Malthus 🚨

1) high fertility or late fertility transition -> spread of diasporas
2) Age of Mass Migration -> transition to modern growth

www.nber.org/papers/w33542

@nber.org @romainwacziarg.bsky.social

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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · Feb 25

📣We are pleased to share the report “Improving the Publication Process in Economics” by an ad-hoc joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee - Joseph Altonji, Kevin Lang, Erzo Luttmer, Imran Rasul, Stefanie Stantcheva, Romain Wacziarg and Guido Imbens.

Read and share your views👉 buff.ly/4bg6xQi

#EconSky

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Pol Antras @pantras.bsky.social · Feb 4

Very grateful to the @jeeanews.bsky.social for the super quick turnaround, and to the editor and referees for their constructive comments! @romainwacziarg.bsky.social @Referee_1 @Referee_2 @Referee_3

jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Feb 4

Forthcoming article by @pantras.bsky.social "The Uncharted Waters of International Trade"JEEA FBBVA Lecture 2024 @eeanews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

The Uncharted Waters of International Trade

Abstract. The field of international trade has undergone significant theoretical and empirical advancements over the last 25 years. A key breakthrough has

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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Jan 9

A big welcome to our new Associate Editors
Thrilled to have you on board!
Alexander Bloedel, Klaus Desmet, Paula Gobbi @miaryc.bsky.social Diego Känzig, Chen Lian, Benjamin Marx, Isabelle Mejean, Michael Thaler @johanneswohlfart.bsky.social
@eeanews.bsky.social
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Guillaume Blanc @guillaumeblanc.bsky.social · Jan 3

If you're at ASSA, consider going to the ASREC session on Sunday 8-10am, where my co-author @romainwacziarg.bsky.social will be presenting our paper "Malthusian Migrations"!

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Romain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · Dec 26

You'd think you were in France!

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EEA @eeanews.bsky.social · Dec 22

⬇️ recording of @pantras.bsky.social's @jeeanews.bsky.social - FBBVA lecture now here:
www.youtube.com/watch?si=DHX...
bsky.app/profile/eean...

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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Dec 19

Forthcoming article by @econsandy.bsky.social Paul J Devereux, Fanny Landaud and Kjell Salvanes "The (Un)Importance of Inheritance" @eeanews.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvae056

The (UN)Importance of Inheritance

Abstract. Transfers from parents—either in the form of gifts or inheritances—have received much attention as a source of inequality. This paper uses admini

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EEA @eeanews.bsky.social · Dec 18

📢 #EconSky Silvana Tenreyro will give the 2025
@jeeanews.bsky.social - FBBVA lecture "Monetary Policy and the Effective Lower Bound"
🗓️Sat, Jan 4 @ 12:30 PST
📍 #ASSA2025
🪑@romainwacziarg.bsky.social‬
ℹ️ bit.ly/3DoXnEn

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EEA @eeanews.bsky.social · Dec 2

📢 @jeeanews.bsky.social Excellence in Refereeing Award 2024 announced
🎉Warm congrats @peterandre.bsky.social @felixchopra.bsky.social Daniel Ershov, Christina Gathmann Duarte Gonçalves, Moritz Kuhn, Ro’ee Levy, Mathilde Muñoz, Pablo Schenone & Adam Storeygard

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EEA @eeanews.bsky.social · Nov 20

📢 Pol Antràs will give the 2024 @jeeanews.bsky.social -
FBBVA lecture "The Uncharted Waters of International Trade"
Hélène Rey will act as discussant.
🗓️Tues, Dec 10 @ 18:00 CET
📍Madrid
ℹ️on attendance & travel grants for PhD students in Spain bit.ly/41eK3MT

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Guillaume Blanc @guillaumeblanc.bsky.social · Nov 19

Going to give this website a try - with a new profile picture! Definitely feels like an econ bubble, but I guess that’s the point.

Expect a thread on my newest work, Malthusian Migrations (with @romainwacziarg.bsky.social), soon! 🚨

www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/...

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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Nov 19

Forthcoming article by Thomas Brzustowski and Francesco Caselli "Economic Growth in a Cooperative Economy" @eeanews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

Economic Growth in a Cooperative Economy

Abstract. We develop and formalise an equilibrium concept for a dynamic economy in which production takes place in worker cooperatives. The concept rules o

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