Stephan Maurer
@stephanmaurer.bsky.social
Economist by day, Civil War historian by night. University of Edinburgh, UPF-BSM, and CEP. Author of "Die Schlacht von Gettysburg": amzn.eu/d/epEJdVz
Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/stephanernstmaurer/
Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/stephanernstmaurer/
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➡️ Ahir vam celebrar els 10 anys de @ksnet.bsky.social parlant d’allò que realment transforma les polítiques públiques: l’evidència.
🔴 L’avaluació és l’oportunitat de construir, de millorar, de donar receptes de canvi i d’avançar cap a polítiques socials més eficaces i transparents.
🔴 L’avaluació és l’oportunitat de construir, de millorar, de donar receptes de canvi i d’avançar cap a polítiques socials més eficaces i transparents.
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
➡️ Ahir vam celebrar els 10 anys de @ksnet.bsky.social parlant d’allò que realment transforma les polítiques públiques: l’evidència.
🔴 L’avaluació és l’oportunitat de construir, de millorar, de donar receptes de canvi i d’avançar cap a polítiques socials més eficaces i transparents.
🔴 L’avaluació és l’oportunitat de construir, de millorar, de donar receptes de canvi i d’avançar cap a polítiques socials més eficaces i transparents.
The whole Chickamauga-Chattanooga campaign is unfortunately still vastly overshadowed by Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg. Missionary Ridge sealed the last realistic chance of the Confederates to change the course of the war in their favour.
#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The whole Chickamauga-Chattanooga campaign is unfortunately still vastly overshadowed by Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg. Missionary Ridge sealed the last realistic chance of the Confederates to change the course of the war in their favour.
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Comencem! @elenacostas.bsky.social agraeix a totes les persones que ens han acompanyat durant aquests anys.
@ksnet.bsky.social neix amb un objectiu clar: ser un pont entre la societat i l’acadèmia.
@ksnet.bsky.social neix amb un objectiu clar: ser un pont entre la societat i l’acadèmia.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Comencem! @elenacostas.bsky.social agraeix a totes les persones que ens han acompanyat durant aquests anys.
@ksnet.bsky.social neix amb un objectiu clar: ser un pont entre la societat i l’acadèmia.
@ksnet.bsky.social neix amb un objectiu clar: ser un pont entre la societat i l’acadèmia.
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📆 ¡Hoy organizamos un evento de celebración! 🎉
🗨️ Además de la presentación del libro, contamos con la presencia de @monicambravo.bsky.social y #AntónCostas en un coloquio sobre los 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨́𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢́𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬 que afrontamos como sociedad.
🗨️ Además de la presentación del libro, contamos con la presencia de @monicambravo.bsky.social y #AntónCostas en un coloquio sobre los 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨́𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢́𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬 que afrontamos como sociedad.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📆 ¡Hoy organizamos un evento de celebración! 🎉
🗨️ Además de la presentación del libro, contamos con la presencia de @monicambravo.bsky.social y #AntónCostas en un coloquio sobre los 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨́𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢́𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬 que afrontamos como sociedad.
🗨️ Además de la presentación del libro, contamos con la presencia de @monicambravo.bsky.social y #AntónCostas en un coloquio sobre los 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨́𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢́𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐬 que afrontamos como sociedad.
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¡𝐄𝐧 𝐊𝐒𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬🔟𝐚𝐧̃𝐨𝐬!
Una década de políticas públicas a través de la evidencia.
🎉 Lo celebramos presentando nuestro nuevo libro:
📘 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐳 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢́𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐞́𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐚: Evidencias para entender cómo ha cambiado España
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Una década de políticas públicas a través de la evidencia.
🎉 Lo celebramos presentando nuestro nuevo libro:
📘 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐳 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢́𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐞́𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐚: Evidencias para entender cómo ha cambiado España
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November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
¡𝐄𝐧 𝐊𝐒𝐍𝐄𝐓 𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬🔟𝐚𝐧̃𝐨𝐬!
Una década de políticas públicas a través de la evidencia.
🎉 Lo celebramos presentando nuestro nuevo libro:
📘 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐳 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢́𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐞́𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐚: Evidencias para entender cómo ha cambiado España
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Una década de políticas públicas a través de la evidencia.
🎉 Lo celebramos presentando nuestro nuevo libro:
📘 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐳 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢́𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐞́𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐚: Evidencias para entender cómo ha cambiado España
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📣 Call for papers 📣
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
UEA 2026 Barcelona
urbaneconomics.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
📣 Call for papers 📣
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
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What would taxing unrealized capital gains — or wealth — do to entrepreneurship? If illiquid founders must sell shares to pay such taxes, how does this extra dilution affect incentives?
🧵 on my new paper with Eduardo Azevedo, Kent Smetters & Min Yang
1/10
🧵 on my new paper with Eduardo Azevedo, Kent Smetters & Min Yang
1/10
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What would taxing unrealized capital gains — or wealth — do to entrepreneurship? If illiquid founders must sell shares to pay such taxes, how does this extra dilution affect incentives?
🧵 on my new paper with Eduardo Azevedo, Kent Smetters & Min Yang
1/10
🧵 on my new paper with Eduardo Azevedo, Kent Smetters & Min Yang
1/10
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
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Very cool project:
“The Roman Empire’s road system was critical for structuring the movement of people, goods & ideas [yet] remains incompletely mapped… We present Itiner-e, the most detailed and comprehensive open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“The Roman Empire’s road system was critical for structuring the movement of people, goods & ideas [yet] remains incompletely mapped… We present Itiner-e, the most detailed and comprehensive open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Very cool project:
“The Roman Empire’s road system was critical for structuring the movement of people, goods & ideas [yet] remains incompletely mapped… We present Itiner-e, the most detailed and comprehensive open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“The Roman Empire’s road system was critical for structuring the movement of people, goods & ideas [yet] remains incompletely mapped… We present Itiner-e, the most detailed and comprehensive open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The University Library Freiburg has acquired a medieval chronicle that survived the 1944 air raid
In 1596, the ‘Dasselische und Einbeckische Chronik’ was printed. Now, Canadian Frank Antonsen has donated the work, which bears the marks of the bombing of Freiburg.
uni-freiburg.de/en/the-unive...
In 1596, the ‘Dasselische und Einbeckische Chronik’ was printed. Now, Canadian Frank Antonsen has donated the work, which bears the marks of the bombing of Freiburg.
uni-freiburg.de/en/the-unive...
The University Library Freiburg has acquired a medieval chronicle that survived the 1944 air raid – University of Freiburg
uni-freiburg.de
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The University Library Freiburg has acquired a medieval chronicle that survived the 1944 air raid
In 1596, the ‘Dasselische und Einbeckische Chronik’ was printed. Now, Canadian Frank Antonsen has donated the work, which bears the marks of the bombing of Freiburg.
uni-freiburg.de/en/the-unive...
In 1596, the ‘Dasselische und Einbeckische Chronik’ was printed. Now, Canadian Frank Antonsen has donated the work, which bears the marks of the bombing of Freiburg.
uni-freiburg.de/en/the-unive...
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🎯 #EvaluaciónDeImpacto de una política activa de empleo local en la provincia de Barcelona a través de colaboraciones público-privadas
Apoyo personalizado e inserción en industria a las personas participantes
🛠️ #Matching + #DiD
⬆️ +3,4 pp en la probabilidad de encontrar empleo
Apoyo personalizado e inserción en industria a las personas participantes
🛠️ #Matching + #DiD
⬆️ +3,4 pp en la probabilidad de encontrar empleo
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎯 #EvaluaciónDeImpacto de una política activa de empleo local en la provincia de Barcelona a través de colaboraciones público-privadas
Apoyo personalizado e inserción en industria a las personas participantes
🛠️ #Matching + #DiD
⬆️ +3,4 pp en la probabilidad de encontrar empleo
Apoyo personalizado e inserción en industria a las personas participantes
🛠️ #Matching + #DiD
⬆️ +3,4 pp en la probabilidad de encontrar empleo
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📢 Nuevo artículo de KSNET!
💡 Activación focalizada:
#Evaluación de una política público-privada de empleo en Barcelona
🖋️ @stephanmaurer.bsky.social, @mariasanchezvidal.bsky.social, @pereataberner.bsky.social y #PabloTucat en Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas
👉 doi.org/10.24965/gap...
💡 Activación focalizada:
#Evaluación de una política público-privada de empleo en Barcelona
🖋️ @stephanmaurer.bsky.social, @mariasanchezvidal.bsky.social, @pereataberner.bsky.social y #PabloTucat en Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas
👉 doi.org/10.24965/gap...
Activación focalizada: evaluación de una política público-privada de empleo en Barcelona
| Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢 Nuevo artículo de KSNET!
💡 Activación focalizada:
#Evaluación de una política público-privada de empleo en Barcelona
🖋️ @stephanmaurer.bsky.social, @mariasanchezvidal.bsky.social, @pereataberner.bsky.social y #PabloTucat en Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas
👉 doi.org/10.24965/gap...
💡 Activación focalizada:
#Evaluación de una política público-privada de empleo en Barcelona
🖋️ @stephanmaurer.bsky.social, @mariasanchezvidal.bsky.social, @pereataberner.bsky.social y #PabloTucat en Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas
👉 doi.org/10.24965/gap...
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Brilliant chart from paper being presented at IMF 13th Statistical Forum by Robert Zymek (IMF Research Department), "Bilateral Trade in Services: Insights from a New Database," showing how the trade networks differ between goods and services according to the new data. www.imf.org/en/news/semi...
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Brilliant chart from paper being presented at IMF 13th Statistical Forum by Robert Zymek (IMF Research Department), "Bilateral Trade in Services: Insights from a New Database," showing how the trade networks differ between goods and services according to the new data. www.imf.org/en/news/semi...
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A die made from animal bones, found in Burgstein Castle, dating 11th century.
Just like today, opposite sides of a die always add up to 7.
Dice were quite popular among all social classes during the Middle Ages. In the early 10th century, for instance, the scholar Ekkhardt IV of....🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺
Just like today, opposite sides of a die always add up to 7.
Dice were quite popular among all social classes during the Middle Ages. In the early 10th century, for instance, the scholar Ekkhardt IV of....🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A die made from animal bones, found in Burgstein Castle, dating 11th century.
Just like today, opposite sides of a die always add up to 7.
Dice were quite popular among all social classes during the Middle Ages. In the early 10th century, for instance, the scholar Ekkhardt IV of....🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺
Just like today, opposite sides of a die always add up to 7.
Dice were quite popular among all social classes during the Middle Ages. In the early 10th century, for instance, the scholar Ekkhardt IV of....🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺
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📢 5 more days to apply to our AP position in Microeconomics!
🚨JOB OPENING🚨
JKU Linz is hiring an Assistant Professor in Microeconomics (non-tenure track, 6 years).
The target date for applications is Nov 15, the hard deadline Nov 20.
Please share within your network!
Job ad and application (requires EJM login): econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
JKU Linz is hiring an Assistant Professor in Microeconomics (non-tenure track, 6 years).
The target date for applications is Nov 15, the hard deadline Nov 20.
Please share within your network!
Job ad and application (requires EJM login): econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📢 5 more days to apply to our AP position in Microeconomics!
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Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your students’ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday
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November 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your students’ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
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More evidence on the Great Gatsby Curve, this time in its over-time form, and for Germany!
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Julia Baarck, Moritz Bode, and
@apeichl.bsky.social document how intergenerational income mobility has declined over time in Germany, strengthening the link between parental resources and children’s economic success.🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
@apeichl.bsky.social document how intergenerational income mobility has declined over time in Germany, strengthening the link between parental resources and children’s economic success.🔗: rfberlin.com/network-pape...
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
More evidence on the Great Gatsby Curve, this time in its over-time form, and for Germany!
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We're hiring a Full Prof in Economics (open-field) at the Econ dept in King's Business School. Come join us in central London - apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... #Econsky 1/2
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We're hiring a Full Prof in Economics (open-field) at the Econ dept in King's Business School. Come join us in central London - apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... #Econsky 1/2
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Is your child texting about econometrics?
BRB = Biased Regression, Bro
LMAO = Linear Models Are Ok
SMH = Structural Model Hypothesis
YOLO = You Obviously Lack Observations
IMHO = Instrumental Methods Help OLS
LOL = Lots of Lags
GOAT = GLS Occasionally Addresses This
WTF = Wald Test Failed
BRB = Biased Regression, Bro
LMAO = Linear Models Are Ok
SMH = Structural Model Hypothesis
YOLO = You Obviously Lack Observations
IMHO = Instrumental Methods Help OLS
LOL = Lots of Lags
GOAT = GLS Occasionally Addresses This
WTF = Wald Test Failed
July 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Is your child texting about econometrics?
BRB = Biased Regression, Bro
LMAO = Linear Models Are Ok
SMH = Structural Model Hypothesis
YOLO = You Obviously Lack Observations
IMHO = Instrumental Methods Help OLS
LOL = Lots of Lags
GOAT = GLS Occasionally Addresses This
WTF = Wald Test Failed
BRB = Biased Regression, Bro
LMAO = Linear Models Are Ok
SMH = Structural Model Hypothesis
YOLO = You Obviously Lack Observations
IMHO = Instrumental Methods Help OLS
LOL = Lots of Lags
GOAT = GLS Occasionally Addresses This
WTF = Wald Test Failed
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The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...
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A spicier opinion is that academia taking back publishing is not necessarily a path to innovation and efficiency. Do you associate universities with efficiency? The problem with for-profit publishing is not the profit, it's the oligopoly power of major publishers. Anti-trust in our lifetime?
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A spicier opinion is that academia taking back publishing is not necessarily a path to innovation and efficiency. Do you associate universities with efficiency? The problem with for-profit publishing is not the profit, it's the oligopoly power of major publishers. Anti-trust in our lifetime?
FYI, first edition of JPEval, a new Spain-based journal focussing on the evaluation and monitoring of public policies:
@ksnet.bsky.social @elenacostas.bsky.social
polipapers.upv.es/index.php/jp...
@ksnet.bsky.social @elenacostas.bsky.social
polipapers.upv.es/index.php/jp...
Vol. 1 (2025) | Journal of Policy Evaluation
Universitat Politècnica de València
polipapers.upv.es
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
FYI, first edition of JPEval, a new Spain-based journal focussing on the evaluation and monitoring of public policies:
@ksnet.bsky.social @elenacostas.bsky.social
polipapers.upv.es/index.php/jp...
@ksnet.bsky.social @elenacostas.bsky.social
polipapers.upv.es/index.php/jp...