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Jan Eeckhout

@janeeckhout.bsky.social

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Economist. Professor at UPF Barcelona. Work on market power, macro, labor. Author of “The Profit Paradox” TheProfitParadox.com

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · Sep 1

All core instantaneous inflation measures rose in July; CPI nowcasted to rise in August #econsky @clevelandfed.bsky.social @janeeckhout.bsky.social
econbrowser.com/archives/202...

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Joe Jackson @joetheeditor.bsky.social · Jan 16

Important new @princetonupress.bsky.social econ book!

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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · Nov 23

The Economist covered our "Strain on scientific publishing" paper.

What is this all about?

We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape.

Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵

www.economist.com/science-and-...

Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever

Concerns about some of their business models are building

www.economist.com

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Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Jul 10

Measuring how interdisciplinary research is, based on citations. Main insight: philanthropic and Chinese funders are most interdisciplinary

open.substack.com/pub/johnsonb...

What Actually Counts as Interdisciplinary Research?

A data-driven look at which funders support knowledge integration

open.substack.com

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Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Jun 15

Onion headline:

Undocumented aliens bussed to Army Parade celebrating President’s birthday to pad crowds

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · May 22

📢 Now open for applications! The 2025 ERC Advanced Grant call for proposals. 📢

Are you an established Principal Investigator who needs long-term funding to pursue ground-breaking research?

The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you!

Apply by 28 August 2025 👉 buff.ly/f6FEXHk

🧵Thread 1/5 👇

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · May 7

For those not on the other platform on Google and DOJ's proposed remedies for Google's 3rd antitrust defeat (adtech). I threaded Friday's hearing but this full doc is nothing short of beautiful. Best stuff may be missed so hear me out. This is a huge deal - 10yrs, "lifeblood of the Internet." /1

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Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · May 2

Another killer acquisition… No more car sharing. Isn’t it poetic how they spin it?

Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Apr 23

Important competition news in the EU today. Interoperability to get more competitive digital markets:

“Apple should allow third party app stores on iOS and apps to be downloaded to the iPhone directly from the web. […] Apple failed to comply with this obligation”

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Commission closes investigation into Apple's user choice obligations and issues preliminary findings on rules for alternative apps under the Digital Markets Act

Following a constructive dialogue with Apple, the Commission has decided to close its investigation into Apple's user choice obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

ec.europa.eu

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · Apr 10

Instantaneous inflation down, but not as low as mid-2024 #econsky @janeeckhout.bsky.social
econbrowser.com/archives/202...

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Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Apr 6

Observing the handling of paper slips on Amtrak (reissuing new slips if you go past NY!) tells me there is still a lot of room for technological progress

Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Apr 6

This is a position based in Barcelona

Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Apr 4

I am hiring a Junior Economics Researcher at UPF Barcelona. Please apply if you are interested macro, market power, labor

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/332002

#EconJobs #AcademicJobs #Economics #JobAlert

Full Time Research Collaborator Position at UPF Barcelona with Prof. Jan Eeckhout

H2020-Adg-Market Power and Secular Macroeconomic Trends- 882499 is looking to hire a highly motivated research assistant for a pre-doctoralposition, based at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain...

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Mar 30

If Europe doubles defense spending now, it will get substantially less than double in defense goods and services. Prices have gone up. What matters for security is quantities, not expenditure

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · Mar 13

Instantaneous inflation measures (per @janeeckhout.bsky.social ) down #econsky
econbrowser.com/archives/202...

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · Mar 13

Happy 81st birthday to Brazilian mathematician Marilda Sotomayor! She has been a trailblazer in the area of game theory concerned with matching markets, which she started studying under David Gale in the 1980s, and subsequently brought back to Brazil.

#WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth 🧮

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · Mar 4

Crypto is for crime.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Iñigo Macías Aymar @imaciasaymar.bsky.social · Feb 27

Pumpkin vs. lettuce, the beginning?... from the Economist!

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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Feb 7

Forthcoming article by @janeeckhout.bsky.social "The Value and Profits of Firms" @eeanews.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

The Value and Profits of Firms

Abstract. The real growth of the stock market value of firms has increased from close to 0% on average per year between 1958 and 1980, to 5.2% between 1980

doi.org

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jeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · Feb 7

Competition policy that sets market power to 1980s levels would lower the stock market by 45%. The remainder, due to accumulated retained earnings (35%) and a lower risk-free rate (20%), is unaffected.

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Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Feb 3

Let’s hope for the Liz Truss lettuce solution:

The tariffs are so bad for the economy that the markets take care of it. The only issue is that an orange pumpkin 🎃 takes longer to decay than a lettuce 🥬

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Jan Eeckhout @janeeckhout.bsky.social · Jan 27

You mean like the tennis players FEderer and Federer are two different people?

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Jan 16

Tools from macroeconomics and finance to incorporate the central role that data plays in the economy.

@isaacbaley.bsky.social and @laura-veldkamp.bsky.social's The Data Economy is out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #EconSky

The Data Economy: Tools and Applications by Isaac Baley and Laura Veldkamp

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · Jan 16

wow. This AI lawsuit against Facebook keeps getting worse as they reluctantly unseal documents on Court orders. Check out this allegation. Not only two hrs before discovery cut-off but the Friday before we now know Mark Zuckerberg was deposed... more on that in a minute. /1

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Jan 15

New randomized, controlled trial by the World Bank of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. Six weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions.

And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.

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Luis Garicano @lugaricano.bsky.social · Dec 25

My Christmas post in Silicon Continent is about economics lessons from The Wire- with implications for green washing and AI benchmarks- as well as a bit of career advice for young readers. I hope you enjoy it!

www.siliconcontinent.com/p/you-get-wh...

You get what you pay for

Learning from The Wire

www.siliconcontinent.com

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · Dec 23

Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to
- not publish
- have outstanding publication records
- introduce more novel scientific concepts
- less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.
www.nber.org/papers/w33289