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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Feb 11

Good evening from Wollongong. 🌸

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Feb 5

No comment. 😐

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Jan 31

I just got back from a two-week overseas trip, so the first thing to do upon arrival in Australia is ☕️. My friends, it is simply not an exaggeration to say that we serve up the best coffee on the planet.

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Jan 23

Coming home isn’t too bad, actually. 🇵🇭

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Jan 7

Ah, welcome back! 🎉

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Jan 7

I literally guffawed

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Jan 4

Definitely @wootenomics.bsky.social can advise on this.

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Jan 2

This is a banger paper. 💥

Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · Jan 2

Not a problem at all academic.oup.com/restud/artic...

Informality, Consumption Taxes, and Redistribution

Abstract. Can taxes on consumption redistribute in developing countries? Contrary to consensus, we show that taxing consumption is progressive once we acco

academic.oup.com

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 31

“Busier” for Batemans Bay standards. 😅

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 31

Can confirm: 2025 doing us a solid so far.

Batemans Bay. View of Clyde River Estuary.

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 31

Happy new year from Batemans Bay! 🇦🇺

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 30

LOL! That’s a fair assessment. Thanks, Jeff. 🫡

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 30

Look, diet starts next year, OK?! 🫣

Steak with chimichurri and creamed spinach

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 24

I am happy to report that Wollongong is putting on a spectacle this Christmas morning. ☀️ Wishing you all good cheer over the festive season!

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 7

It’s time. 🎄

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 3

You could not make today less perfect than it is. 🌈

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Nov 29

The School of Business at the University of Wollongong (UOW) had several of its Discipline Leaders and students talk about what’s great about their respective disciplines and why it’s a wonderful opportunity to study it in Wollongong. Here’s Economics by yours truly! 📺: youtu.be/FObhWmLCwp0.

Study Economics at UOW

YouTube video by University of Wollongong, Australia

youtu.be

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Nov 29

Recently, UOW hosted Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission, who delivered the Annual Economic and Social Policy Lecture. Terrific insights on income and wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility in Australia. Thanks, Danielle, and thanks to all attendees!

Alfredo Paloyo, Danielle Wood, Eileen McLaughlin

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Nov 28

The keynote speakers for the Australian Gender Economics Workshop are Prof Paola Profeta (Bocconi) and Prof Doris Weichselbaumer (Linz). Also, the website is now live: t.ly/mWzth. Please join us in Wollongong next year!

AGEW 2025

6–7 February 2025 University of Wollongong

t.ly

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Nov 22

And a good evening to you all from Wollongong. What a spectacular city this is. ☀️

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Nov 21

Bluesky but red blood. 🩸

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Nov 20

So, anyway, this was two weeks ago when the James Martin Institute had an awards night for folks funded by the JMI Policy Challenge Grant. I figured I’d rock the barong. 🇵🇭

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Nov 3

Have a good start to the week, folks. ⭐️

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Sep 27

Well, now that I’m checking Bluesky more often, I might as well also advertise here. Please submit papers for consideration, and come join us at the Australian Gender Economics Workshop in February 2025 here in Wollongong. 🎉

🔗: t.ly/dBpMC

Call for Papers poster for the Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2025.

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Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · Dec 24

Happy Christmas, fam. 🎄

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