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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 10d

3. Delgado-Vega, Álvaro, and @bartonelee2.bsky.social. 2024. ‘When Growth Leads to Zero-Sum Conflict’. t.co/MjBZ9BUCI3

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 10d

My three favourite papers on the political economy of zero-sum politics (aside from the well-known Chinoy et al. paper).
1. @snageebali.bsky.social, Maximilian Mihm, and Lucas Siga. 2025. ‘The Political Economy of Zero-Sum Thinking’. Econometrica 93(1): 41–70. t.co/LoCepP3L1L

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨Announcing the 2025

Australian Political Economy Workshop (APEN 2025)

18 November, @unswecon.bsky.social

‪@lalthoff.bsky.social‬, @kathrynbaragwanath.bsky.social, P Bhattacharya, R Dahis, @anjaprummer.bsky.social , D Strömberg, L Welnner

REGISTER AT sites.google.com/view/apenetw...

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Australian Political Economy Network

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨 Applications to our PhD program starting January 2026 close on July 31 🗓️

Fully funded scholarship for a 1 year Master’s coursework + 3.5 year research in our School.

A 🧵 on our PhD program and school. (1/7)

Program and application info 👇

www.unsw.edu.au/business/stu...

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Economics | AGSM - UNSW Sydney

The UNSW Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Economics will focus your research in microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, econometrics and applied economic analysis.

www.unsw.edu.au

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IASToulouse @iast.fr · Jun 6

Why is democracy so fragile—and autocracy so resilient?
📅June 23-24

Line-up: @bartonelee2.bsky.social @janeesberg.bsky.social @felixhaass.bsky.social @mattingly.bsky.social @monikanalepa.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social &+

ℹ️ www.iast.fr/conferences/...

Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding

Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding, Toulouse, TSE/IAST Building, June 23–24, 2025.

www.iast.fr

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Matteo Gamalerio @matteogamalerio.bsky.social · May 28

Applications still open for the 2025 @ubeconomics.bsky.social on "The Political Economy of Immigration."

☀️ 30 June – 4 July, 2025 | Barcelona

📅 Deadline: June 15th

Lecturers: @andreassteinmayr.net and @tsurovtseva.bsky.social.

More info: www.ub.edu/school-econo... #EconSky #polisky

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Pierre Boyer @pierrecboyer.bsky.social · May 27

Great workshop on Democracy at @ethz.ch in collaboration with the @cepr.org. Food for thoughts with a view!
@bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social @bartonelee2.bsky.social

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Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social · Apr 25

Good paper. Makes a lot of sense of recent political dynamics.

nevratutuncu 🫐 @nevrasland.bsky.social · Apr 24

Highly recommended 👇

The Rise and Fall of Technocratic Democracies
April 14, 2025

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Gemma Dipoppa @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social · Apr 28

📌 Excited to announce the 2nd Northeast Political Economy Conference 📌 We (briangknight.bsky.social) are seeking submissions from economists & political scientists working on political economy topics.

Please submit by June 16 and join us at Brown on Friday, Oct 3 forms.gle/i4wi88Q6P3tJ...

briangknight.bsky.social

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Elliott Ash @elliottash.bsky.social · Apr 8

Stellar health economists who want to build a world-class lab in Zurich, see here 👉

Barton Lee @bartonelee2.bsky.social · Apr 7

Come join me in Zurich! We’re hiring a Professor of Health Economics (deadline April 30).

DM me if you have any questions about our department, ETH 🏫, or Switzerland🇨🇭

ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

Professor of Health Economics

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Barton Lee @bartonelee2.bsky.social · Apr 7

Health economics in a broad sense 😉

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Barton Lee @bartonelee2.bsky.social · Apr 7

Come join me in Zurich! We’re hiring a Professor of Health Economics (deadline April 30).

DM me if you have any questions about our department, ETH 🏫, or Switzerland🇨🇭

ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

Professor of Health Economics

ethz.ch

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Mar 22

From the other platform:

The myth that “education” will defeat populism and strengthen democracy is dangerous and is an internal threat to democratic resilience. We won’t save liberal democracy by placing ourselves on this pedestal of philosopher kings.

Let me explain:
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Alexander Lee @alexandermlee.bsky.social · Mar 11

A lot has been written on the causes of polarization, but Avidit Acharya, Theo Serlin and I wanted to ask a different question: How Polarization *Ends*

Paper link and 🧵

tinyurl.com/jp2pk4rt
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IEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · Mar 7

#IEBSeminars: "From gridlock to polarization"
🗣️ @bartonelee2.bsky.social (@ethzurich.bsky.social)
📅 Tuesday 18
⏰ 2:30pm
Info👉 https://f.mtr.cool/cpsutleeti

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IEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · Feb 28

"From gridlock to polarization"
🗣️ @bartonelee2.bsky.social (@@ethzurich.bsky.social)
📅 Tuesday 18
⏰ 2:30pm
Info👉 https://s.mtrbio.com/faeucwbgcl

#IEBSeminars (5/6)

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Elliott Ash @elliottash.bsky.social · Feb 28

📣Now hiring: Predoc in Economics and Data Science

We are hiring a predoc -- work at ETH Zurich on exciting projects in applied econ (political econ, education, etc.), using AI, NLP, and causal inference. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11505

EJM - Econ Job Market

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Stephan Lauermann @pareto-efficiency.bsky.social · Feb 21

We’re happy to host the 1st European Economic Theory Conference in Bonn next fall! Submissions in all areas of economic theory are welcome.

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · Feb 18

Just published on APSR First View: "Vox Populi: Popular Support for the Popular Initiative" by Lucas Leemann (@LucasLeemann), Patrick Emmenegger, and André Walter. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Feb 17

Based on many useful comments, @grattonecon.bsky.social and I have updated the working paper over last couple of days. We now explicitly extend the model to account for the risk of democratic backsliding and explain the rationale behind our assumptions more clearly.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/60mq5...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Feb 14

their paper (short summary below) with @marcjacob.bsky.social on the relationship between gridlock and polarisation. www.promarket.org/2024/06/26/i...

Is a Gridlocked Congress Causing More Polarization? - ProMarket

In new research, Marc Jacob, Barton E. Lee and Gabriele Gratton argue that legislative gridlock is not only a consequence of Congress’ polarization but also a cause of it. In sum, both polarization an...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Feb 14

Over the past few days, I have also been reminded of this paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and @bartonelee2.bsky.social and, of course, ...
gratton.org/papers/Drain...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Feb 14

Seems like a good time to read this beautiful paper!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Feb 8

Immensely thought-provoking essay by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social! on.ft.com/3CU6rRD

The real threat to American prosperity

Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral

on.ft.com

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Feb 5

What do “populist” voters want from their representatives? Why not ask them? Kevin Arceneaux reports populist voters want representatives to:

1. Listen less to experts and do less research!
2. Listen more to ordinary people!

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