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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · 11d

A prophecy from “The Makers of American Wine,” 2012.

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Aug 8

Happy to chat more if you’d like. email/DM

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Aug 8

EG: I mobilize to keep factory open, but globalization increases the cost of govt takeover and thus the level of mobilization above which govt intervenes. Anticipating this, I believe others will not show up and so I am less likely to show up myself. People here are strategic in the sense of Andy

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Aug 8

I agree with Andy that the distinction between naive and strategic is a useful way to get at this. The starting point is a theory of political participation (with expressive and instrumental motivations) and a stance on what globalization does. 1/2

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jul 24

I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.

Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Jul 12

tom from the cartoon tom and jerry is sitting on the floor with his mouth open .

ALT: tom from the cartoon tom and jerry is sitting on the floor with his mouth open .

media.tenor.com

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Jun 27

@wzb.bsky.social is searching for new director for the study of democracy

These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas

www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...

🚨Please share widely!

#Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

wzb.eu

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · May 14

Thank you Filipe :-)

Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · May 14

@edogrillo.bsky.social have been exchanging screenshots on a weekly basis

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Apr 24

April 25, 1945 marks the end of the Nazi occupation of Italy. We honor those who chose to resist and those who died fighting.

The Benedicta massacre occurred between April 6 and 11, 1944, a few miles from my hometown. It’s the largest mass killing of the Italian Resistance, taking over 150 lives.

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Apr 6

As a group, I’d say we did pretty well

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Apr 6

From a proud veteran of EITM 2011: do apply to this!

Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models @eitm-institute.bsky.social · Apr 1

Applications for the 2025 EITM Summer Institute are now open! Program dates: Aug 4-15. Program location: University of Michigan. Deadline: April 15. eitminstitute.org/institute/20...

2025 – Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Institute

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Mar 14

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨 please share!

We will be running our annual workshop on the political economy of development in Berlin @wzb.bsky.social in June.

This is a really fun workshop doing deep reads of a small number of new papers.

Call for papers / participants below! ⬇️

www.wzb.eu/en/events/mo...

MoPED Workshop

Berlin Meeting on the Political Economy of Development (MoPED) -- The MoPED workshop offers an opportunity for scholars who focus on the political economy of development, broadly defined, to build...

www.wzb.eu

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Feb 7

Please spread the word:

Reminder that, together with @emmylindstam.bsky.social and Joan Ricart-Huguet, we are organising a pre-EPSA workshop on Culture on June 25th at IE University.

The deadline to submit papers is next week (Feb 15th).

More details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

EPSA Pre-Conference on Culture

We invite submissions for a pre-EPSA workshop on the topic of “Culture”. The event will take place on June 25th, 2025 at IE University Madrid. The study of culture has a long-standing tradition in pol...

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Jan 27

Let’s just hope we were right about this one…

Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Dec 11

Where Ian Turner and I argue that weakening congressional oversight may actually undermine presidential attempts to influence bureaucrats

American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · Dec 11

The institutional foundations of the power to persuade by Carlo Prato and Ian R. Turner is now available in Early View. @carloprato.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/10/t...

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Vicki @vickiboykis.com · Jan 4

Yes. arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce

"Pasta alla Cacio e pepe" is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can ...

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Dec 19

From which we conclude that The Bayesian Persuasion Police™ is more zealous than The Italian Food Police

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Dec 17

Unclear

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Dec 17

It was in Brussels, so not an option

Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Dec 17

Early this morning I saw a pineapple liying on the sidewalk and the image has been haunting me since.

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Dec 14

[CONFERENCE ALERT]

Political, Social, and Economic Inequality

Organizers: A. Alrababah and G. Invernizzi (Bocconi), S. Hirano and C. Prato (Columbia)

The conference will be held at Bocconi University on June 19-20, 2024. Submit here before 12/31: shorturl.at/fDyoD

Google Forms: Sign-in

Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Dec 11

Where Ian Turner and I argue that weakening congressional oversight may actually undermine presidential attempts to influence bureaucrats

American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · Dec 11

The institutional foundations of the power to persuade by Carlo Prato and Ian R. Turner is now available in Early View. @carloprato.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/10/t...

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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · Nov 27

With @ginvernizzi.bsky.social, @carloprato.bsky.social and Shigeo Hirano, we're thrilled to announce the inaugural Bocconi-Columbia Conference on Political, Social, and Economic Inequality. 📅 Mark your calendars: June 19-20, 2025 at Bocconi University!

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Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social · Nov 23

This is interesting. One can also interpret this in terms of aspirations—and maybe the connection between aspirations and expectations is cohort-specific. But still.

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Nov 23

I haven't drilled down on the details of this survey. But even as anecdotal evidence of economic assumptions, it is clear that "relative deprivation" theory needs to be understood alongside a new "bubble" of economic expectations that will never be reached by most of us. www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/s...

A graph showing the salary level at which members of certain generations would feel successful

Here’s the average salary older adults said would make them feel successful:

Gen Z: $587, 800
Millennials (ages 28 to 43): $180,865
Gen X (ages 44 to 59): $212,321
Baby boomers (ages 60 to 78): $99,874

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