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Clay Collins @claycollins.bsky.social · 18h

It’s a travesty that there is a betting market for the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature but not for economics.

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Chengyuan Hua @chengyuanhua.bsky.social · 5d

Update: A hard copy of a paper by @bradhumphreys.bsky.social and me will be archived by the Giamatti Research Center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Please let me know if someone happens to visit there and see our paper!

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lqCYbZee6...

authors.elsevier.com

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Emma Rackstraw @emmarackstraw.bsky.social · Nov 7

(1/many) #EconSky My job market paper investigates what police propaganda and its effects can teach us about the institution of policing. t.co/5bzHCTdmR2

When Reality TV Creates Reality: How “Copaganda” Affects Police, Communities, and Viewers

Television shows with police officer protagonists are ubiquitous on American television. Both fictional shows and reality shows portray a world where criminals

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Tyler Skinner @tylerskinner.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to @kevinbblackistone.bsky.social for featuring our recent article on state abortion laws and women's basketball recruiting!

Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 19d

A study of women's basketball recruiting shows the impact of state abortion laws, writes @kevinbblackistone.bsky.social.

Column | Do state abortion laws affect women’s recruiting? That’s up to athletes.

A recent study on the college choices of high school basketball players suggests a correlation with states’ positions on reproductive rights.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kevin B. Blackistone @kevinbblackistone.bsky.social · 19d

Me @postsports.bsky.social: What if Black college athletes considered the Trumpist anti-DEI politics etc. of states where colleges are recruiting them like women athletes are of schools in states with reactionary restrictions on their reproductive health? www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Column | Do state abortion laws affect women’s recruiting? That’s up to athletes.

A recent study on the college choices of high school basketball players suggests a correlation with states’ positions on reproductive rights.

www.washingtonpost.com

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 21d

When natural disasters divert public attention from day-to-day governance, members of Congress are more likely to tilt their votes toward the preferences of their special interest donors, say researchers at Maryland, Northwestern, and Queensland. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

Under the cover of disaster

In the immediate aftermath of natural disasters, members of Congress become more likely to adopt the positions of special interest donors.

www.aeaweb.org

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naasecon.bsky.social @naasecon.bsky.social · 20d

A nicely done story about Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys:

umbc.edu/stories/denn...

2025 Dennis Coates Closes Out His 30th Year At UMBC At The Top Of His Game With An Award From The North American Association Of Sports Economists

The North American Association of Sports Economists established an award in Dennis Coates name and his long-time research partner, Brad R. Humphreys's honor.

umbc.edu

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Brian Mills @bmmillsy.bsky.social · 21d

Time for a paper plug: We find that, going the other direction, pitchers tend to perform better on the mound after batting and particularly when they had successful at bats.

(most likely a "staying warm" effect; but some evidence for adrenaline boost after success)

academic.oup.com/oep/article/...

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Climent Quintana-Domeque @climent.bsky.social · Mar 9

New in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics:

"The Unintended Consequence of Stringent Immigration Enforcement on Staffing Levels in Nursing Homes: Evidence from Secure Communities"

(by Christian Gunadi)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Unintended Consequence of Stringent Immigration Enforcement on Staffing Levels in Nursing Homes: Evidence from Secure Communities

The provision of healthcare in the United States is increasingly reliant on immigrant workers. In this paper, I examine the impact of Secure Communities, a major immigration enforcement program desig...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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The JHR @j-humanresources.bsky.social · Jul 29

Can terrorism affect test scores? A featured article by Adi Shany finds that a fatal attack before an exam lowers performance for only five days. Shany explores the psychological reasoning behind this in his open access piece.
doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Too Scared for School? Effects of Terrorism on Students’ Achievement
Adi Shany
This study analyzes the impact of terror attacks on students’ academic achievement in Israel between 2001 and 2005, during the Second Intifada. Using within-student variation in exposure to terror attacks before exams, I find that a fatal terror attack before an exam adversely affects performance. The adverse effect, however, disappears for exams held five days or more after the attack. I explore potential explanations for these results, suggesting psychological impacts best explain the short-lived effect. Moreover, the temporary decrease in test scores does not affect the quality of diploma earned, suggesting no long-term effect on human capital accumulation.

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The Economic Journal @theeconjournal.bsky.social · Sep 3

Forthcoming in EJ: ‘The Dynamics of Inattention in the (Baseball) Field’ by James Archsmith, Anthony Heyes, Matthew Neidell, Bhaven Sampat doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf030 @econjim.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social ‬

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Southern Economic Journal @southerneconj.bsky.social · Jun 24

"Does corruption discriminate? Racial opportunity gap in the United States," by Oguzhan Dincer of @illinoisstateu.bsky.social and Gary Hoover of @tulaneu.bsky.social.
#Corruption #Discrimination #EconomicInequality #Racism

Does corruption discriminate? Racial opportunity gap in the United States

In this study, we investigate the effects of corruption on the inequality of opportunity between Blacks and Whites, which is the main cause of economic inequality between these two racial groups. To ...

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Vincent Pons @vinpons.bsky.social · Jun 5

Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! nationalelectionsdatabase.com
We cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @reveconstudies.bsky.social (academic.oup.com/restud/advan...)
w/ Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet

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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Aug 3

Recently accepted to #REStud, "Policy Diffusion and Polarization across U.S. States," from DellaVigna and Kim:

www.restud.com/policy-diffu...

#econsky

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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Aug 3

"State schools aimed to secularize Indonesia, but religious schools adapted, competing for students and strengthening Islamic identity instead."

Recently accepted to #REStud, from Bazzi, Hilmy and Marx:

www.restud.com/religion-edu...

#econsky

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NBER @nber.org · Aug 29

Black patients systematically receive lower rates of follow-up care than white patients even when the screening results would suggest they should receive higher rates of care, from @marcellaalsan.bsky.social‬, Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, and Jonathan Zhang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34168

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NBER @nber.org · Sep 2

Studying racial disparities in police use of force, from Felipe M. Gonçalves, Steven Mello, and Emily K. Weisburst https://www.nber.org/papers/w34175

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NEP-SPO: Sports and Economics @repec-nep-spo.bsky.social · Sep 1

Discrimination in Retention Decisions and Its Impact on Career Earnings. Evidence from the National Football League: Gregory-Smith, Ian; Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael

NEP/RePEc link

to paper

d.repec.org

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NEP-SPO: Sports and Economics @repec-nep-spo.bsky.social · Sep 1

An Examination of Coaching Tenure in Women's Division I College Basketball: Does the Head CoachÕs Gender or Race Matter?: Johnny Ducking; Pete Groothuis; Joseph Nation

NEP/RePEc link

to paper

d.repec.org

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NEP-SPO: Sports and Economics @repec-nep-spo.bsky.social · Sep 1

Racial bias, colorism, and overcorrection: Kenneth Colombe; Alex Krumer; Rosa Lavelle-Hill; Tim Pawlowski

NEP/RePEc link

to paper

d.repec.org

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NEP-SPO: Sports and Economics @repec-nep-spo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Do Elite Universities Pick Sports to Pick Students? Athletic Admissions and SES Targeting: El Fatmaoui, Ahmed; Ransom, Tyler

NEP/RePEc link

to paper

d.repec.org

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am really happy that our @bjpols.bsky.social paper on party-system fragmentation and democratic quality has been awarded the Lawrence Longley Best Article Award from the Representation and Electoral Systems section of @apsa.bsky.social.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Does Party-System Fragmentation Affect the Quality of Democracy? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Does Party-System Fragmentation Affect the Quality of Democracy? - Volume 54 Issue 1

www.cambridge.org

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Aug 27

Black children exposed to greater educational opportunity during Reconstruction had significantly better economic outcomes as adults, and those benefits were passed on to their children, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Marquette University. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/rec...

The long-term impacts of Reconstruction-era education

How did educational opportunities after the American Civil War shape economic outcomes for Black families?

www.aeaweb.org

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nice article on the research award @dcoatesecon.bsky.social and I recently got from NAASE

umbc.edu/stories/denn...

2025 Dennis Coates Closes Out His 30th Year At UMBC At The Top Of His Game With An Award From The North American Association Of Sports Economists

The North American Association of Sports Economists established an award in Dennis Coates name and his long-time research partner, Brad R. Humphreys's honor.

umbc.edu

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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · Aug 18

Author finds that police body cameras reduce police-involved homicides, with effects concentrated in high-incident areas and agencies with stricter activation policies.

No effect in low-incident regions or where policies are weaker. Crime rates remain steady, suggesting no major trade-offs.

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