Sascha O. Becker
@essobecker.bsky.social
Economist @MonashWarwick
Project Leader @RF_Berlin
BWV227
Editor @EJ_RES
Associate Editor @QJEHarvard
First gen high school grad
Classical music and jazz enthusiast
Project Leader @RF_Berlin
BWV227
Editor @EJ_RES
Associate Editor @QJEHarvard
First gen high school grad
Classical music and jazz enthusiast
Important paper on "Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion" by Tyler Giles, Dan Hungerman and Tamar Oostrom
👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Important paper on "Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion" by Tyler Giles, Dan Hungerman and Tamar Oostrom
👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
Coventry Canal Basin covered in ice ❄️
January 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Coventry Canal Basin covered in ice ❄️
🧵 (6/N) We look at power.
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🧵 (6/N) We look at power.
🧵 (5/N) We look at size.
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🧵 (5/N) We look at size.
🧵 (4/N) We look at (small-sample) bias.
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🧵 (4/N) We look at (small-sample) bias.
🧵 (3/N) The correction methods
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🧵 (3/N) The correction methods
🧵 (2/N) Our simulations
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🧵 (2/N) Our simulations
We presented results on spatial unit roots etc at ASSA 2026 in Philadelphia.
Joint work with @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Short 🧵 (1/N)
cc @andreamatranga.bsky.social @paulgp.com
Joint work with @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Short 🧵 (1/N)
cc @andreamatranga.bsky.social @paulgp.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
We presented results on spatial unit roots etc at ASSA 2026 in Philadelphia.
Joint work with @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Short 🧵 (1/N)
cc @andreamatranga.bsky.social @paulgp.com
Joint work with @pdavidboll.bsky.social and @jvoth.bsky.social
Short 🧵 (1/N)
cc @andreamatranga.bsky.social @paulgp.com
This is quite funny 🤣 @assameeting.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This is quite funny 🤣 @assameeting.bsky.social
Over the course of several Saturdays, I ran (alone) or walked (with family/colleagues) the full length of the a 78-mile (126 km) Oxford Canal, from Hawkesbury Junction (north of Coventry) to Oxford via Rugby and Banbury. Beautiful countryside ❤️
👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_...
👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_...
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Over the course of several Saturdays, I ran (alone) or walked (with family/colleagues) the full length of the a 78-mile (126 km) Oxford Canal, from Hawkesbury Junction (north of Coventry) to Oxford via Rugby and Banbury. Beautiful countryside ❤️
👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_...
👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_...
Keynote in Dresden 🇩🇪 tomorrow.
Christmas market from tower of Kreuzkirche ❤️
Christmas market from tower of Kreuzkirche ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Keynote in Dresden 🇩🇪 tomorrow.
Christmas market from tower of Kreuzkirche ❤️
Christmas market from tower of Kreuzkirche ❤️
Seminar at Birmingham University.
Pleasure to see the great Eric Melander 🎉
Pleasure to see the great Eric Melander 🎉
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Seminar at Birmingham University.
Pleasure to see the great Eric Melander 🎉
Pleasure to see the great Eric Melander 🎉
The amazing Ricardo Dahis has created a web calendar with all Economics seminars in Melbourne: @monashuniversity.bsky.social Melbourne U, Deakin U and beyond.
Such a great public good.
melbourne-economics.org
Such a great public good.
melbourne-economics.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The amazing Ricardo Dahis has created a web calendar with all Economics seminars in Melbourne: @monashuniversity.bsky.social Melbourne U, Deakin U and beyond.
Such a great public good.
melbourne-economics.org
Such a great public good.
melbourne-economics.org
Great to see Bob Hart at the University of @stir.ac.uk today.
Bob believed in me and hired me when my CV looked very thin.
Forever grateful to him 🙏
Bob believed in me and hired me when my CV looked very thin.
Forever grateful to him 🙏
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great to see Bob Hart at the University of @stir.ac.uk today.
Bob believed in me and hired me when my CV looked very thin.
Forever grateful to him 🙏
Bob believed in me and hired me when my CV looked very thin.
Forever grateful to him 🙏
Back home in 🏴
Morning run in the hills above Stirling University campus 🍂🍂🍂
Morning run in the hills above Stirling University campus 🍂🍂🍂
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Back home in 🏴
Morning run in the hills above Stirling University campus 🍂🍂🍂
Morning run in the hills above Stirling University campus 🍂🍂🍂
[email protected] has a number of vacancies for Assistant Professors (Macro & Development)
Coventry has canals, an amazing cathedral etc.
... is one hour from London,
20 mins from Birmingham
90 mins from the Peak District National Park
Apply here: 👉 econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
Coventry has canals, an amazing cathedral etc.
... is one hour from London,
20 mins from Birmingham
90 mins from the Peak District National Park
Apply here: 👉 econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
[email protected] has a number of vacancies for Assistant Professors (Macro & Development)
Coventry has canals, an amazing cathedral etc.
... is one hour from London,
20 mins from Birmingham
90 mins from the Peak District National Park
Apply here: 👉 econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
Coventry has canals, an amazing cathedral etc.
... is one hour from London,
20 mins from Birmingham
90 mins from the Peak District National Park
Apply here: 👉 econjobmarket.org/positions/12...
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Photo with some fellow Fellows
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
October 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Photo with some fellow Fellows
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
Joel Mokyr at Nick Crafts 70th birthday conference in 2019 at @cagewarwick.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social @warwickuni.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Joel Mokyr at Nick Crafts 70th birthday conference in 2019 at @cagewarwick.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social @warwickuni.bsky.social
Always great to discuss research with Joel 🎉
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Always great to discuss research with Joel 🎉
Congratulations, Joel! 🎉 So well deserved! 🥂
Hong Kong December 2024
Hong Kong December 2024
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Congratulations, Joel! 🎉 So well deserved! 🥂
Hong Kong December 2024
Hong Kong December 2024
Autumn 🍂 in Coventry ❤️
October 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Autumn 🍂 in Coventry ❤️
Writing reference letters on a train trip to Edinburgh 🏴
September 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Writing reference letters on a train trip to Edinburgh 🏴
Thankful to @cywon.bsky.social for this cool Korean high-speed train. Great memory of my visit to Seoul 🇰🇷 this year ❤️
Makes my office much prettier 🚂
Makes my office much prettier 🚂
September 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Thankful to @cywon.bsky.social for this cool Korean high-speed train. Great memory of my visit to Seoul 🇰🇷 this year ❤️
Makes my office much prettier 🚂
Makes my office much prettier 🚂
Gustav Klimt's 🇦🇹 "Der Kuss" in the guest office at U Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Economics Department ❤️
September 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Gustav Klimt's 🇦🇹 "Der Kuss" in the guest office at U Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Economics Department ❤️