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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

I sat down for a nice long chat on the Nick Standlea Show
about the economics of AI: How it's changing our labor market, who it's going to help and hurt, how policy can help, and what each of us can do to stay relevant.

Posted to my (fledgling) youtube channel here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oful...

The AI Revolution Is an Ownership Problem, Not a Tech Problem — Economist Justin Wolfers

YouTube video by The Nick Standlea Show

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · 14d

Working on econometrics and climate? 🌦️ The Econometrics Journal & EMCC call for papers for a new special issue on 'Econometric Modeling of Climate Change and the Green Transition' - submit by February 28th, 2026. More information on the EMCC website: sites.google.com/view/emcccon... #Econsky

EMCC - Call for papers - The Econometrics Journal

The Econometrics Journal and EMCC call for papers for a new special issue on Econometric Modeling of Climate Change and the Green Transition with a submission deadline of February 28, 2026. We welcom...

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks to all the attendees and presenters for making the trip to Victoria for the 9th Conference on Econometric Modelling of Climate Change tinyurl.com/emcc2025uvic! See you next year in Aalborg! #EconSky

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econmaett @econmaett.github.io · Aug 16

There’s also a {getspanel} #rstats package that implements the same methods for panel data. Made by @moritzpschwarz.bsky.social

www.moritzschwarz.org/getspanel/

General-to-Specific Modelling of Panel Data

Uses several types of indicator saturation and automated General-to-Specific (GETS) modelling from the gets package and applies it to panel data. This allows the detection of structural breaks in pane...

www.moritzschwarz.org

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Aug 16

"Going deep: Can CO2 be locked away below the seafloor?" - great overview on our Solid Carbon project for offshore geological CO2 storage by the team at New Frontiers (who are kindly funding the research): sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/funding-fina... #Econsky

Social sciences and humanities research council

Moran is the nominated principal investigator for “Solid Carbon: The Ocean’s Rock-solid Sociotechnical Climate Solution,” a groundbreaking project that was recently awarded $24 million from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF).

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Aug 5

Attention Climate Solutions Scholars! @uvic.ca seeks its next Canada Excellence Research Chair 🇨🇦: www.uvic.ca/research-inn...

You: world class scholar, looking to make a move

Us: #5 in world for climate action, collegial, stunning location (B.C.) w award-winning climate policy

Pls share widely!

Canada Excellence Research Chair - University of Victoria - University of Victoria

Find information about applying to be Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Victoria

www.uvic.ca

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · Jul 22

Excited to announce a new funding opportunity for research on "what works" in climate adaptation. We are specifically looking for strong causal designs that tell us what interventions work (or don't) to reduce impacts of a changing climate. Plz share + apply!
seedfunding.stanford.edu/apply/U5N4

Evaluation of climate adaptation interventions using observational data | Stanford Seed Funding

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Jul 7

The preliminary programme for the 9th Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change at the University of Victoria, 2025 is now available online! Looking forward to seeing everyone in Victoria in August! #EconSky tinyurl.com/emcc2025uvic

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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe.bsky.social · May 22

How much did the carbon tax actually impact inflation?

My latest for @TheHubCanada: thehub.ca/2025/05/22/... #cdnecon #cdnpoli

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · May 8

Interesting meta analysis on the social cost of carbon - quite surprising to see authors themselves be variables in a regression!

Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · May 8

Updated meta-analysis of the social cost of carbon reveals a narrow group of authors and hints at selective citation nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

NYAS Publications

An updated and extended meta-analysis confirms that the central estimate of the social cost of carbon is around $200–250/tC ($700–900/tCO2) with a large, right-skewed uncertainty and trending up as e...

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Apr 29

"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Apr 14

Only 4 more days to submit! The abstract submission deadline for the 9th Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change is coming up on April 17th! #EconSky

Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Mar 24

Heads (and elbows) up: The call for abstracts for the 9th Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change (University of Victoria, BC, Canada – Aug. 27-28, 2025) is open until April 17th! #Econsky

Looking forward to seeing you in August!

More info at: www.tinyurl.com/emcc2025uvic

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Apr 1

This chart from Australia allows for some optimism though...

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Apr 1

The carbon tax in British Columbia (BC), Canada.

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Apr 1

Today the BC carbon tax has been removed. It's unfortunate that a simple climate policy had become so politicized.

Talk about ironic timing: our paper on the CO2 response to carbon pricing just came out in the April issue of Energy Economics. Hot off the press, cold in the policy grave. #Econsky

Carbon pricing and the elasticity of CO2 emissions

Using newly constructed sector-specific carbon price data, we study the response of CO2 emissions to carbon pricing policies for a cross-country panel…

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Mar 24

Heads (and elbows) up: The call for abstracts for the 9th Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change (University of Victoria, BC, Canada – Aug. 27-28, 2025) is open until April 17th! #Econsky

Looking forward to seeing you in August!

More info at: www.tinyurl.com/emcc2025uvic

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thanks to the Canadian New Frontiers in Research Fund for supporting our Solid Carbon project on offshore geological carbon storage solidcarbon.ca! @uvic.ca

Many open economic questions to be explored - reach out if you're working on the economics of carbon storage and removal! #EconSky

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Noah Kaufman @noahqkaufman.bsky.social · Mar 11

In Nature Climate Change, @chrisbataille.bsky.social and I describe three common situations when energy/economic models are detrimental to climate policymaking efforts 🧵
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Avoiding misuses of energy-economic modelling in climate policymaking

Nature Climate Change - Energy-economic models are increasingly being used to inform climate mitigation policies. This Comment describes three situations where models misinform policymakers and...

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Grant McDermott @gmcd.bsky.social · Feb 6

Like Vincent says, this is a big release with a shedload of new features. Same small footprint, though ;-)

Here’s quick rundown of some of my favourites...

#rstats #dataviz

Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · Feb 5

{tinyplot} 0.3.0 is out! 🚨

It's a lightweight #Rstats 📦 to draw beautiful and complex plots, using an ultra-simple and concise syntax.

This is a massive release! @gmcd.bsky.social @zeileis.org and I worked hard to add tons of new themes and plot types.

Check it out!

grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · Feb 5

{tinyplot} 0.3.0 is out! 🚨

It's a lightweight #Rstats 📦 to draw beautiful and complex plots, using an ultra-simple and concise syntax.

This is a massive release! @gmcd.bsky.social @zeileis.org and I worked hard to add tons of new themes and plot types.

Check it out!

grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Jan 30

Gridded GDP estimates over time - looks like a very useful dataset!

Ben Krause @benjaminkrause.bsky.social · Jan 30

Hey #econsky we're launching "Local Economies, Global Perspective" - interactive, annual measures of GDP at the 1, 0.5, and 0.25 degree level! We're making all data and documentation available TODAY! bfidatastudio.org/project/loca...

Local GDP Estimates Around the World

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Jan 30

Check out this great new video about Our World in Data from @socsci.ox.ac.uk featuring our founder, @maxroser.bsky.social!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCz6EIcSFQ8

Our World in Data: Transforming data into global impact

Developing innovative ways to bring data to life can be a catalyst for global impact.When Professor Max Roser started bringing together a library of datasets...

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Jan 30

The 2025 EMCC conference is generously supported by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). pics.uvic.ca

Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Jan 30

We're looking for papers that use new econometric and statistical methods to study climate impacts (socio-economic, environmental), climate processes, climate policy, or climate finance. We also encourage submitters to the IJF special issue (shorturl.at/7dHKj) on forecasting to present their papers!

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Felix Pretis @felixpretis.bsky.social · Jan 30

Call for papers now open! The 9th Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change will take place at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada on Aug. 27-28th 2025. Submit your abstracts by April 17th! #econsky

Looking forward to seeing you in Victoria!

More info at: www.tinyurl.com/emcc2025uvic

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