Francisco Varnet Perez
@fvarnet.bsky.social
Penquista🇨🇱 en BeLux. PhDing in Urban Economics at University of Luxembourg | previously: ECARES-ULB, KU Leuven | mpp: UDP | bsc: UdeC
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‘Monopolies always raise concerns about high prices, low innovation and—if the monopoly position may be challenged—possible abuses of dominant position against potential rivals. Tech giants are no exception.’ Jean Tirole | IFS Deaton Review academic.oup.com/ooec/article...
Competition and industrial policy in the 21st century
Abstract. Large fixed costs and (direct and indirect) network externalities generate barriers to entry and high markups for winners in the digital industry
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August 30, 2024 at 1:57 PM
‘Monopolies always raise concerns about high prices, low innovation and—if the monopoly position may be challenged—possible abuses of dominant position against potential rivals. Tech giants are no exception.’ Jean Tirole | IFS Deaton Review academic.oup.com/ooec/article...
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Does housing affordability and security affects fertility?
According to this study the answer is "yes": When people aged 20-25 years are given social housing (via lottery), then they are 32% more likely to have a child and end up having 33% more children in total.
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According to this study the answer is "yes": When people aged 20-25 years are given social housing (via lottery), then they are 32% more likely to have a child and end up having 33% more children in total.
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Housing and Fertility
This paper examines the impact of access to housing on fertility rates using random variation from housing credit lotteries in Brazil. We find that obtaining ho
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January 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Does housing affordability and security affects fertility?
According to this study the answer is "yes": When people aged 20-25 years are given social housing (via lottery), then they are 32% more likely to have a child and end up having 33% more children in total.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
According to this study the answer is "yes": When people aged 20-25 years are given social housing (via lottery), then they are 32% more likely to have a child and end up having 33% more children in total.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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This new paper finds that increasing house prices and the build up of housing assets have the "potential to both stabilize and destabilize democratic processes, depending on the type of ownership" (crucial distinction between outright and mortgaged homeownership)
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December 19, 2024 at 8:30 AM
This new paper finds that increasing house prices and the build up of housing assets have the "potential to both stabilize and destabilize democratic processes, depending on the type of ownership" (crucial distinction between outright and mortgaged homeownership)
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House prices and misallocation: "firms exposed to positive local house price shocks received more bank credit and their investment grew more when they had a higher proportion of real estate assets." Disperses K/L within industries, accounts for 40% of TFP↓ academic.oup.com/ej/article-a... #econsky
House Prices and Misallocation: The Impact of the Collateral Channel on Productivity
Abstract. This paper investigates the impact of local house price booms on capital misallocation within industries. Using the geographical variation provid
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December 13, 2024 at 12:54 PM
House prices and misallocation: "firms exposed to positive local house price shocks received more bank credit and their investment grew more when they had a higher proportion of real estate assets." Disperses K/L within industries, accounts for 40% of TFP↓ academic.oup.com/ej/article-a... #econsky
An Austro-libertarian trying to measure economic development using GDP per capita, it doesn’t get more stereotypical than this
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Milei Admires Ireland for an Economic Statistic the Irish Don’t Favor
President Javier Milei aspires to reform Argentina’s economy in the way Ireland turned around its fortunes over the past three decades. The Irish see more nuance to their own story.
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December 9, 2024 at 9:12 PM
An Austro-libertarian trying to measure economic development using GDP per capita, it doesn’t get more stereotypical than this
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 AM
New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵
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📈 Your house has outvalued you this century.
Since the turn of the century, house prices have more than tripled, while individual employee earnings have only doubled.
Is wealth the new work? Find out here: http://www.ippr.org/...
Since the turn of the century, house prices have more than tripled, while individual employee earnings have only doubled.
Is wealth the new work? Find out here: http://www.ippr.org/...
November 27, 2024 at 8:30 AM
📈 Your house has outvalued you this century.
Since the turn of the century, house prices have more than tripled, while individual employee earnings have only doubled.
Is wealth the new work? Find out here: http://www.ippr.org/...
Since the turn of the century, house prices have more than tripled, while individual employee earnings have only doubled.
Is wealth the new work? Find out here: http://www.ippr.org/...
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El oficialismo dejó que el partido regionalista verde eligiera a Navarro como candidato en Bio Bio como evidencia de lo poco que le importa la zona.
November 25, 2024 at 1:19 AM
El oficialismo dejó que el partido regionalista verde eligiera a Navarro como candidato en Bio Bio como evidencia de lo poco que le importa la zona.
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‘A story written in blood’: hopes for justice fade for victims of Chile’s police brutality
‘A story written in blood’: hopes for justice fade for victims of Chile’s police brutality
Five years after mass protest movement, thousands of victims are trapped between hopelessness and impunity
On a recent afternoon in Santiago, several thousand people gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of the vast protest movement which rocked Chile…
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November 21, 2024 at 11:14 AM
‘A story written in blood’: hopes for justice fade for victims of Chile’s police brutality
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Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content.
But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand.
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But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand.
sites.google.com/view/maritaf...
November 19, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content.
But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand.
sites.google.com/view/maritaf...
But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand.
sites.google.com/view/maritaf...
Pretty sure Trump watch The Siege (1998) when deciding this policy
November 19, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Pretty sure Trump watch The Siege (1998) when deciding this policy