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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · 12d

Still wondering about this @johnlist.bsky.social

Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Mar 13

What if the reviewer could make changes instead of giving instructions?

Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · 12d

A great starter pack for behavioral economics: go.bsky.app/Ku4zvbT

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · 16d

💥 Excited to share that our latest research has just been published in JMIR! "Understanding Economic Decision-Making in Digital Therapeutics Development" - our contribution to bridging the efficacy-effectiveness gap in digital health innovation.📲 doi.org/10.2196/79746

Understanding Economic Decision-Making in Digital Therapeutics Development: Qualitative Approach

Background: Digital therapeutics (DTx) represent a transformative shift in health care delivery, offering software-driven, evidence-based therapeutic interventions. Despite their potential, adoption r...

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Sep 8

Procurement authorities frequently use screening to mitigate default risk. How does this impact bids and entry? Learn more about this from the Journal of Industrial Economics Volume 73, Issue 3 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

On the Competitive Effects of Screening in Procurement

This study estimates the effect of screening and litigation using a unique data set on highway construction procurement auctions in Poland. Procurement authorities frequently use screening to mitigat...

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Apr 24

We show that the market is highly competitive, but the screening process significantly increases prices by negatively incentivizing small players.

Download link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Apr 24

the volume of procurement contracts and the significant public attention.

The contracts have been awarded using a competitive procedure. The eligible participants are selected using a rigorous screening procedure to ensure a high chance of completing the contracts.

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Apr 24

Our data covers contracts in value of close to 50 billion USD spent on building a nationwide highway network from close to nothing.

To our surprise, this large market hadn't been analyzed before, and there was no database available when we started to work on this despite

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Apr 24

We are happy to share that our paper with Adam Pigon (Warsaw School of Economics and the National Bank of Poland) has been published in the Journal of Industrial Economics. Our paper is a detailed analysis of the Polish highway construction program that has been running since 2005.

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Apr 21

Most people in their 30s-40s consider themselves young although this age group was labeled as middle aged decades back. Is this about slower ageing? Maybe not. The increase in median age has never been this fast. A 35yo was above median in the 1980s and well below it today in developed countries!

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Apr 16

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

First global pandemic treaty agreed — without the US

The World Health Organization accord promotes sharing scientific data in exchange for more equitable distribution of drugs and vaccines.

www.nature.com

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Mar 6

I guess you have a lot of questions about tariffs, vaccines, and credibility. How about taking a break and reading a book that gets only better and more relevant with time?

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Feb 24

A proposed bill in the US would allow AI to be classified as a "practitioner licensed by law" to prescribe certain FDA-approved drugs (section 503(b) of FFDCA). Although it's still several steps away from implementation, it's a significant milestone.
www.mobihealthnews.com/news/propose...

Proposed legislation paves the way for AI to prescribe drugs

The bill would allow AI to be classified as a "practitioner licensed by law" to administer FDA-approved drugs.

www.mobihealthnews.com

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Feb 7

He wrote an economic theory paper using GenAI in an hour and published it in a reputable peer-reviewed journal, Economics Letters. I don't have any answers for the "What now?" but things are about to change.

Joshua Gans @joshgans.bsky.social · Feb 5

I used AI to help write a paper and got it published. All in record time. What does this mean for research? My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/joshuaga...

What will AI do to (p)research?

AI makes doing and communicating research much easier. Will there be any point to it?

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Jan 3

@mgesuer.bsky.social @bbeconomics.bsky.social @friedrj.bsky.social

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Jan 3

Our research on gender and compliance behavior as a @rationalitycrc.bsky.social discussion paper: Women are often perceived as more compliant than men; however, the literature provides inconclusive evidence. In two experiments, we test this claim. rationality-and-competition.de/wp-content/u...

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Jan 3

Can you include me in the German one?

Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Dec 11

The compound effect of reducing the chance of transmission www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer

Modelling study based on almost 250,000 positive COVID-19 tests in the United Kingdom shows that universal masking could have cut transmission markedly.

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Dec 10

This one is great go.bsky.app/9TDCuTz

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Dec 9

I reposted this on Twitter before. @johnlist.bsky.social is on 🦋

John A. List @johnlist.bsky.social · Dec 8

Field Experiments have matured from academic curiosity to bona fide contributor to knowledge in the past few decades. Yet, the political economy of their deployment in government remains ill-understood. We provide insights in a new working paper, available here: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...

Toward an Understanding of the Political Economy of Using Fi

Field experiments provide the clearest window into the true impact of many policies, allowing us to understand what works, what does not, and why. Yet, their widespread use has not been accompanied by

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Dec 5

The opportunities, challenges and outlook for LLM-based agents in medicine and healthcare—our paper published today

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LLM-based agentic systems in medicine and healthcare - Nature Machine Intelligence

Large language model-based agentic systems can process input information, plan and decide, recall and reflect, interact and collaborate, leverage various tools and act. This opens up a wealth of oppor...

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Dec 5

Proud to have contributed to the research on behavioral biases in the previous period. I strongly recommend following @rationalitycrc.bsky.social and the behavioral economists in the group

CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Nov 25

📢 Thrilled to announce that our CRC Rationality & Competition has been extended for the period 2025-2028! Huge thanks to the German Research Foundation (DFG), our incredible team, and especially our leads Klaus Schmidt & @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social! 🙌🚀

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Dec 2

Right, but you could raise the price with taxes too, a few countries levy an extra tax on high-sugar products. The issue is that the excess cane sugar has to be imported, the US is already a net importer and there isn't too much land suitable for this crop.

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Gyula Seres @gyulaseres.bsky.social · Dec 2

Refined white cane sugar is >99% sucrose, this won‘t do much other than altering the flavor a bit

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Nov 30

I'll be highlighting this and so much remarkable medical A.I. progress at the #RSNA2024 on Monday plenary reg.meeting.rsna.org/flow/rsna/rs....

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Nov 27

Lifestyle interventions to reduce cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, a new comprehensive review
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