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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Apr 15

Our paper on forward selection Fama-MacBeth regression is a NBER working paper (with Denis, Aleh and Yukun)

NBER @nber.org · Apr 13

Higher-orders and their interactions of the common linear factors can effectively subsume the factor zoo, from Nicola Borri, Denis Chetverikov, Yukun Liu, and Aleh Tsyvinski https://www.nber.org/papers/w33663

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Apr 15

Don't forget to submit your paper to the 1st AIBE workshop on Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion in beautiful Sao Paolo. Deadline has been extended to April 17.

Associação Ítalo-Brasileira de Economia @econaibe.bsky.social · Apr 9

📢6 days to go to the deadline! 📢

DIGITAL PAYMENTS & FINANCIAL INCLUSION

📅 3-4 July
📍 EAESP-FGV, São Paulo

🧠 Keynote: @nicolaborri.bsky.social (LUISS)

📝 Deadline: 14 April 2025
🔗 Submit here: aibe.website/aibe-worksho...

#CfP #DigitalPayments

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Mar 11

Very much looking forward to this workshop!

Associação Ítalo-Brasileira de Economia @econaibe.bsky.social · Mar 11

📣The Call for Paper for the 2025 AIBE Workshop on "Digital Payments & Financial Inclusion"
@FGV_EAESP
is out! submit your papers here: aibe.website/aibe-worksho... #Brazil #Italy #Fintech KEYNOTE SPEAKER: @nicolaborri.bsky.social

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Associação Ítalo-Brasileira de Economia @econaibe.bsky.social · Mar 11

📣The Call for Paper for the 2025 AIBE Workshop on "Digital Payments & Financial Inclusion"
@FGV_EAESP
is out! submit your papers here: aibe.website/aibe-worksho... #Brazil #Italy #Fintech KEYNOTE SPEAKER: @nicolaborri.bsky.social

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 31

As 2024 comes to a close, our editors and critics reflect on the best books and their favorite reads of the year. Listen to today's episode of "The Daily."

The Year in Books

Our Book Review staff on the best of 2024.

www.nytimes.com

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Dec 16

New evidence challenges long-held assumptions about the people of Pompeii. Appearances can be deceiving! 🏛️🔬 Read more: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/s...

With DNA, Pompeii Narratives Take a Twist

In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic material suggests.

www.nytimes.com

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Stefan Nagel @profstefannagel.bsky.social · Dec 15

Yes.

Alex Imas @aleximas.bsky.social · Dec 15

👇 Students will be using AI (heavily) whether you like it or not. The challenge for us as educators is to incorporate AI responsibly into our classroom to facilitate learning. We can have a debate on what method is best, but the response "AI is bad, don't use it" doesn't engage with reality.

Anton Strezhnev @astrezh.bsky.social · Dec 15

Yeah, the big issue I’m running into is that students will just go to mainstream LLMs to get explanations rather than find other resources or ask *me* questions - and the LLMs are trained on 2010s LinkedIn/Medium data science slop so they end up with the wrong understanding.

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Dec 4

FT article on the memecoin craze

www.ft.com/content/66fe...

Billion dollar squirrel: Trump effect fuels crypto’s ‘memecoin’ boom

Tokens based on online viral moments outpace bitcoin over past month but critics say they reflect market froth

www.ft.com

Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Dec 3

Big congrats Luca! Well deserved.

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Dec 2

Deja vu

www.ft.com/content/a3dc...

Is France heading for a Greek-style debt crisis?

Investors have been rattled by political paralysis and parlous public finances

www.ft.com

Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Nov 30

Glad to see our work on the "inefficiencies of carbon trading markets" featured in the Institutional Money Magazine (in German) #EconSky

www.institutional-money.com/magazin/theo...

Institutional Money

Willkommen bei Institutional Money

www.institutional-money.com

Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Nov 28

Tax competition for crypto

www.ft.com/content/5438...

Hong Kong plans crypto tax break for hedge funds and billionaire families

Chinese territory is competing with Singapore and Switzerland to become top offshore finance hub

www.ft.com

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Nov 25

Important new developments from the European banking market this morning
www.ft.com/content/37ec...

UniCredit makes €10bn offer for Italian rival Banco BPM

Deal would create one of Europe’s most valuable lenders and has no implications for Commerzbank stake, bank says

www.ft.com

Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Nov 24

Perhaps a large external shock might help users coordinating the migration onto different technology. It looks like a multiple equilibrium issues.

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Andrea Montanari @andrea-montanari.bsky.social · Nov 23

Assume that the nodes of a social network can choose between two alternative technologies: B and X.
A node using B receives a benefit with respect to X, but there is a benefit to using the same tech as the majority of your neighbors.
Assume everyone uses X at time t=0. Will they switch to B?

Spread of innovation in a small world network.

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Nov 24

The inventor of Basic programming language
www.ft.com/content/c01c...

Thomas Kurtz, mathematician, 1928-2024

His invention of the Basic programming language paved the way for the personal computer revolution

www.ft.com

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Global Capital Allocation Project @gcaproject.bsky.social · Nov 22

Browse our research: globalcapitalallocation.com/research

Data and code on global capital allocation available for researchers: globalcapitalallocation.com/data

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Nov 22

Interesting pieace by @chrisgiles.bsky.social on the inflationary effetcs of tariffs and taxes

www.ft.com/content/d54e...

Tariffs and taxes are not very inflationary

Households will pay, but probably not through much higher prices

www.ft.com

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Anna Goeddeke @annagoeddeke.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi #EconSky,

Not sure if the Starter Pack party's over, but I've made an Econ Starter Pack of Starter Packs! 😄
It's a work in progress, so I may have missed some. Let me know if there's anything to add—DMs are open!
Thanks for support @economista.bsky.social!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · Nov 21

Modern art trying desperately to keep up with NFTs
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/a...

Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur.

www.nytimes.com

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Nov 21

Great news!

www.ft.com/content/3051...

Mass X-odus: professionals desert Elon Musk’s network

Creatives and freelancers miss opportunity and inspiration after decline of X

www.ft.com

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Matteo Maggiori @mmaggiori.bsky.social · Nov 19

The GCAP Lab is now on Bsky.

@gcaproject.bsky.social

Follow it for research on capital flows, geoeconomics, the dollar, sanctions, offshore and tax havens finance.

We use this account to disseminate policy relevant updates, research papers, public datasets, events, and teaching materials

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Nicola Borri @nicolaborri.bsky.social · Nov 19

Premio #Bancor a Raghuram Rajan con il patrocinio di Banca #Ifis. Splendida Keynote sui rischi di un mondo frammentato nella bellissima cornice di Palazzo Brancaccio.

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