Ömer Özak
omerozakecon.bsky.social
Ömer Özak
@omerozakecon.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics @SMU. Research Fellow @iza_bonn. AE @JPopEcon. @Brown Ph.D. @UNALOficial 🇨🇴🇹🇷🇺🇸
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Are neighboring languages more similar when there are inter-ethnic trade gains to be made?

Economists @omerozakecon.bsky.social and Javier Gonzales find this is true by replicating and improving on prior research!

The paper and information on replication can be found here: tinyurl.com/yxuc3tu3
March 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Exogenous Exits, Market Structure, and Equilibrium Contracts in Healthcare" by Natalia Serna. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Exogenous Exits, Market Structure, and Equilibrium Contracts in Healthcare
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper quantifies the causal effects of exogenous health insurer exits on contract structure and healthcare market outcomes, proposing market concentration as a likely mech...
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December 18, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result.

This story arc is way too common in modern society.
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December 16, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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🚨FACULTY JOB 👩‍🏫

SMU is hiring a senior faculty for the Scurlock Endowed Chair of of #Ethics and #AI.

Economists are encouraged to apply!

More info and application: apply.interfolio.com/159481 #econtwitter
#Philosophy
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December 11, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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🚨Major new version🚨
Algorithmic Collusion by Large Language Models
Joint w/ @sarafish.bsky.social & @ranshorrer.bsky.social

LLMs are automating many business decisions. Pricing might be next (or is already).
What if multiple firms, in good faith, to use off-the-shelf-LLMs for pricing? 1/3
#EconSky
November 28, 2024 at 2:14 AM