From Semrush data, there's a recent drop in traffic U.S. towards ChatGPT website : I assume this is in response to the recent integration of an AI Chatbot within Google.com outside of the EU?

The Chicago Pope implies the existence of a New Keynesian Pope and a Behavioral Pope

Tired of American providers dominating the market for collaborative word processing and interaction? Look no further. Thanks France and Germany!!!

lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/en

Google Trends for movie "habemus papam"

Amazon delivered many jobs for economists when Pat Bajari was its chief economist. #Econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/04/pat-...

Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff

Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.

Reaction to tarrifs already visible on Amazon: Price of GPU (ASRock Chanllenger AMD RX 6600 8G GDDR6 Graphics Card and Bronze 80+ 550W Power Supply)

OMG OMG 🤩🤩🤩

Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.

Suppose the EU wanted to increase tarifs on a strategic US industry, such as social media. How does one do it when there are no (direct) prices?

Yesterday's insightful thread from @adambonica.bsky.social spurred me to post a new related essay (with Christian Helmers) that uses Adam's ideology measure. We look at suits filed against the Trump admin and assess claims that they have been strategically directed to particularly liberal judges.

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In a new working paper, Christian Helmers, Louis-Daniel Pape, and I take a deep dive into the first Trump administration's impact on the ideology of US district courts. We focus on appointments to single-judge divisions and resulting opportunities for ideologically motivated judge shopping.

Well that's my cue. ✨NEW WP✨

What happens when SSA downsizes field office staff, even if the offices stay open? Fewer people end up enrolled for benefits.

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We are recruiting an Econometrics Adviser. The role would suit someone with a recent PhD (or a masters and some experience), and an interest in empirical IO. This is a unique opportunity to work on high-profile cases and with great data!

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

📢 Very interesting conference on welfare and policy. And there are certainly worse things in life than to spend a few days in Bordeaux in May 🇫🇷 #EconSky

wapsociety.org/event/wap2

Hi all!

I am Travis Whitacre, an Applied Microeconomist and Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Public Health. I am on the Economic Job Market this year.

Learn more about me, as well as a link to my JMP: traviswhitacre.github.io

Some highlights of the paper:
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#Econsky If you are hiring this year, please have a look at our terrific #CREST job market candidates! All of them are great and working in different fields so feel free to contact our placement officer Xavier d'Haultfoeuille econ.ip-paris.fr/job-market-c...