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Sephorah Mangin @sephorahmangin.bsky.social · 7d

Economic outcomes often depend on the distribution of some maximum value (e.g. the highest valuation, best idea, or lowest cost).

If the average number of options is large, do such outcomes change when some agents have more options than others?

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · 22d

Great paper!

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Jul 28

How do firms search for and screen workers? When do the best workers match with the best firms?

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Jul 21

Replication Crisis

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4-panel comic. (1) [Person 1 with ponytail flanked by person with short hair and another person speaking into microphone at podium] PERSON 1: In the early 2010s, researchers found that many major scientific results couldn’t be reproduced. (2) PERSON 1: Over a decade into the replication crisis, we wanted to see if today’s studies have become more robust. (3) PERSON 1: Unfortunately, our replication analysis has found exactly the same problems that those 2010s researchers did. (4) [newspaper with image of speakers from previous panels] Headline: Replication Crisis Solved

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Jul 6

en Been Stellar?

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · May 20

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Apr 16

Rare conclusie. Wat zouden ze bedoelen met winnen?

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · Apr 9

I don't think people realize that in important respects tariffs are now higher & more inflationary than what was announced on last Wednesday.

Since then we've gone from 54% to 125% on China, our 3rd largest trading partner. That outweighs delaying the increases on 70+ others.

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Apr 9

Trump dump www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/b...

Bond Sell Off Raises Questions About U.S. Safe Haven Status

As the fallout from President Trump’s global trade war spreads, investors are even fleeing U.S. Treasuries.

www.nytimes.com

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Apr 7

Trump’s claim that this is just temporary pain and that the stock market is going to boom is silly. Markets are forward looking and if investors would have believed Trump’s claim , stock prices would not fall now.

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Apr 7

Recently Yann Calvó López and I wrote two long blog posts where we detail how vulnerable modern supply networks are.

A trade war triggered by Trump's chaotic tariffs is the same type of aggregate shock as the Covid crisis, but worse.

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www.noahpinion.blog/p/americas-s...

America's supply chains are a disaster waiting to happen

A guest post by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub.

www.noahpinion.blog

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Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam @economics-vu.bsky.social · Apr 4

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Kirsten Verdel @locuta.bsky.social · Mar 24

Nu ook in het Engels, op veler verzoek. Nu te delen met Amerikaanse vrienden en familie enzo. ;)

(dit keer met werkende URL hopelijk)

Kirsten Verdel @locuta.bsky.social · Mar 24

ALL Trump's decisions and their impact

Trump day 63: Trump plugs own coin, seeks sponsors for Easter Egg Roll, complains about portrait, proposal to see more social media accounts, ATF stripped & more:

reportersonline.eu/trump-day-63...

Trump day 63: Trump plugs own coin, seeks sponsors for Easter Egg Roll and complains about portrait, proposal to see more social media accounts, ATF stripped and more - Reporters Online

New decisions from Trump, and new fallout. An overview of day 63.

reportersonline.eu

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Mar 22

NWO maakt het lastig om topinderzoekers te onderscheiden van de rest. Je mag in onderzoeksvoorstel niets zeggen over kwaliteit van de bladen waarin je publiceert. Commissies mogen dat ook niet meewegen.

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Roger Myerson @rbmyerson.bsky.social · Mar 1

In publicly dismissing Zelensky as a negotiator who "has no cards," our POTUS has deliberately acted to undermine confidence in the elected President of Ukraine, and in doing so could do more to undermine democracy in Ukraine than 1000 Russian missiles. How can this serve US interests?

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Leo Kaas @leokaas.bsky.social · Feb 10

Submit your papers on search and matching (labor, housing, ...) and contribute to a great conference!
Submissions open for another 5 days👇

Leo Kaas @leokaas.bsky.social · Nov 13

SaM 2025 at Vilnius University. Submit your papers!
sam2025.econ.lt/home

SaM 2025 conference

Welcome to Vilnius! The Search and Matching Network (SaM) is a European network of academic economists working on search and matching models, including models of labour market search, consumer search,...

sam2025.econ.lt

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Feb 7

In NYC there is a shop selling cashmere sweaters for dogs, in Amsterdam there is a toothbrush shop. If you are a goth looking for a partner you should move to a city. Finally, there is a forthcoming JET paper explaining this www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Spatial search

This paper considers a random search model where some locations provide sellers with better chances of meeting many buyers than other locations (for e…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Jan 8

en www.grumpy-economist.com/p/inflation-...

Inflation and the Macroeconomy

These are my prepared comments for the session “Inflation and the Macroeconomy” at the 2025 American Economic Association annual meetings, with Jason Furman, Ben Bernanke, and Christina Romer.

www.grumpy-economist.com

Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Jan 8

Hoge inflatie: aanbod, vraag of minder bereidheid om overheidsobligaties te houden? AEA discussie tussen Jason Furman, Christina Romer, Ben Bernanke en John Cochrane www.aeaweb.org/webcasts/202...

American Economic Association: Inflation and the Macroeconomy

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Jan 5

🙏 www.dansendeberen.be/2025/01/05/n...

Nieuwe single HOOFS - "Out Of Place"

Meerdere pagina's in een encyclopedie zouden ondertussen kunnen gevuld worden met woorden en zinnen over alle postpunk die uit Nederland is gekomen het

www.dansendeberen.be

Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Dec 16

Op Twitter zou het helemaal uit de hand gelopen zijn

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Dec 16

Verder Catcher
Packs,Shellac, Tramhaus DIIV,Been Stellar, Scream King Hannah, Porridge Radio, Whispering Sons

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Dec 16

Je hebt gelijk. Er staat veel goeds in. De term kwam op vorig jaar bij oorlistjes. Ik neem m terug. Beth Gibbons, Jessica Prat , Fontaines, en de nr 1, allemaal prima

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Pieter Gautier @pietergautier.bsky.social · Dec 16

Veel binnen de lijntjes. De ver-Leo-Blokhuisering van de muziekjournalistiek.

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Bas van der Klaauw @basvdklaauw.bsky.social · Dec 6

At Tinbergen Institute we have a webinar for all BSc and MSc students that want to know more about an academic career.

Event
Title: Discover Your Path: Exploring Academic Careers
Date: December 12, 2024
Time: 14:00 - 15:00

For more details and registrering:

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Discover Your Path: Exploring Academic Careers - December 12, 2024

Are you a motivated bachelor's or master's student with a passion for economics and business? Are you curious about what lies beyond your current studies? Join our webinar on academic careers and...

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