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CESifo @cesifo.org · Jul 18

3 days with an amazing line-up of instructors and poster sessions by junior researchers at the end of each day are over!

It's been great hosting 3rd Summer School in International Economics by @jintlecon.bsky.social.

Thanks to @rationalitycrc.bsky.social for supporting this event!

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 New paper in the Economic Journal (@resmedia.bsky.social):

👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries

Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience

academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

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CESifo @cesifo.org · Apr 28

📣 Call for Papers: 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, organized jointly with @rationalitycrc.bsky.social

📅 24 - 25 October 2025, Munich

Keynotes: Ben Enke (@harvard.edu), Gilat Levy (LS)
Organizers: Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt

ℹ️ Info & Submissions Link: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Mar 6

🚨 Thrilled that our 🆕 paper
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org

💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Jan 14

The takeaway? Compliance may well be a female social norm.

Read more details in the article available at: rationality-and-competition.de/wp-content/u...

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Jan 14

Additionally, the study explored how people expect others to behave in a probabilistic social dilemma game.
🔹 Men and women are expected to hold similar normative beliefs.
🔹 However, men are expected to follow normative recommendations less than women.

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Jan 14

Key findings:
🔹 Women respond more strongly to normative recommendations compared to men.
🔹 Information about non-compliant peer behavior reduces compliance in both genders equally.

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Jan 14

Are women more compliant than men?

In a new CRC Discussion Paper, @mgesuer.bsky.social, Nicola Cerutti, @friedrj.bsky.social, and @gyulaseres.bsky.social put this long-held belief to the test using a novel experimental design across two complementary experiments.

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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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Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · Dec 10

🧑‍🎄time! Our @cepr_org @LSEGeography @CEP_LSE
DP #PrimeLocations is forthcoming at AER: Insights.🍾 Our🎁4u: PL shapefiles and employment by sector at micro-geographic grid-level for 381 MSAs and 125 global cities. All free to download from primelocations.ahlfeldt.com Use it wisely!😀

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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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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thank you for your interest! We’re working on something along those lines and will share more soon. Stay tuned!

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Nov 28

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Nov 26

Great idea—we're on it! Stay tuned for updates!

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

Also, big thank you to all our participating institutions for their support: @humboldtuni.bsky.social, LMU Munich, ESMT Berlin, @hertieschool.bsky.social, TU Berlin, @diw.de, ifo Institute, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition, @wzb.bsky.social

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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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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Nov 21

#EconSky 📉📈

🚨 Timely and important new findings by Andrej Woerner, Taisuke Imai, Klaus Schmidt, and @ddpace.bsky.social in a new article in Nature Sustainability @natureportfolio.bsky.social.

👀 Which #CarbonPricing scheme garners more support?

LMU Munich, Osaka University

Davide Pace @ddpace.bsky.social · Nov 21

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A new simple way to boost support for carbon pricing!

New article in @natureportfolio.bsky.social

- Public support is maximized by a Climate Premium: a fixed, uniform, upfront compensation

- Experts are too pessimistic about public support

- A novel incentivized design.

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Berlin School of Economics @bsoeberlin.bsky.social · Oct 24

Discover this paper💡it uses machine learning to move beyond the binary view of gender, offering a nuanced view of how continuous gender identity predicts economic behavior📑 rationality-and-competition.de/wp-content/u... @mgesuer.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @rationalitycrc.bsky.social #BSoE

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Jul 10

Read the full CRC Discussion paper by @vojtabartos.bsky.social, @castrosilvia.bsky.social, @kczura.bsky.social, & Timm Opitz at: rationality-and-comp...
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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Jul 10

The research finds that Ugandan loan officers show bias against individual female entrepreneurs, but not against entrepreneurial teams.

The bias appears to stem not from animosity but from differing perceptions of women's business implementation challenges.

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨CRC Discussion Paper 🚨

By @vojtabartos.bsky.social, @castrosilvia.bsky.social, @kczura.bsky.social, & Timm Opitz

Reveals gender bias in entrepreneurial finance, highlighting greater constraints faced by women in accessing funds crucial for business success. A 🧵

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · May 13

Spring, sun, and beautiful Schwanenwerder. We welcome our members to the 14th CRC Retreat!

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Apr 26

„How to Increase Public Support for Carbon Pricing“

Read the full CRC Discussion paper by Andrej Woerner, Taisuke Imai, Davide Pace, @klaus-m-schmidt.bsky.social at: rationality-and-comp...
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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Apr 26

These findings underscore the importance of choosing the right revenue recycling method to enhance public acceptance of carbon pricing. It's not just about the policy, but how it's implemented.
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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Apr 26

Additionally, the study highlights a gap in perception. Both the participants in the experiment and experts underestimate the public support for carbon pricing.
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