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Christian Volpe Martincus @christianvolpem.bsky.social · 18h

We are looking for a highly qualified PhD economist to join our team. The position offers an opportunity to perform research on #productivity, #trade, #FDI, #Innovation, #tourism, and #agriculture and inform policies in these areas. Apply until Oct 17: tinyurl.com/2srteufn

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Nora Strecker @streckernm.bsky.social · 20h

The day after Budget Day 2026 started with an interview with BBC NI’s Good Morning Ulster and will end with a UCD Econ alumni & staff reunion at @isweconomics.bsky.social’s post-budget analysis tonight @mueconomics.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie. #economicsfun

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Maynooth University Economics @mueconomics.bsky.social · 13d

We are delighted to host the fifth annual ISWE Post Budget Analysis Event which will take place in 2.31 MUSSI Seminar Room, Iontas Building on Wednesday 8th of October @ 5:30pm. The event is free to attend but registration is required and places are limited. Register here: buff.ly/98fLmkc

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 7d

Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.

acdatacollective.org

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 12d

I was very pleased to be part of this project!

RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 12d

💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀!

Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.

📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...

#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social

Rethinking Global Supply Chains | Complexity matters

YouTube video by Kiel Institute for the World Economy

www.youtube.com

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 12d

💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀!

Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.

📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...

#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social

Rethinking Global Supply Chains | Complexity matters

YouTube video by Kiel Institute for the World Economy

www.youtube.com

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 16d

Missed last week’s RETHINK-GSC conference on the future of global supply chains? 🌍

🎥 The full recording is now online — watch insights from our researchers & policy leaders.

🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin...

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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 19d

We're hiring a Full Professor of Economics - below you can now see the ad on our website!
@univdauphine.bsky.social

leda.dauphine.fr/fr/recruteme...

Full Professor position in Economics | Laboratoire d’Économie de Dauphine (LEDa)

leda.dauphine.fr

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 20d

Our fearless leader Holger Görg explains why policies that ignore global supply chains don’t have a leg to stand on. @rethink-gsc.bsky.social

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 20d

Couldn’t find a single female business leader?

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Yoto V. Yotov @yotoyotov.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you teach an undergrad international trade course and want some hands-on experience with real data & Stata or R, consider my “Gravity for Undergrads” Chapter. It may be useful in econometrics, undergrad seminars, and undergrad theses. Gravity Rules 💪

yotoyotov.com/Gravity_Unde...

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online

Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.

🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Jun 25

📙 Read the paper here: rethink-gsc.eu/knowledge-jo...

🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Even short-term shocks can reshape supply chains. 🚢

New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.

Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚢 Klimaschocks hinterlassen Spuren!

Unsere Forschung zeigt, dass das Niedrigwasser 2018 Unternehmen in Deutschland dauerhaft von der Binnenschifffahrt auf Schiene & Straße umsteigen ließ.

📰 Der Spiegel berichtet über @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.socials Studie👇

#Lieferketten #Resilienz #Klimawandel

DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · Aug 27

Bei Extremwetterereignissen werden auch Frachtrouten wie der Rhein stark beeinträchtigt. Alternative Transportmittel werden dann nachgefragt und genutzt. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Umstellung ist dauerhaft.

IfW-Studie: Klimaschocks wie Niedrigwasser verändern Lieferketten dauerhaft

Bei Extremwetterereignissen werden auch Frachtrouten wie der Rhein stark beeinträchtigt. Alternative Transportmittel werden dann nachgefragt und genutzt. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Umstellung ist dauerhaft.

www.spiegel.de

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’d piss on him even if he wasn’t.

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · Sep 1

Johannes Scheuerer presenting work with Annette Alstadsaeter and @jakobbrounstein.bsky.social on tax evasion penalty rates. @skatteforsk.bsky.social

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Aug 11

Thou shalt not use tariffs to tax working class Americans and then pretend the money is being paid by foreign countries.

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Matt Collin @mattcollin.bsky.social · Aug 5

Very happy to see my work with Annette Alstadsæter & @andokl.bsky.social on using leaked data for academic research out in early access for @itaxjournal.bsky.social,

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Safely opening Pandora’s box: a guide for researchers working with leaked data - International Tax and Public Finance

The use of leaked data is becoming increasingly common in empirical research, particularly in public finance. Although these data can be an enormously powerful tool for investigating behavior that is ...

link.springer.com

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · Aug 4

Spot on discussion by @ricardohausmann.bsky.social. Econ teaches us that the answer is typically "somewhere in the middle". But what we choose to publish in top journals sacrifices innovation for identification and that's a mistake that will cost the field.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...

Are Economists Architects or Auditors?

Ricardo Hausmann laments how the field’s appetite for imaginative problem-solving has given way to narrow, testable hypotheses.

www.project-syndicate.org

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Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social · Jul 30

On the @taxjustice.net podcast the #Taxcast, I spoke to @4taxfairness.bsky.social on how undocumented immigrants in the US are paying a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega-corporations & several billionaires. And how unwise the US is to be persecuting them the way they are

#156 Immigrants, tax and bullying in the USA - Tax Justice Network podcasts

Μonthly podcast show sizzling with the latest developments in the corrupt world of tax havens, financial secrecy and tax dodging.

podcasts.taxjustice.net

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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · Jul 29

Open position⚠️
Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile.

Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · Jul 29

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Jul 29

White House confirms 15% tariff rate will include pharma and semiconductors

Both sides working on a joint statement, but EU cautions it amounts only to a ‘political agreement’ and will not be legally binding

www.irishtimes.com

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Jul 29

White House confirms 15% tariff rate will include pharma and semiconductors

Both sides working on a joint statement, but EU cautions it amounts only to a ‘political agreement’ and will not be legally binding

www.irishtimes.com

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · Jul 28

@nixonsimon.bsky.social lays out in a few sentences why Europe has been so tame in the trade war.

Generous reading is that Europeans worried too much for Ukraine.

Ungenerous reading is EU politicians were weak.

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · Jul 24

Now consider all the universities without the endowment to pay such a bribe. Shame on Columbia; you’re showing a disgusting mix of cowardice and privilege.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 24

FFS Columbia!

Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump

www.nytimes.com

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