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CESifo @cesifo.org · Sep 6

Day 2 of our 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, the 16th edition, has started. Great presentations, lively discussaions and many familiar faces. Looking forward to @raffasadun.bsky.social keynote speech this afternoon!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
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Katrin Huber @katrinhuber.bsky.social · Jul 25

This week, @shushmargaryan.bsky.social, @emarkowsky.bsky.social and myself had the incredible privilege of hosting the 3rd edition of the Workshop on Societal and Policy Problems in Potsdam! It was an absolute blast! (1/3)

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Armando shows that policymakers are averse to monetary incentives when it comes to healthcare behaviors, like vaccinations

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Alex shows that firms explain 25% of variation in healthcare expenditure

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Anna shows that GP offices closing in Germany have an adverse effect on patient health

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Attending the @armecona.bsky.social with @annarenner.bsky.social @ahammeralex.bsky.social and Armando Meier in beautiful Yerevan

Alexander Ahammer @ahammeralex.bsky.social · Jun 29

in armenia with wonderful company @armecona.bsky.social

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CEPA @cepa-unipotsdam.bsky.social · May 22

We are pleased to announce the 9th Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics, which will be held September 24–25, 2025. The workshop aims to allow talented young researchers to present and discuss their research. For details and the CfP, follow this link: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cepa/even...

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www.uni-potsdam.de

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · May 19

Thanks Peter. I think there are other relevant criticisms, so probably not much to gain. But it’s good to know that this works sometimes!

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · May 19

Today is one of those days that I am disappointed in our profession. Reading a referee letter suggesting a rejection based on two points completely covered in the paper is disheartening. 5 years invested in an RCT to be rejected because of someone's inattention.

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Apr 4

We had an amazing time this week hosting @arielkalil.bsky.social from UChicago in Potsdam & Berlin! Lots of fascinating conversations about parenting, behavioral tools, supporting disadvantaged kids, arts—and only a tiny detour into tariffs ;)

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Mar 11

They are, and it’s working 😀

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Mar 11

At the other BSE today presenting my joint work with @adriansantonja.bsky.social and Thomas Siedler

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Mar 7

📣 Thrilled to announce our 4th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 8-9 Sept 2025, TU Munich @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: Ulrike Malmendier (University of Berkely, California) & Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk) 🫶🏻

Submission deadline 15 May 🚨

#EconSky

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Feb 10

Interessant, dass Bildung es nicht einmal auf diese Liste geschafft hat, oder? Es ist ja nicht so, als hätten wir da ein Problem oder so.

Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · Feb 10

Ich nenne das Medienversagen auf ganzer Linie und als Kanzlerkandidat wäre mir das peinlich.

Die Grafik zeigt die Redezeit von Kandidaten während einer Debatte, aufgeteilt nach Themen. Am meisten wurde über Asylpolitik gesprochen (12:46 Minuten), gefolgt von der sogenannten "Brandmauer" (7:52 Minuten) und Wirtschaftspolitik (6:56 Minuten). Weitere wichtige Themen waren Verteidigungsausgaben, Steuerpolitik und die Schuldenbremse, alle knapp unter 5 Minuten. Themen wie Pflege (2:26 Minuten), Mindestlohn (2:24 Minuten) und Klimapolitik (1:37 Minuten) erhielten deutlich weniger Aufmerksamkeit. Identitätspolitik war mit nur 1:01 Minute das am wenigsten diskutierte Thema.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jan 30

This.

A quote from the writer AR Moxon from 2017. He wrote:

"Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed. That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore. They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after.
Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?"
A.R. Moxon

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Jan 30

Merz said yesterday he will not allow the country to be led by a red-green minority. The red-greens have around 35%, while the CDU has~ 30%.
If the CDU sees itself as the majority, that only makes sense if they’re counting the AfD. Merz now sees his party and those to its right as the true majority.

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Jan 29

Merz and CDU seem to not have understood how multiple-party representative democracy works. If you can pass a certain proposal only with the votes of a non-democratic extremist party, this should signal to you that the whatever-proposal is not democratic. And the FDP goes along. This is a dark day.

Robert Habeck @robert-habeck.de · Jan 29

Heute geht es nicht um bloße Sachfragen. Heute geht es zum ersten Mal darum, ob aus der parlamentarischen Mitte des Landes heraus ein Bruch mit der politischen Tradition dieser Republik passiert. Es geht um staatspolitische Verantwortung. Und dieser Verantwortung müssen wir uns heute bewusst sein.

Ein Foto von Robert Habeck im Bundestag am Rednerpult. Er spricht. Darauf ein Zitat: Manchmal erkennt man politische Schicksalstage erst im Rückblick der Geschichte. Aber das gilt heute nicht. Jede und jeder kann sehen und wissen, was gerade auf dem Spiel steht. Jede und jeder muss sich heute der Verantwortung bewusst sein.

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Jan 29

Another paper by Pinotto (2017) showing that legalization reduces crime rate.

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Clicking on Heaven's Door: The Effect of Immigrant Legalization on Crime

(January 2017) - We estimate the effect of immigrant legalization on the crime rate of immigrants in Italy by exploiting an ideal regression discontinuity design: fixed quotas of residence permits are...

www.aeaweb.org

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Jan 29

I’m honestly puzzled as to why conservative parties ignore the ample research showing that when they adopt extremist positions, they fail to lure voters from those parties and instead normalize them. By proposing a hardline stance on migration, Merz is merely benefiting the AfD.

Wahlrecht.de @wahlrecht.de · Jan 29

Sonntagsfrage von YouGov zur Bundestagswahl: CDU/CSU 29 % | AfD 23 % | SPD 15 % | GRÜNE 13 % | BSW 6 % | DIE LINKE 5 % | FDP 3 % | Sonstige 5 %
➤ Übersicht: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
➤ Verlauf: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/oug...

Säulendiagramm der Sonntagsfrage zur Bundestagswahl von YouGov

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Anna Bindler @annabindler.bsky.social · Jan 29

Heute geht es um die Abstimmung zur Verschärfung der Gesetze zur Migration. Im Diskurs der letzten Tage werden die Themen Migration und innere Sicherheit eng verknüpft. Der Zusammenhang zw. Migration und Kriminalität ist Gegenstand aktueller Forschung, die aber zu anderen Schlüssen kommt. (1/2)

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Lisa Spantig @lisaspantig.com · Jan 27

Übrigens nicht nur in den USA:

Die #noAfD stellt schon seit Jahren Anfragen zu Universitäten, z.B. wer denn so alles zum Thema "Gender" lehrt/forscht oder wie viel ausländische Studierende kosten.

Auch in meinem persönlichen Umfeld habe ich davon gehört.

dokumente.landtag.rlp.de/landtag/druc...

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Nov 26

📣 Call for papers for junior (non-tenured) researchers:

Workshop on “The Impact of Immigration and Refugee Inflows on Host Country Economies”, March 6‐7 in Berlin

Keynote: Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University)

Submission Deadline: December 20, 2024
#EconConf #Econsky

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Dec 16

I move to suggest that all conferences in December should be held in Palme de Majorca ☀️ #SAE2024

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Nov 25

I already booked my hotel in Napoli, just in case :)

David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · Nov 25

Really looking forward to the European Society of Population Economics conference in June 2025!

📢Call for Papers #ESPE2025
⏳Submission deadline: February 1, 2025
⚓️Naples, June 12-14, 2025
👉Info: www.espe2025naples.com
🙏Please share!
(H/T Sunčica Vujić)
#EconSky

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Shushan Margaryan @shushmargaryan.bsky.social · Nov 16

You should also expect them to take you wherever you can get Marillenknödel! :)

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