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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Apr 17

Dublin has become a true home, so leaving definitely feels bittersweet. But I’m truly excited to move to Paris, join the amazing Econ community there, and start working on European issues. Exciting times ahead!

See you in Paris, at conferences, or around!🚀

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Apr 17

Huge thanks to everyone who supported, advised, and inspired me on this journey! I’ve grown a lot, learned tons, and made lifelong friends. Grateful to my supervisors, the whole faculty at TCD, co-authors, family, friends, and UCD for welcoming me this academic year.

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Apr 17

What an incredible journey the PhD has been! Yesterday I graduated from @tcddublin.bsky.social and I'm officially Dr. Arrigoni! 🎓☘️

And as this chapter ends, a new one is about to begin. I’m thrilled to share that in September I will join the @banquedefrance-off.bsky.social as a Research Economist!

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Mar 3

🧵 A summary thread on the paper is available here: x.com/simone_arrig...

📑 The full paper can be accessed here (open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Mar 3

Ireland seems to defy the rise of "inheritocracy."

The article links this to rapid economic growth. Our paper finds inheritance in Ireland has little impact on wealth inequality, unlike in Europe, due to inheritances aiding property ownership, rising asset prices, and a wage-rental income shifts.

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Mar 3

Fantastic to see @economist.com covering our data and paper, published in The Journal of Economic Inequality (with @taramcindoecalder.bsky.social Laura Boyd)! 🚀

econ.st/41jIFXF

The piece examines inheritance's renewed role in wealth, inequality, and marriage choices, among rich countries.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · Feb 24

Today marks the third anniversary of Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine.

We continue to stand with the people of Ukraine, who have been suffering through this horrific aggression.

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Feb 3

This is such an amazing effort and a public good for macro research!

x.com/KarstenMueII...

#econsky

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Jan 13

"The Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals" (w/ E Aigner and J Greenspon)--a much revised and updated version now forthcoming at World Development. (Incidentally, my very first academic publication was in that same journal back in 1981!) drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/publications...

The Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals

Aigner E, Greenspon J, Rodrik D. The Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals. 2025.

drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Dec 9

Thank you very much for including my paper!

Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 27

Grazie Andrea!!

Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 26

#EconSky

Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 26

Thank you Rebecca!

Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 26

My dissertation examines dynamics within and between international macro and wealth/income inequality dimensions.

~ JMP (Ch4): lnkd.in/d5v8xTsm
~ Ch1: lnkd.in/gJUWPn7e (IMF Econ Rev)
~ Ch2: lnkd.in/dtz6prz9 ( J Econ Inequal)
~ Ch3: lnkd.in/d-pnJhD3 (JMacro)

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 26

Exciting news! I successfully defended my PhD thesis yesterday at @tcdeconomics.bsky.social ☘️🎉

A huge thanks to the viva commission - Mark Spiegel, Paul Scanlon, @fontananicola.bsky.social - for the invaluable feedback + my supervisors A. Bénétrix & @davideromelli.bsky.social , for their guidance!

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Ronan Lyons @ronanlyons.bsky.social · Nov 21

I've set up a Starter Park for academic economists in Ireland and those abroad with a strong Irish connection. Keen to add more, esp PhDs and postdocs, so let me know!
(Women make up 50% of the 80 academic economists in Dublin but are a far smaller share of this list so far... Help me fix that!)

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 21

I am looking forward to presenting my JMP tomorrow at the Worshop for Young Researchers jointly organised by SNDE & IIF!

Online, tune in if interested in US monetary policy spillovers and inequality!
sndeecon.org/filer/dokume...

Thread of my JMP here: bsky.app/profile/simo...

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 21

Recently posted about my JMP, Thanks Khoa!
bsky.app/profile/simo...

Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 20

📢I'm on the #EconJobMarket!

My #EconJMP studies how inequality in foreign economies shapes the effects of Fed's tightening on their GDP.

Spoiler: higher ineq = larger (smaller) GDP drop in AEs (EMEs). Mainly via financial channel.

👉 tinyurl.com/4e2y9598
🌐 simone-arrigoni.com

#EconSky
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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 20

People made me notice that if you click on my website link it does not work.
This is because bluesky truncates the https.

Type this full link or you can just use the one in my bio
"https://www.simone-arrigoni.com/home"

Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 20

🔚 The End! (for now😉)

Huge thanks to my supervisors Agustín Bénétrix & @davideromelli.bsky.social, co-authors, Ph.D. colleagues, and everyone at @tcdeconomics.bsky.social for their invaluable support along the journey!

🌐 More about my research: simone-arrigoni.com
👉 JMP: tinyurl.com/4e2y9598
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Arrigoni_JobMarketPaper.pdf

Job Market Paper (Simone Arrigoni - Trinity College Dublin)

tinyurl.com

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 20

⚖️ High US interest rates in recent years underscore the importance of this study. Recipient countries can use these findings to inform policies that mitigate spillover effects (e.g., redistribution, capital controls).

🔮 Future research: spillovers from other CBs, types of monetary policy.

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 20

Model's bottom line: inequality shapes foreign monetary policy spillovers to GDP mainly via the financial channel.

Do the data support this? Yes.
I study the interaction between inequality and financial openness. Financially closed (open): higher inequality = weaker (stronger) spillovers.

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 20

Bond mkt access within-country: constrained ×, unconstrained ✓.
But unconstrained HHs differ btwn countries (home bias, fees,...).

I raise foreign bond holding cost for country 3, now representing an EME. This replicates the empirical result for EMEs: higher inequality = weaker spillovers.

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 20

In the baseline scenario (classic spillover), US monetary tightening causes a GDP contraction in foreign countries, a stronger dollar, and reduced exports.

As in the empirics, higher inequality (higher proportion of constrained households) amplifies negative spillovers in foreign countries.

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Simone Arrigoni @simonearrigoni.bsky.social · Nov 20

Why? 🔍Theoretical framework
Scope: understand what drives the discrepancy of the effects between AEs and EMEs.

Open-economy model of Eichenbaum et al. (2021)
+ household heterogeneity: financially constrained vs unconstrained HHs. Gini generated by income differences between the two HHs.

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