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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 9d

My three favourite papers on the political economy of zero-sum politics (aside from the well-known Chinoy et al. paper).
1. @snageebali.bsky.social, Maximilian Mihm, and Lucas Siga. 2025. ‘The Political Economy of Zero-Sum Thinking’. Econometrica 93(1): 41–70. t.co/LoCepP3L1L

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · 21d

An inspiring and lovely read:

www.sfu.ca/economics/co...

Congratulations Arthur Robson!

Professor Arthur Robson retires from SFU after nearly 25 years and wins Lifetime Achievement Award for his innovative research into the biological basis of economics.

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Aug 26

Come join us at Penn State Econ for the Midwest Trade & Theory Conference in mid-November. Submission deadline is September 6.

Details here:
sites.google.com/view/midwest...

Midwest Trade & Theory

Join us for the Fall 2025 meetings at Penn State! Friday November 14 - Sunday November 16 State College, Pennsylvania Organized by local host Jim Tybout and the board of the Midwest International Eco...

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Jul 21

New paper!

Strategic Complexity Promotes Egalitarianism in Legislative Bargaining, with Marina Agranov, Doug Bernheim, and Tom Palfrey

The paper shows theoretically and experimentally that egalitarianism can be a strategic response to complex bargaining situations.

sites.psu.edu/nageebali/fi...

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NBER @nber.org · Jul 21

Cookie banner design matters for privacy choices, but browser-level settings improve welfare far more than better banners or defaults, from Chiara Farronato, Andrey Fradkin, and Tesary Lin https://www.nber.org/papers/w34025

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Jun 3

You can trust a theorist to write a self-referential ChatGPT acknowledgement.

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Jun 2

Forthcoming in the AER: "Robustness Measures for Welfare Analysis" by Zi Yang Kang and Shoshana Vasserman. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Robustness Measures for Welfare Analysis

(Forthcoming Article) - Economists routinely make functional form assumptions on demand curves to derive welfare conclusions. How sensitive are these conclusions to such assumptions? In this paper, we...

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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · May 2

Exciting!

Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement*

Abstract. Economists often measure discrimination as disparities arising from the direct effects of group identity. We develop new tools to model and measu

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UMN Economics @umn-econ.bsky.social · Apr 15

We are sad to announce that former faculty member and Minnesota Econ Ph.D. alum Patrick Bajari passed away on Monday.

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Remembering Patrick L. Bajari (1969-2025)

Patrick L. Bajari was a pioneer spanning the academic and business worlds.

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Apr 14

I feel obligated to say something about separating hyperplanes.

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Apr 10

It was a fantastic conference and an excellent way to remember an economist who left us too early

VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory @vset.bsky.social · Apr 10

Last week, we had a wonderful time in Madrid at the Makris Symposium in Economic Theory (MSET2025). Many thanks to all our speakers for their excellent talks. More photos now available on our website: sites.google.com/view/mset-wo...
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · Apr 3

Having worked with Sunil Kumar while he was provost here at Johns Hopkins, I am not surprised that he’s showing this kind of leadership as Tufts president. An example to be followed.

Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · Apr 3

Note to Columbia University:

This is how you do it.

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University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk

University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Apr 2

Time to work on the follow-up paper, “The Political Economy of Zero Thinking”

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Mar 27

I’m at UNC for the Triangle Microeconomics Conference and look whose picture is right next to my hotel room!

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Lawrence H. Summers @larrysummers.bsky.social · Mar 22

I am profoundly saddened and alarmed by Columbia University and Paul Weiss law firm’s capitulation to the increasingly dictatorial Trump administration.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Mar 22

@austinkocher.com: In one of his most dangerous orders so far, Trump instructed the DHS and the DOJ to use "professional ethics" as a mechanism for silencing lawyers who challenge him in court or represent immigrants.
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Trump Declares War on Immigration Attorneys

In one of his most dangerous moves so far, Trump instructed the DHS and the DOJ to use "professional ethics" as a mechanism for silencing lawyers who challenge him in court or represent immigrants.

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Mar 22

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A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | ACLU

The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.

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Tore Ellingsen @toreellingsen.bsky.social · Mar 16

Ordered. Let’s get the Streisand effect going.

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Mar 16

This is the link in case the previous one doesn’t work www.bbc.com/news/article...

Meta stops former Facebook director from promoting critical memoir

Social media company wins US emergency ruling preventing ex-director from publicising her book.

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Mar 16

A nuance is that the design (and response) frames these questions as "training" subjects rather than testing their comprehension. Subjects did questions repeatedly and saw answers. 75% then doesn't seem so egregious to me. I would care more about responses to a final comprehension question.

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Mar 16

For those interested, here is an initial response from Ryan:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/005uy...

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Kyle Meng @kylemeng.com · Mar 14

My UCSB econ colleague Ryan Oprea posts a response to critiques of his "Decisions under Risk Are Decisions under Complexity" AER paper. #econsky

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Travis T. York, Ph.D. (he/they) @travisyork.bsky.social · Mar 12

🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption.
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Mar 6

I found this to be an inspirational read and an impressive call-to-action during these dark times.

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Read Sen. Elissa Slotkin's full Democratic response to Trump's joint address to Congress

Slotkin, a first-term senator from Michigan, spoke for about 11 minutes.

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Steve Cicala @stevecicala.bsky.social · Mar 4

This is exactly what the paper should be reporting! This aid was determined by a law last year. It is not discretionary, and withholding such funds was the reason for Trump’s first impeachment. He is very much breaking the law, and it’s being reported as if it’s up to his judgment.

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Nageeb Ali @snageebali.bsky.social · Mar 4

It's (beyond) immoral. What though makes it illegal? Is it beyond the scope of executive power? (Genuine question.)

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