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Sergio Ocampo @socampdi.bsky.social · 4h

Learn about our department 🔗https://economics.uwo.ca/people/faculty/tenure.html

Sergio Ocampo @socampdi.bsky.social · 5h

🚨We are Hiring at the University of Western Ontario🚨

We have 3️⃣ tenure-track positions:
•2 Open-Field
•1 linked to our Masters in Financial Economics (open to various fields)

Come work with us in 🇨🇦! Share with your students!

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Sergio Ocampo @socampdi.bsky.social · 15d

We are hosting the Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group at @westernu.ca!
This year's keynote is Kjetil Storesletten @hellerhurwicz.bsky.social

Program 👉 baxter-robinson.github.io/CMSG2025_Pro...
Registration is 100 CAD (70 for students!) 🔗https://economics.uwo.ca/about-us/workshops/index.html

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Tim Kehoe 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @tkehoe.bsky.social · Aug 23

New study compares economic experiences of China and Mexico after they opened to international trade and foreign investment by Xing Xu, PhD student at UMN Econ ‪
@umn-econ.bsky.social‬ and research analyst at Minneapolis Fed @minneapolisfed.bsky.social and me:
www.minneapolisfed.org/research/sta...

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Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) @restatjournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

Monetary policy shocks affect more cities with low income per capita, both in prices and income. Just Accepted new paper by Juan Herreño @juanherreno.bsky.social‬ and Mathieu Pedemonte @mathpedemonte.bsky.social‬ zurl.co/njzAc

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Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · Jun 26

Hello #econtwitter community: if any of you has been teaching any of my papers, would you mind shooting me a DM? I would hugely appreciate that 🙏 and thanks in advance!

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Dominic Smith @dominicsmith.bsky.social · Jul 24

Tomorrow I will be finishing a 321 mile bike ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati to raise money for Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland in memory of my Aunt, Amy Jo Smith.

Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...

Me holding a bike and screaming with strava text showing a completed 124 mile ride for day 2 of my bike ride.

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Dominic Smith @dominicsmith.bsky.social · Jul 16

Next week I will be biking 321 miles from Cleveland to Cincinnati in memory of my Aunt Amy Jo. I am raising money for a nonprofit that supports people with Down Syndrome that was incredibly helpful to my Aunt. support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...

GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge 2025 - 321, Go for Amy Jo: Ride Across Ohio for Acceptance

This July I am riding 321 miles from Cleveland to Cincinnati with 2 other people to raise money for Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland in memory of my Aunt, Amy Jo Smith. Biking and Amy: Two of Amy's great...

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · Jul 16

Next was a pair of talks by Hugo Lhuillier (local root of wage inequality) and @socampdi.bsky.social (modeling wealth inequality) at @nber.org www.youtube.com/live/AUIIyL-... (3/6)

Inequality and Macroeconomics

YouTube video by NBER

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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · Jul 9

Former graduate student Carlos Rondon Moreno and our colleague Christiane Baumeister catching up at a Central Bank of Chile conference:

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Tim Kehoe 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @tkehoe.bsky.social · Jun 21

“Artificial Intelligence and Learning the Macroeconomy: Workshop in Honor of Albert Marcet,” BSE Summer Forum, 19-20 June 2025.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Jun 13

Welcome, @umn-econ.bsky.social! Great to have you posting on here.
#EconSky

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NPR @npr.org · Jun 13

Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs

Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks'

Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan.

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UMN Economics @umn-econ.bsky.social · Jun 2

Professor VV Chari in the @startribune.com on the legislation that recently passed the U.S. House: “We’re now out of the pandemic. This is a time for us to pursue perhaps a more responsible fiscal policy, but we seem to be going in exactly the wrong direction.”
www.startribune.com/the-fiscal-i...

The fiscal impact of the bill will be big, but it won’t be beautiful

Trillions estimated to be added to a federal debt that’s already unsustainable.

www.startribune.com

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Jun 11

Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:

"How to Write a Title and Abstract"

Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.

#EconSky #AcademicSky

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jun 10

Not true.

I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

Corey Wiley on Twitter writes: "You don’t get it.
Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"

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Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is incredible

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Sergio Ocampo @socampdi.bsky.social · Jun 11

What a nice read! Thanks!

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · Jun 11

from me!

Vulture @vulture.com · Jun 11

‘Andor’ star Diego Luna refuses to take credit for reshaping ‘Star Wars.’ His colleagues beg to differ.

In Diego Luna’s Orbit

‘Andor’ star Diego Luna refuses to take credit for reshaping ‘Star Wars.’ His colleagues beg to differ.

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Jun 11

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Rising Concentration of Household Shopping, Superstar Firms, and Implications for Retail Markups" by Justin H. Leung and Zhonglin Li. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Rising Concentration of Household Shopping, Superstar Firms, and Implications for Retail Markups

(Forthcoming Article) - This paper documents an increase in concentration of household shopping in the US retail sector from 2004-2019. Despite a growing number of stores, households visit fewer store...

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Paul Raschky @raschky.bsky.social · Jun 10

We are hiring! We are seeking expressions of interest for appointment as Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Monash University. DM me if you have questions.

econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

EJM - Econ Job Market

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Johannes Buggle @jcbuggle.bsky.social · Jun 6

We are opening three full professor positions in beautiful Innsbruck!

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Sergio Ocampo @socampdi.bsky.social · May 30

Checkout @1954swilliamson.bsky.social analysis of *stablecoins* and the implications of the GENIUS act.
Steve provides a straightforward understanding of the main issues👇

Stephen Williamson @1954swilliamson.bsky.social · May 30

1/Krugman's piece is a useful summary of the implications of the GENIUS Act, which sets up a legal framework for stablecoins. To add to this, a stablecoin is basically a bank. Like all banks, it holds assets, and issues liabilities intended to ... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/digital-co...

Digital Corruption Takes Over DC

Time to call crypto what it is: A criminal enterprise

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Stephen Williamson @1954swilliamson.bsky.social · May 30

1/Krugman's piece is a useful summary of the implications of the GENIUS Act, which sets up a legal framework for stablecoins. To add to this, a stablecoin is basically a bank. Like all banks, it holds assets, and issues liabilities intended to ... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/digital-co...

Digital Corruption Takes Over DC

Time to call crypto what it is: A criminal enterprise

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · May 29

The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · May 29

Aerial view westward over the Blatten deposit and the newly formed lake upstream! 🧊🌊

📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin

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