Steven Kivinen
@stevenkivinen.bsky.social
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Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
I decided to join substack. The upside is there is a lot of interesting content. The downside is my inbox is now flooded.
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I decided to join substack. The upside is there is a lot of interesting content. The downside is my inbox is now flooded.
And here is the final version. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And here is the final version. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Just watched Insomnia, and wow. Is it Nolan's best movie?
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just watched Insomnia, and wow. Is it Nolan's best movie?
Sometimes you plan to spend the night exploring some econ theory, but the baby gets a new tooth and takes really long to sleep. And when it's all over you really just need to revisit Bowie's Berlin Trilogy.
September 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Sometimes you plan to spend the night exploring some econ theory, but the baby gets a new tooth and takes really long to sleep. And when it's all over you really just need to revisit Bowie's Berlin Trilogy.
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I have posted an updated draft of my paper "Robust Group Manipulation with Indifferences." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Robust Group Manipulation with Indifferences
We define two belief-free notions of coalitional non-manipulability that rule out coalitions in which some agents are indifferent. Strong robust group strategyp
papers.ssrn.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I have posted an updated draft of my paper "Robust Group Manipulation with Indifferences." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I will be presenting the updated draft of my paper "Renegotiation-Proof Cheap Talk" (with @ckuzmics.bsky.social) at SAET next week. (Link to paper below.)
June 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I will be presenting the updated draft of my paper "Renegotiation-Proof Cheap Talk" (with @ckuzmics.bsky.social) at SAET next week. (Link to paper below.)
Thursday night reading: pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Distributional Strategies for Games with Incomplete Information | Mathematics of Operations Research
pubsonline.informs.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thursday night reading: pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
A new draft of my paper is available. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Robust Group Manipulation with Indifferences
We define two belief-free notions of coalitional non-manipulability that rule out coalitions in which some agents are indifferent. Strong robust group strategyp
papers.ssrn.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A new draft of my paper is available. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Kenneth O. May led a much more interesting life than I realized. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth...
Kenneth O. May - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Kenneth O. May led a much more interesting life than I realized. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth...
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"Is it possible to identify one's probabilistic beliefs about an event when they care about the event itself? Can we measure a partisan voter’s beliefs about their preferred candidate winning the election or a wife’s beliefs about her husband recovering from disease?" 1/2
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April 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Great paper.
April 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Great paper.
I mainly came to Bluesky for the econtwitter. But I rarely see any now. Very low level of activity. What’s going on?
April 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I mainly came to Bluesky for the econtwitter. But I rarely see any now. Very low level of activity. What’s going on?
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People make different kinds of contributions to the social sciences — mathematical, theoretical, empirical, historical and others. Indeed, formal mathematical models have been very valuable as has careful institutional and historical insight. Social science has room for it all.
April 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
People make different kinds of contributions to the social sciences — mathematical, theoretical, empirical, historical and others. Indeed, formal mathematical models have been very valuable as has careful institutional and historical insight. Social science has room for it all.
Just got an email from a journal. A “Call for Reading.” Lol.
March 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just got an email from a journal. A “Call for Reading.” Lol.
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For object assignment without monetary transfers, Random Serial Dictatorship was long conjectured to be the only strategy-proof, ex post efficient & symmetric rule. We show that it is not. Further, we investigate when it cannot be Pareto-dominated ex ante. www.econometricsociety.org/publications...
March 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For object assignment without monetary transfers, Random Serial Dictatorship was long conjectured to be the only strategy-proof, ex post efficient & symmetric rule. We show that it is not. Further, we investigate when it cannot be Pareto-dominated ex ante. www.econometricsociety.org/publications...
If you’re anti-due process then you’re anti-liberty.
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If you’re anti-due process then you’re anti-liberty.
Today's cool paper.
On 64%-Majority Rule on JSTOR
Andrew Caplin, Barry Nalebuff, On 64%-Majority Rule, Econometrica, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Jul., 1988), pp. 787-814
www.jstor.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Today's cool paper.
Eric Maskin is giving the Schumpeter Lectures here in Graz next week. I'm really looking forward to them!
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at/de/graz-schu...
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at/de/graz-schu...
Neueste Schumpeter Lecture - Graz Schumpeter Centre
Hier finden Sie alle Informationen zu den neuesten Schumpeter Lectures des Schumpeter Centre des Graz Schumpeter Centres.
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at
March 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Eric Maskin is giving the Schumpeter Lectures here in Graz next week. I'm really looking forward to them!
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at/de/graz-schu...
schumpeter-centre.uni-graz.at/de/graz-schu...
I think there’s a chance that some social media, X in particular, is banned in Canada at some point. Maybe it won’t be, but I bet the discussions are being had. Some content in my feed is borderline treasonous, and if this conflict escalates some action will be taken.
March 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I think there’s a chance that some social media, X in particular, is banned in Canada at some point. Maybe it won’t be, but I bet the discussions are being had. Some content in my feed is borderline treasonous, and if this conflict escalates some action will be taken.
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"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But POTUS said this. Many times! He calls the PM Governor. And he hasn’t given any other reason (except the obviously false drug story). So why would we do gymnastics to come up with another reason?
Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
March 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
But POTUS said this. Many times! He calls the PM Governor. And he hasn’t given any other reason (except the obviously false drug story). So why would we do gymnastics to come up with another reason?
Trudeau has done a lot to improve his legacy the past 2 months.
March 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Trudeau has done a lot to improve his legacy the past 2 months.
I fly enough to know that you have to have somewhat low expectations regarding customer service and timeliness. But watching my mother try to get to Europe on @aircananda.bsky.social is another level. Disgraceful.
February 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I fly enough to know that you have to have somewhat low expectations regarding customer service and timeliness. But watching my mother try to get to Europe on @aircananda.bsky.social is another level. Disgraceful.