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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Aug 26

Delighted to be EC'26 PC co-chair w. Matt Weinberg who is one of the most prolific scholars in algorithmic mechanism design & EconCS: www.cs.princeton.edu/~smattw/Rese.... We really look forward to working with the whole EC community, welcoming new members, & making sure EC'26 is a huge success. 🫡🥳🤟

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Jul 30

I found out yesterday that birds are dinosaurs 🦅,🦢->🦖,🦕(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_...) and decided to join the Royal Society for the Protection of the Remaining Dinosaurs @rspb.bsky.social.

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Jul 29

The @nytimes.com says: "The Bull Market for Economists Is Over." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b....

But Oxford Econ Dept & Nuffield College continue to offer their prestigious 3-year postdoc in economics! 👏 🎯

Deadline 🚨 30 September 🚨 to get offer by Xmas 🎄: economics.web.ox.ac.uk/nuffield-pos...

Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Deadline: Tuesday, 30 September 2025

economics.web.ox.ac.uk

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Jul 23

A staggeringly thoughtful and balanced podcast episode by @ezraklein.bsky.social "Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another" which is worth 24 minutes of anyone's time. I wonder to what extent these "family feuds" also happen among British Jews. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 07/23/2025 · 24m

podcasts.apple.com

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Noam Angrist @noamangrist.bsky.social · Jun 11

For those in and around Oxford, come join this event tomorrow! @oxfordcsae.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · May 12

📍CEPS Workshop | European Workshop on Market Design

The CEPS is pleased to announce the 5th European Workshop on Market Design on 16-17 June at ZEW Mannheim, co-organized by @olivierbos.bsky.social.

➡️ Information & Program: www.marketdesign-workshop.com/outline.html @univparissaclay.bsky.social

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Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · May 27

📢 Following our recent #AGM, we're delighted to announce:
👤 Prof Imran Rasul as RES President
👤 Prof Tony Venables as President-Elect (2025–26)
👤 Prof Diane Coyle as President-Elect (2026–27)

Plus, 6 new Council members confirmed 👉 bit.ly/4mMrrMz

#EconSky #RESPresident @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social‬

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · May 5

Yes. The other issue is, of course, preferences over the entire allocation at which point you're really quite stuffed.

Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · May 5

As a parent, one learns to appreciate a brutal corollary of Gale's Top Trading Cycles: to avoid inefficiency, one of the kids must get their first-choice toy.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Apr 29

"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Apr 23

A lovely paper by two splendid auction theorists!
Auction practitioners might wish to pay attention to this one...

Bernhard Kasberger @b-kasberger.bsky.social · Apr 23

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🚨 Excited to share a new paper just out in Journal of Economic Theory: "Bidding in Multi-Unit Auctions Under Limited Information" by @B_Kasberger & Kyle Woodward.
What happens when bidders in multi-unit auctions don’t know what others might bid? Let's break down our approach 👇 #EconSky

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Bernhard Kasberger @b-kasberger.bsky.social · Apr 23

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🚨 Excited to share a new paper just out in Journal of Economic Theory: "Bidding in Multi-Unit Auctions Under Limited Information" by @B_Kasberger & Kyle Woodward.
What happens when bidders in multi-unit auctions don’t know what others might bid? Let's break down our approach 👇 #EconSky

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Apr 10

Wise advice from an experienced editor and an exceptional scholar! 👇👇👇

I updated my posteriors the most after reading points 8 and 9...

Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Apr 8

After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Apr 8

After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Apr 7

If I could give a talk at 20% of clarity, depth and enthusiasm* of @yannaigonch.bsky.social, it would be the best talk of my life!

Sample: yannai.gonch.name/scientific/t...

Thank you for hosting me @shengwuli.bsky.social

*OK, maybe 50% enthusiasm, I'm prone to being enthusiastic about my papers.

Yannai A. Gonczarowski - Scientific Talks

yannai.gonch.name

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Mar 29

Hard to tell, but possibly. It's Einstein and Gödel.

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · Mar 26

1/n It’s been a long week, and we're only halfway, so here is a fun story of how new classical macroeconomics came to France - not the whole story, but part of the fabric of how economic ideas do travel

As any 1980s French story, it involves postmodernism, art, fashion & nudes (and macro)

#econsky

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Mar 26

I'm in Princeton for the first time and I was wondering if anyone knows where exactly this picture was taken, what is the house in the background, and whether one can still walk on this path? Thank you, hive-mind!

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Julien Combe @combeju.bsky.social · Feb 10

For theory, I always thought that the story on how the proof was found is much more valuable than the super optimized backward engineered final version of it which, most of the time, kills the intuition but "looks impressive", I would love to see more on this in small "sketch" paragraphs

Christina Gravert @cgravert.bsky.social · Feb 10

How cool is this?! A behind the scenes seminar series on how an economics paper came about - all the invisible work that never gets into the printed version. First event on 17th of February. I am also looking forward to using the recordings for teaching. www.bts-seminar.net

Home | BTS Seminar Series

The Behind-the-Scenes Seminar Series is designed to learn about the production process of research papers, offering an opportunity for students and researchers in all fields and at all career stages t...

www.bts-seminar.net

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Feb 7

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️

We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.

Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Nov 19

Reposted from Stephan Lauerman on Twitter

Do you want to join our theory group in Bonn for a PostDoc? Several open positions:

econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Bonn is a great place for micro theory with about 11 faculty members, 10 postdocs, a weekly theory seminar, and many other activities.

EJM - Econ Job Market

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Feb 6

Every year, there is a Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship that often attracts excellent theorists (e.g., Bruno Strulovici, David Delacretaz, Paula Onuhic and Ludvig Sinander). There is an extra postdoc in theory that I'm hosting for next year too: econjobmarket.org/positions/11.... Thanks, Ben!

EJM - Econ Job Market

econjobmarket.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Feb 4

New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Screening performance and characteristics of breast cancer detected in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a randomised, controlled, parallel-group, non-inferiority, ...

The findings suggest that AI contributes to the early detection of clinically relevant breast cancer and reduces screen-reading workload without increasing false positives.

thelancet.com

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Jan 31

We have just advertised a one-year postdoc in Oxford for anyone interested in economic theory and especially market design: econjobmarket.org/positions/11.... Feel free to reach out for more info! Applications from folks on the current job market and those planning to go next year are welcome!

EJM - Econ Job Market

econjobmarket.org

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Jan 29

BBC Radio 3's music on the 80th anniversary of Liberation of Auschwitz was unforgettable. (Especially besterquartet.com/about-us/jar...) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

Radio 3 Breakfast marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

www.bbc.co.uk