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The European Public Choice Society @theepcs.bsky.social · 7d

Only 8 weeks to go before the submission deadline to the EPCS conference in Madrid!

The European Public Choice Society @theepcs.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, is pleased to organize the 53th Meeting of the European Public Choice Society. The event will take place on March 23-25, 2026.
Submit your paper: www.epcsmadrid2026.es
Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2025.

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Jul 2

📢 We're hiring!
Looking for a motivated, organized, and detail-oriented Econ student to join our team at JFKI (@jfki-econ.bsky.social) as a Student Assistant 🎓💼

Gain experience, boost your resume, and support our department!
Apply now ➡️
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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you so much, Max. The visit at FU Berlin today was so much fun. Always a pleasure!

Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Jun 17

Excited to welcome @zohalhessami.bsky.social from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de this thursday for a talk on migrant integration in our Research Seminar in Economics at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social - happening at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social !
#EconSky #EconConf
#Migration #Integration

FU Berlin Economics @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social · Jun 17

🗓️ Thursday, June 5:
We are very happy to welcome @zohalhessami.bsky.social at the Research Seminar in Economics at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . She will present her work on „The (Ir)Relevance of Institutional Proliferation: Evidence from Foreigners’ Advisory Councils“
#EconFUBerlin #RseFUBerlin

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jun 16

🥳 Congratulations to my phd student Temurbek Khasanboev who successfully defended his phd thesis today!!!🎈🎊💪🏼 Very well done and all the best for your future, Temur! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jun 16

🥳 Congratulations to my phd student Temurbek Khasanboev who successfully defended his phd thesis today!!!🎈🎊💪🏼 Very well done and all the best for your future, Temur! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨3 days left to apply!

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨6 days left to apply!!!

Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · May 28

🚨PhD position at my Chair for Social Policy & Public Economics @ruhr-uni-bochum.de available. APPLY NOW!!! Deadline: 08 June 2025. Start date flexible: August 2025 or later. 75% TV-L E-13. Please share within your networks.

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · May 29

😎 Feeling very lucky today that I was invited to give a seminar presentation in Istanbul today @koc-university.bsky.social . A beautiful campus and extremely nice top-of-the-line faculty! Thank you, @mustafakaba.bsky.social for the invitation. 🙏🏼

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · May 29

😎 Feeling very lucky today that I was invited to give a seminar presentation in Istanbul today @koc-university.bsky.social . A beautiful campus and extremely nice top-of-the-line faculty! Thank you, @mustafakaba.bsky.social for the invitation. 🙏🏼

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · May 28

🚨PhD position at my Chair for Social Policy & Public Economics @ruhr-uni-bochum.de available. APPLY NOW!!! Deadline: 08 June 2025. Start date flexible: August 2025 or later. 75% TV-L E-13. Please share within your networks.

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d); Doktorand (m/w/d)

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The European Public Choice Society @theepcs.bsky.social · Jun 30

The 2025 conference of @theepcs.bsky.social will take place on 3-5 April, 2025 at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia and will be organized by Nicolas Gavoille @nicogavoille.bsky.social

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The European Public Choice Society @theepcs.bsky.social · Mar 31

The updated program of the European Public Choice Society conference in Riga is here!
drive.google.com/file/d/1l62b...
See you on Thursday epcs2025.sseriga.edu

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Mar 11

Most elaborate scam-email so far… 🤣🤑😂

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Monika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · Mar 10

The Economist: Die besten Orte für berufstätige Frauen im Jahr 2025
„Unser Index der gläsernen Decke misst die Rolle und den Einfluss von Frauen in der Arbeitswelt“
Deutschland 🇩🇪 auf Platz 22 ☹️

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Max Steinhardt @steinhardt.bsky.social · Mar 7

The Workshop "Immigration and Refugee Inflows: The Impact on Host Country Economies" was a great success! Thank you to all the participants for bringing all of your great ideas, presentations and discussions to FU Berlin (@fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social, @bsoeberlin.bsky.social)
See you next time!

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Mar 7

It was a success… but most importantly it was fun!!! Max, you provided an enormous public service! 🙏🏼 Thanks for all the work and thought you put into this.

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Mar 6

Looking forward to a fantastic Workshop on Immigration & Refugee Inflows: The Impact on Host-Country Economies!!! @jfki-econ.bsky.social @steinhardt.bsky.social

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨NEW PUBLICATION: „Public Administrators as Politicians in Office“ (joint with Timo Häcker and Maximilian Thomas). @ International Tax and Public Finance trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/... Congratulations on your 1st publication, @maximilian-thomas.bsky.social! 🎉🥳🎆

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jan 31

We conclude that the competence of public administrator mayors only matters when they are motivated to use it, i.e. this is an example where incentives are necessary for the effects of political selection to materialize.

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jan 31

Mayors’ background on average has no effect on grant receipts.
Yet, public administrator mayors do attract more grants than outsider mayors when they are ideologically aligned with the council, raising the motivation to apply for grants in the first place.

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jan 31

We use the example of grant receipts for visible investment projects for which mayors must submit an extensive application
to the state government. Our dataset includes 1,933 mayor elections (1993-2020) in Hesse to which we apply a sharp RD design for close mixed-background races.

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jan 31

Abstract:
We analyze whether mayors’ prior occupation in the local public administration matters for their performance. In theory, mayors’ professional background may shape their competence in bureaucratic tasks.

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨NEW PUBLICATION: „Public Administrators as Politicians in Office“ (joint with Timo Häcker and Maximilian Thomas). @ International Tax and Public Finance trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/... Congratulations on your 1st publication, @maximilian-thomas.bsky.social! 🎉🥳🎆

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jan 27

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Martin Werding @martinwerding.bsky.social · Jan 27

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Doktorand*in (m/w/d) am Lehrstuhl Sozialpolitik und öffentliche Finanzen mit 39,83 Std. / Woche, TV-L E13

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Zohal Hessami @zohalhessami.bsky.social · Jan 20

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