Best of #econtwitter - Week of July 19, 2020
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New papers
Martin Beraja@MartinBeraja
🚨New paper🚨
States play an important role in the age of data-intensive innovation. Evidence from AI firms in China + Macro implications of government data provision to firms.
See it Thursday July 16th, 11ET, @ NBER Income Distribution and Macro: nber.org/si2020livestre…
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12:43 PM ∙ Jul 14, 2020
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Jason Abaluck@Jabaluck
NEW PAPER: Some insurance plans increase beneficiary mortality, but consumers (mostly) can’t tell which ones. Getting rid of the worst 5% of Medicare Advantage plans could save 10,000 lives/year …d1a-wp-offload-media.s3.amazonaws.com/faculty/wp-con… (w/ @autoregress, @AmandaStarc1, and @mmcaceresb
5:37 PM ∙ Jul 16, 2020
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Johannes Stroebel@stroebel_econ
🚨New working paper with @michaelcbailey, Kuchler, @DomRussel and State.
We explore the determinants and effects of social connectedness across European NUTS2 regions, using a European version of the Social Connectedness Index (SCI) from Facebook. (1/N)
The Determinants and Effects of Social Connectedness in Europe | Bailey, Michael / Kuchler, Theresa / Russel, Dominic / State, Bogdan / @stroebel_econ | https://t.co/mI5rwQLllL https://t.co/f6GdDGFVpM
5:28 PM ∙ Jul 18, 2020
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Kyle Myers@KRoyMyers
New paper thread time! Here's an overview of a paper I presented yesterday at NBER SI Productivity, with some bonus results I didn't have time for
tl;dr -- public research grants have effects all over the place, and we can finally start to quantify these spillovers!
1:53 PM ∙ Jul 15, 2020
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Joe Vavra@JoeVavra
In new #JPMCInstitute research institute.jpmorganchase.com/institute/rese… we look at spending responses to $600 UI Supplement. BOTTOM LINE: UI is providing crucial spending support for the economy, and if we cut to zero on July 31, expect bad effects. Details in Thread:
11:57 PM ∙ Jul 16, 2020
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Philip Roessler@philip_roessler
New working paper on the origins of spatial inequality in Africa with @YannickPengl, Robert Marty, Kyle Sorlie Titlow & Nicolas van de Walle up @Oxford_CSAE
Short thread for those interested
3:34 PM ∙ Jul 17, 2020
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Newly-published papers
Lindsey Novak@LindseyKNovak
My paper, Persistent Norms and Tipping Points: The Case of Female Genital Cutting, is out in JEBO! CliffsNotes version in thread.
Ungated for the next 30 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1bOnNc24av91…
#EconTwitter #AcademicTwitter
5:11 PM ∙ Jul 15, 2020
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Andy Guess@andyguess
My paper "(Almost) Everything in Moderation: New Evidence on Americans' Online Media Diets" is forthcoming at AJPS🥳. I use surveys and web visit data + a machine classifier to study online news consumption in 2015-2016. Get ready for a THREAD!
Preprint: dropbox.com/s/3rjsnp8k3im7…
9:39 PM ∙ Jul 15, 2020
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Ben Golub@ben_golub
I have a popular joke tweet but no soundcloud to promote.
I DO have a nerdy paper that I've long wanted to tweet.
It's about how a group negotiates to trade favors (e.g., disease mitigation), and how this is ultimately a problem in network theory.
bengolub.net/papers/jmp-4pg…
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6:11 PM ∙ Jul 13, 2020
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Public goods
Cyril Verluise@CyrilVerluise
🙀 New dataset on Wiki citations from patents
💬 100k+ citations to Wiki coming from worldwide patents. Includes a large majority of Wikipedia pages
📢 Wikipedia researchers, we are looking for your ideas/feedback
🛢️ tinyurl.com/ya6cenkr
📝 tinyurl.com/y96o9de5
8:59 PM ∙ Jul 13, 2020
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Nick HK@nickchk
I've been working on an intuitive and accessible intro textbook on causality and research design. It's going pretty well, Volume 1 almost done. I'll be posting chapters from the book, one per week. Link here, and I'll update this thread with chapters
5:04 PM ∙ Jul 13, 2020
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Announcements
Ben Golub@ben_golub
🚨 Please RT! 🚨
One of the best events of the year in economic theory is online, open to all this year: The Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory.
There’s an amazing lineup of talks covering a broad range of areas in theory.
gtcenter.org/?page=Conferen…
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9:44 PM ∙ Jul 13, 2020
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Matt Notowidigdo@ProfNoto
New advice on "Papers Previously Submitted to the American Economic Review and AER: Insights" [for AEJ-Policy & rest of the AEJs] aeaweb.org/journals/pol/a…
[Also, re-tweeting my earlier thread on AEJ-Policy & AEJ-Applied below]
Alright, let’s do this!
QUESTION: “What is the difference between AEJ-Policy and AEJ-Applied?”
Warning, WARNING(!), yawn-inducing inside baseball thread to follow... 1/ https://t.co/3dCCYjoRHP
6:49 PM ∙ Jul 13, 2020
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Discussion of the week: effects of the pandemic on the profession
Susan Athey@Susan_Athey
Academic twitter--will there be a job market at all this year for assistant profs at top 25 U.S. research uni's? Are there *any* that have not announced hiring freezes? It makes a difference for student planning if the U.S. market will be "just dismal," or entirely dead
5:08 AM ∙ Jul 14, 2020
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^discussion in the replies
John Cawley@cawley_john
Our AEA committee on the #EconJobMarket has released some new data. YTD, the # of new jobs on JOE is down 24.0% relative to the previous 3 years. More info here:
1:16 PM ∙ Jul 14, 2020
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Catherine Rampell@crampell
The enrollment of new international students at U.S. universities in the fall 2020-21 academic year is projected to decline 63% to 98% from the 2018-19 level, per @NFAPResearch, possibly to lowest level since WW2. Plummeting for several reasons... /thread
3:23 PM ∙ Jul 13, 2020
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Diana Van Patten@DianaVanPatten
Interesting new optional requirement.
“Recruiters can now request that an applicant submit a link to a video presentation of their job market paper, or a general video presentation of themselves, as part of their application.” https://t.co/RPCiDo3XLe
Applicant, Recruiter: Video presentations added to list of possible documents https://t.co/3DVQHHaXfo
7:29 PM ∙ Jul 19, 2020
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Jennifer Doleac@jenniferdoleac
Ugh, there it is. #ASSA2021 will be virtual. Not surprising, but still sad.
1:30 PM ∙ Jul 13, 2020
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^RIP 2021 AEAs