Best of #econtwitter - Week of July 19, 2020

Jul 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… (1/18)

nber.org

NBER Summer Institute Live

12:43 PM · Jul 14, 2020

8 Reposts · 59 Likes

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

54 Reposts · 135 Likes

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)

CESifo @CESifoGroup

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

17 Reposts · 31 Likes

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

35 Reposts · 76 Likes

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:

institute.jpmorganchase.com

Consumption Effects of Unemployment Insurance during the Covid-19 Pandemic

11:57 PM · Jul 16, 2020

38 Reposts · 75 Likes

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

csae.ox.ac.uk

the-cash-crop-revolution-colonialism-and-legacies-of-spatial-inequality-evidence-from-africa | Papers

3:34 PM · Jul 17, 2020

20 Reposts · 41 Likes

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

29 Reposts · 166 Likes

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

213 Reposts · 644 Likes

Ben Golub@ben_golub

6:11 PM · Jul 13, 2020

37 Reposts · 177 Likes

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

tinyurl.com

PatCit_wiki

8:59 PM · Jul 13, 2020

4 Reposts · 12 Likes

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

nickchk.com

The Effect: An Introduction to Causal Inference and Research Design

5:04 PM · Jul 13, 2020

50 Reposts · 303 Likes

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… 1/

9:44 PM · Jul 13, 2020

73 Reposts · 130 Likes

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]

Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto

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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