What is the differential impact of a shock to public debt levels vs maturity on the aggregate economy? A novel identification design allows @utso_93 from CEMFI to disentangle the two effects. #HECeconPhD #EconTwitter Photo: Juyoung kim

When #MarketPower is high among wealthiest firms, taxing the top 1% induce more #redistribution and has limited downsides on production and wages. Matteo Cremonini at #HECeconPhD #Taxation #entrepreneurship #equity

Would you prefer to find out if you won today or tomorrow? And what if it's a loss? Lab #experiments by Sarat Chandra Akella from HEC Paris Business School find individuals prefer early resolution of #uncertainty both for gains and losses. #HECeconPhD #Risk #BehavioralEconomics Photo by Juyoung kim

How can we model decisions accounting for self-control problems due to negative emotions? Agustin Troccoli Moretti, from University of Warwick, reconciles distress and rational behavior. #HECeconPhD #DecisionTheory #BehavioralEconomics Photo by Juyoung kim

#SelfEmployed workers constitutes 60% of the labor force in Africa. When hit by negative #trade shocks, #women suffer larger negative income effects because of worse outside options. @r_loubes from Paris School of Economics , at #HECeconPhD #gender #DevelopmentEconomics Photo by Juyoung kim

Can economic #competion spur violence? Higher demand for informal transport in South Africa has led to increased murders among taxi owners competing for customers, Leonard le Roux from ScPoEcon. #HECeconPhD #DevelopmentEconomics #EconomicsOfCrime #UrbanEconomics Photo Juyoung kim

Higher #commodity prices can boost #HumanCapital in exporting countries. Daniel Kammer Universität Konstanz finds that after coffee price booms, children in Rwanda completed more schooling. #HECeconPhD #DevelopmentEconomics #Education Photo Juyoung kim

When owners control firms, companies may become vehicles for private #consumption and #savings, with large distortions in terms of #equity of the #tax system. Laurent Bach , ESSEC Business School and IPP - Institut des politiques publiques, in the keynote lecture of the second day at #HECeconPhD. Photo Juyoung kim

Does #political accountability improve #bureaucratic selection? Antonio León from School of Economics & Finance at Queen Mary, shows that #anticorruption audits in Brazil increased quality of civil servants. #HECeconPhD #DevelopmentEconomics #PoliticalEconomy Photo Juyoung kim

Anti-corruption trials can be politically motivated. Bakhtawar Ali from AMSE → 🦋 @amseaixmars.bsky.social uses a RDD design to show that in Pakistan, #PoliticalOpposition has been heavily targeted by #antiCorruption courts. #HECeconPhD #DevelopmentEconomics #PoliticalEconomy Photo Juyoung kim

Does firm-sponsored #training influence the development and retention of the best #talents in firms? Giacomo Rostagno from HEC Paris Business School sheds lights on the underyling mechanisms and the #incentives at stake. #HECeconPhD #AppliedMicroeconomicTheory Photo Juyoung kim

Are online #platforms incentivized to share knowledge with #consumers? Pia Ennuschat from UPF Barcelona says yes, when the platform is not the sole source of information. #HECeconPhD #AppliedMicroTheory Photo Juyoung kim

How do #contract #terms impact the stable allocations in the #doctor-#hospital matching market? Cyril Rouault Cyril Rouault from @ENS_ParisSaclay explains that adding contract terms is not always favourable. #HECeconPhD #AppliedMicroTheory Photo Juyoung kim

Why do women take more informal jobs in #Mexico ? Angelica Martinez Leyva from University of Warwick shows how #caregiving #responsibilities and the need for #flexibility in hours worked play a role in this choice #HECeconPhD #InformalLaborMarkets #JobMobility Photo Juyoung kim

Samuel Marshall from University of Warwick quantifies #wage #markdowns in rural and urban areas in #Tanzania via a #spatial general equilibrium model of monopsony. #HECeconPhD #InformalLaborMarkets #JobMobility Photo Juyoung kim

What is the role that the #informalsector plays in the #migration process? Thomas Monnier from CREST (UMR 9194) estimates option values associated with local and remote job search across sectors #HECeconPhD #InformalLaborMarkets #JobMobility Photo Juyoung kim

📸 Had an incredible time at the PhD Economics Conference! A huge thank you to all the brilliant minds who participated and to the #HECeconPhD organizers who made it all possible. Thanks to the keynote speakers Laurent Bach and Nicolas Coeurdacier Knowledge@HEC HEC Paris Business School

Research #HECeconPhD Workshop Underlines Potential of New Generation of Economists! With #PhD students from TSE CREST (UMR 9194) University of Warwick ESSEC Business School IPP - Institut des politiques publiques Universität Konstanz @ScpoEcon Paris School of Economics Barcelona School of Economics Learn more in this article hec.edu/en/overview/ne… #HECPhD Andrew Funck

How can democracies counteract misinformation from autocracies? We analyze the EU's unprecedented ban on RT and Sputnik and find that it decreased the spread of pro-Russian propaganda on social media, but only shortly. Excited to see our work on VoxEU ! cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

CALL FOR PAPERS! #HECeconPhD Conference. Keynote speakers Françoise Forge & Philippe Aghion 🧐Who: #PhD students in #econ ❓Why: Get feedback and network with peers 🗓️When: June 10-11, 2025 🇫🇷Where: HEC Paris Business School campus ⏰Deadline: March 2, 2025 ✍️Apply: sites.google.com/view/hecon/home