Great to have Zeina Hasna from the IMF visiting us Cambridge Judge & King’s Entrepreneurship Lab this week and presenting her joint work on green #innovation , analysing the economic impact of green innovation at the macro-and micro-levels, and the role of #environmental policies in boosting

What an amazing group of brilliant economists! Very proud to have crossed paths with them during the PhD! Institutions hiring them won’t regret it :)

Really pleased that this paper has been accepted. Forever indebted to Vasco Carvalho for being the perfect advisor, to the editor and referees for their time, and for many of you for all the useful conversations and feedback along the way

Join us this Tuesday the 29th of August, at 3 PM.
The department of Economics is hosting a talk by Dr Zeina Hasna from the IMF.

Location: West Hall, Auditorium B
Online : Webex link below

aub.webex.com/aub/j.php?MTID…

See you all then!

#economy #finances #fas #IMF #Crisis

Rida Mawla, one of Beirut’s core social and political activists, a friend and a beautiful human being, had a very serious accident which requires expensive long term treatment.

Please share & consider donating so that he can get the best care he deserves

gofund.me/7ee532b8

Happy to see our paper titled 'External Shocks, Policies, and Tail-Shifts in Real Exchange Rates' (joint with Nicolas Magud) come out in the IMF working paper series:
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Latin America, especially Mexico, has some of the most hard working people on the planet - and they are very productive.

The reason the West is richer has a lot to do with structural issues - like major corporations sucking up money.

'A land of useless workers' is insulting.

In our STEG working paper we show that production networks play an essential role in the job search and matching process using administrative data from the DR. A new addition to the paper is survey evidence from Dominican firms about why they within the supply chain!

The program for the firms, productivity and climate change workshop at the Barcelona School of Economics #SummerForum is up! A fantastic lineup of papers/speakers coming up in June! Co-organized w/ Andrea Chiavari A Caggese C Villegas-Sanchez

🚨 Job opportunity CamEcon Cambridge University

Contribuição de março no Valor Econômico sobre a questão da tributação dos combustíveis baseado no paper (Clear Growth) do Costas Arkolakis e do Conor Walsh, apresentado segunda aqui em Cambridge, e no paper que escrevi com Zeina Hasna e Cezar Santos valor.globo.com/opiniao/coluna…

very disappointed in my old friend here

Check out Lida Smitkova’s paper that provides a neat decomposition analysis to show how openness to trade affects sectoral makeup of economies beyond price and income effects! Very happy and proud to see the paper out there!

In 2023 I am again teaching again the computational summer school 'Tools for Macroeconomist' with Wouter den Haan (@Wouter_Den_Haan ) & Petr Sedlacek.

The course will run from July 17-21 (the essentials), and July 31-August 4 (Advanced). -->

HISTORY.

Congratulations to Julianne Sitch, the first woman to lead a men’s team to a @ncaa Championship 🏆

COP27 has arrived amidst an economic firestorm 🌍💵🔥

Start your COP by learning how econ context could influence climate outcomes. Tue 8 Nov 11am UTC+2. Hybrid.

We have a truly top-notch set of speakers💪. Plus treats for those in person. Get keen! Details 👇

It's my favorite time of year! 🥳

Women on the 2022-23 econ job market, in no particular order:

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Check out the Boston Fed research report that came out today highlighting policy conclusions from my working paper with Aradhya Sood and Nicholas Chiumenti on the interactions of different zoning regulations! 👇