Harvard College has prohibited all University-related international and domestic travel. thecrimson.com/article/2020/3…

We're so excited to welcome three new economics faculty at Yale School of Management. 1) @dianavanpatten combines fascinating historical data, ingenious quasi-random variation and trade theory to study the effect of large firms on economic development. dianavanpatten.com

Welcome to the brave new world of in-person teaching! Had a great first session with our incoming EMBA class.

So over the summer I’ve been working furiously to put together a slide deck that folks can use to their classes with covid examples, recent economic data and studies, and discussion questions. Now, it's time to share it. You can download it all here: users.nber.org/~jwolfers/teac…

LastPass has decided the time has come to monetize. (FYI switching to Bitwarden only takes a few minutes)

Ok for those of you who have not been paying attention. There are 5 (actually 6) bills working their way through the House -- who knows what will happen in the Senate. Here is the quick summary. My take in brackets [] #EconTwitter

Say hello to one happy family! New economic sciences laureate Guido Imbens (centre) celebrates the news with his family in their garden early this morning. #NobelPrize

I really enjoyed seeing the kids interview their dad here… youtu.be/uKlfqTz4-q4

"Delinking buyer and seller commissions will make markets for #realestate agent services more competitive," write Sonia Gilbukh, paulgp, Michael Sinkinson in the latest for ProMarket: promarket.org/2021/11/29/rea…

I feel attacked.

I'm hiring pre-doctoral research assistants for a new Sustainable Economy Lab starting summer 2022! Rigorous economics with a social mission. Want to do an econ PhD? Have background in econ/stats/CS? Please apply! Info: sites.google.com/site/allcott/p… Econ RA Listings

Junior researcher interested in the media industry? Queen's University has a blockbuster lineup for this conference and are looking for poster presenters! Great opportunity if you’re researching media markets!

Some professional news... I'm on leave from Yale for the year and serving on the Council of Economic Advisers down in DC. All opinions on here are my own.

A little weird tho that a private business CAN choose to DENY a customer because he/she is a member of a protected class, but a private university CANNOT choose to ACCEPT a customer because he/she is a member of a protected class.

A "Must Read" for every competition fan. With articles by Paul #Heidhues, Monika Schnitzer🇺🇦🇪🇺 @ameliafletecon Gregory Crawford @jcremer David Dinielli Mike Luca Tobias Salz Fiona Scott Morton Michael Sinkinson and many more

Life goal complete - got to meet Yale's Handsome Dan! A story in three acts

Michael Sinkinson and I wrote a piece on new Biden Admin guidance on accounting for competitive effects in regulatory review (that we worked on). The guidance is firmly grounded in economics. And should welcomed by champions of competition from both parties. thehill.com/opinion/financ…

Subscribed to Peacock for the Olympics. Commercials? flawlessly delivered. Events? Absolutely not. NBC Entertainment should be ashamed.