Macro professors, join our amazing department at Monash Economics. Email your expression of interest to Kaveh Majlesi. Details here: econjobmarket.org/positions/8297

Great news for Monash Economics. Prof Stephen King is now back with us part time, with a focus on building our strength in policy impact and engagement. He'll keep his day job as Productivity Commissioner too. pc.gov.au/about/people-s…

👏🏽Congratulations to new Fellow Professor Sascha Becker from Monash University. Sascha is an Associate Editor of QJE + his research explores the economics of culture, religion + migration. Learn more about our new Fellows ➡️ socialsciences.org.au/news/34-leadin… @essobecker

🙌🏽 Congratulations to our new Fellow Professor Russell Smyth from Monash Business School. Russell's research has contributed to better understanding of energy + development economics + empirical legal studies. Monash University Read more about our new Fellows ➡️ socialsciences.org.au/news/34-leadin…

New paper by Jay Shimshack Michael B. Ward in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management is one of the most thought-provoking I've seen in water regulatory space: In context of Clean Water Act, "the marginal sanction deters 10x as many violations when directed at infrequent violators." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Monash Economics just had our first external review since 2009. Most grateful thanks to George Mailath, David Byrne David Byrne, Jessica Purcell Jessica S Purcell, and Heather Anderson. We've come a long way, and with the panel's great advice we hope to reach the next level.

Some evil genius at HR decided to use "Special Sessionals" and "Sessional Specialists" to mean two completely different types of teachings associates with different pay-scales. Well-played, HR. Well-played. Associate Deans

Yes! "It's who you are as a person, your kindness and your curiosity ... [that matters]" So true, and such an important message for high-schoolers today (and also for those on the academic economics job market now).

Great US data freedom initiative. Australian government, to get research in the national interest, let researchers easily access data. Many instead work on US or European data, because they can get it. Evidence-based policy requires evidence; set it free. science.org/content/articl…

"[Please note that as an AI language model, I am unable to generate specific tables or conduct tests, so the actual results should be included in the table.]" -- In text of a Resources Policy paper (Elsevier). Referees, editors, authors: did anybody read the paper?

Proud to have cast my first vote yesterday as a new Australian citizen: YES.

We are currently hiring Teaching Associates in the #economics department at Monash University. Please contact my colleague Jaai Parasnis for any questions about this position. Positions based in Melbourne, work permit/visa, and WWCC required. careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/…

What a fantastic recruiting year we had! Monash Economics welcomes Lisa Botbol (Toulouse), Alexander Haas Alexander Haas (Oxford), Santiago Hermo (Brown), and Kate Huang (Caltech) as our newest members. Great people and great economists all.

Monash colleagues: staff get to elect ONE member of Council, the governing body of Monash. Please vote! for the candidate(s) of your choice. I am one of those standing for election. To vote: on Sep 10, you should have received a voting link by email: subject "Vote Now ..."

PC Summer Internships 2024-25 | We are offering internships in our Canberra and Melbourne offices for high achieving students who are interested in working on public policy issues affecting the welfare of Australians. bit.ly/3MKXlIm Applications close Sun 6 October 2024

Congratulations to @essobecker Sascha Becker on election as Fellow of the Econometric Society. MonashWarwick econometricsociety.org/society/news/T…

I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (Matthew Jackson ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: monash.edu/business/event…