The program for the NBER Conference on Economics of Transportation in the 21st century looks fantastic: papers on ride-sharing services, public transit, congestion pricing, electric vehicle adoption, ... And, appropriately for a transportation conference, it's on Zoom!

Pleased to open the OECD Forum on Green Finance & Investment today with Helena Viñes Fiestas to discuss how we can achieve the Paris Agreement targets & steer the global eco. towards env. sustainability through increased mobilised finance. 🔗 oe.cd/gfi-forum2024 | #OECDgfi

IO economists, listen up! The call for papers for next year's #MaCCI Annual Conference (March 20-21, 2025) has just dropped. Submit your papers by Dec 1! And see you soon in Mannheim! #EconTwitter

Segunda entrega de la serie sobre salarios académicos. ¿Pagan demasiado poco las universidades españolas? Los salarios de entrada en la universidad en España están muy por debajo y al progresar en la vida académica, esta diferencia se revierte. 🧵

Ce soir Espagne, hier Autriche/Italie... Next? La France il y a quelques jours a échappé au pire car les pluies ont évité les grandes villes. Chaque ⅒ de réchauffement additionnel rend l'adaptation +complexe. Ne pas réduire les émissions de gaz a effet de serre est suicidaire.

Spain is suffering its worst flood in decades after torrential rains struck the eastern province of Valencia. The death toll is climbing and people remain missing. 📸These images from Landsat-8 satellite illustrate the scale of the disaster, with images from October 8 and

How the disaster started in Valencia before the inhabitants even got any warning. [📹 GuillemValenci]

We show competition-innovation relationship in LCD industry, with detailed data & simple model (BLP) New version here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… "Welfare Gains from Product and Process Innovations" with Shoki Kusaka Jeff Qiu & T. L. Tran

Un río incesante de personas cargadas con cubos, palas, escobas, fregonas, garrafas de agua y carros de la compra hasta los topes de alimentos están saliendo a pie desde primera hora de València para ayudar. efe.com/espana/2024-11…

Hoy es día festivo en España y todo el pueblo de Valencia se ha volcado con las víctimas del temporal.

I’m thrilled to introduce six outstanding economics job market candidates from the PhD program in Sustainable Development at Columbia | SIPA SIPA SusDev! Each of them brings a unique perspective and cutting-edge research in environmental economics, empirical IO, labor economics,

OPEC’s market power reduced emissions by over 67 GtCO2, equating to $4,073 billion in climate damages and 17.8% of the carbon budget needed for the 1.5°C Paris Agreement target. nber.org/papers/w33115

This is a repost of my original thread about Trump's election, which has since disappeared. This time I am reposting it is a single message. I feel anxious and saddened by Trump’s election. Years of turmoil and uncertainty await us. I have also come to believe that this is not

If this affects you pls do not forget that many rights of undocumented students exist within the State's authority. There are great resources supporting undocumented students, e.g., cuny.edu/current-stud.... We, faculty of US universities value your talents & want you to stay.

Can you guess what happens when you provide temporary financial assistance to those at risk of homelessness? ... ... You *massively* reduce the chances that those people experience homelessness. The benefits to homelessness prevention exceed the costs.

Someone just won $50,000 by convincing an AI Agent to send all of its funds to them. At 9:00 PM on November 22nd, an AI agent (Freysa) was released with one objective... DO NOT transfer money. Under no circumstance should you approve the transfer of money. The catch...?

just fed the new gemini-exp-1206 model a draft of my latest math text, asking for a report detailing inconsistencies, hidden assumptions, conflicting terminology, bad proofs, & unclear exposition. 100000 token input [latex]. 260 seconds of thought. long high-quality output!

The new theory of production networks gives a counterpoint the observation that in the US, imports account for 14% of GDP (so tariffs can't be that bad). My best guess is that the smooth functioning of the trade system accounts for A LOT MORE than 14% of GDP in the medium run.

Trump wants to end the war in Ukraine. He also wants Europe to assume more of the burden for its security & Ukraine. We looked at how much that might cost, & how prepared Europe is for that challenge. Link follows. W/ Alberto Nardelli, Alex Isakov, Alexander Kokcharov, Antonio Barroso & others

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