Glory glory, @UniversityofGA. Congrats to the Dawgs on a hard-fought National Championship – and to TCU Football for beating the odds all season. Georgia, no doubt you made your community proud tonight.

We are excited to announce the incoming editors for American Journal of Agricultural Economics ! Nicholas Magnan, and Christian Langpap will begin their roles January 2024.

Diverting food from hungry people is unconscionable. Yet, it is happening in #Ethiopia. World Food Programme is rolling out comprehensive measures to ensure life-saving assistance reaches and is used by the most vulnerable. Those found responsible must be held accountable.

Friends and #EconTwitter: I have started a petition to request the AEA to help pursue libel and threats on the EJMR. Please spread the word and sign if you are able. forms.gle/GQxF54eXkMXFpG…

My statistical test assumes that I randomize. I indeed randomize. Do I need to do a balance test to check whether the randomization “worked”? #rstats #statstwitter #econtwitter

For reasons unknown my publicist Terry asked me to write my own prewritten obituary. Fine Cormac McCarthy - the world's most competent writer and whisky connoisseur - departed the earth on the same day a sentient wig possessed of an ancient evil was arraigned in Florida, a

UPDATE: The paper submission deadline date on the Food Policy Special Issue on “Agri-food Value Chains” has been EXTENDED until August 31, 2023. Please submit your work, if you are working on a paper relevant to this FP issue. PLEASE RETWEET widely!!!

So happy my article Now, Later, or Never? Evidence of the Effect of Weather Shocks on Female Genital Cutting in Sub-Saharan Africa w/ Lindsey Novak is out! Here's a🧵diving into the data viz I'm proud of for this particularly tricky research question. …iencedirect-com.grinnell.idm.oclc.org/science/articl…

CALL FOR PAPERS! “Fifteen Years of LSMS-ISA: Longitudinal Surveys for Research and Development.” Conference to be held on November 14, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: worldbank.org/en/events/2023…

Seeking advice - I resubmitted a manuscript on June 30 (initial decision was reject and resubmit). It was sent to review and all reviews were received as of Aug 3. System has shown ‘editor decision started’ since August 5. Do I ping the editor or just keep waiting “patiently”?

For those approaching the job market, a useful event on private and public-sector jobs in DC: ntanet.org/2023/09/nta-ec…

If you are a PhD student doing a replication project for class, why not apply for this and become a co-author on a nice meta-replication paper? Everybody wins :-)

Now that APPAM is over, please consider submitting a paper to PPCW! Daniel Dench & I are excited to have Melissa S. Kearney as our keynote this year. March 1-2 in Atlanta. Paper deadline: 12/1. Funding is available for students. More info here: lindseybullinger.com/workshop

Calling all Ag Econ JMCs and early-career scholars! NBER is hiring two postdoctoral fellows in agricultural economics for the 2024-25 academic year. Applications are due December 7. NBER AAEA Graduate Student Section nber.org/career-resourc…

Congratulations to Ellen McCullough, Meichen Lu (Ph.D., 2022), Yawotse Nouve (Ph.D., 2022), Joanne Arsenault, and Chen Zhen for their recent article in Nature Food on nutrient adequacy for poor households. doi.org/10.1038/s43016…