📢 Next week, Tim Kehoe 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 is back in Bcn and we will have the "Winter Macroeconomics Workshop in Bellaterra" A dive into topics like sovereign default, financial fragility, social mobility, labor markets & more. sites.google.com/view/code-uab/…

Next Thursday, 7 March: Luis E. Rojas and I have organized an exciting workshop in macro at Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica-cisc on the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Campus. On Saturday, 9 March we go to Santes Creus of the annual Calçotada d'Economistes de Barcelona.

A great day for macroeconomics! VII Winter Macroeconomics Workshop in Bellaterra. ⁦ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona⁩, Institute d’Analisi Econòmica ⁦CSIC⁩, ⁦Barcelona School of Economics⁩

Thread of the latest version of our paper (with Dominik Thaler ) at Banco de España Research. We are working on it these days again to incorporate the latest round of comments.

🚨Job Alert🚨 @ Autonoma Barcelona, besides the regular Job Market openings (that we'll advertise on EconJobMarket), we'll likely have extra positions to fill off-season If you've 2+ publications, a strong interest in moving to Barna & joining UAB => fill forms.gle/W44xh3RpBymZLC…

Optimal Taxation, Informality and Welfare: Redistribution Costs and Efficiency Gains Barcelona School of Economics Working Paper by Paweł Doligalski and Luis E. Rojas #bseResearch #EconTwitter University of Bristol | School of Economics Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ow.ly/RaZs50SBLRz

Pedro Sánchez is in office but not wholly in power. I have returned as Spain correspondent for The Economist with this story: economist.com/europe/2024/10…

Apply now for the MSc/PhD in Economics (IDEA) at UAB Barcelona! inomics.com/program/mscphd… #econtwitter Barcelona School of Economics

🚨📝 "Optimal Taxation, Informality, and Welfare: Redistribution Costs and Efficiency Gains" joint with Paweł Doligalski is just out at CESifo Economics Studies. academic.oup.com/cesifo/advance… Theory & model calibrated to 🇨🇴.

New ECB Research Bulletin by L. Rojas and D. Thaler: "The “doom loop” and default incentives" ecb.europa.eu/press/research…

ECB Research Bulletin about our recently published paper with Dominik Thaler ecb.europa.eu/press/research…

The ‘doom loop’ has been identified as a key driver of the European #debt crisis. Factoring in default #risk has major implications for the choice and calibration of policies aimed at breaking the loop. L Rojas NYU Abu Dhabi Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, D Thaler European Central Bank ow.ly/N7zC50UvSv6

When do we start including Social Security pension wealth in wealth inequality statistics? You can’t advocate for large progressive social programs that displace private savings and then ignore their actuarial value in measuring wealth inequality. Since the mid-1980s, real

Next Friday, 7 March, we are holding the VIII Winter Macroeconomics Workshop in Bellaterra in the Seminar Room of the Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica on the Bellaterra Campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. See the link for details. sites.google.com/view/code-uab/…

📢 WP alert! The US president has called for a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) to "improve fiscal sustainability." But with large external deficits, a US SWF would likely be debt-financed. With Luis E. Rojas (Barcelona School of Economics) & Sarah Zoi (FedResearch), we ask this question: 🧵👇

This Friday we have the 8th edition of the Winter Macro Workshop in Bellaterra. Information in Macro; M&A's and innovation; Jobless Industraialization; tax evasion and optimal fiscal policy. sites.google.com/view/code-uab/…