1/ Is clean identification overrated or underrated in economics? My sense: both. A short thread 🧵

Recently published paper in the Journal of Public Economics : "How Much Violence Does Football Hooliganism Cause?" Vol 225 (Sept 2023) by Leander Andres, Marc Fabel (Marc Fabel ), & Helmut Rainer ifo Institut Economics LMU Munich sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

With JM interviews approaching, I just want to remind to JMCs: 1. You will have a job at the end 2. Stay away from EJMR 3. The person you are has nothing to do with the number of interviews you have (do not ask the question /avoid peers asking this question) 1/2

This is a bonkers piece of money-laundering. Rhos Road is a quiet, nondescript street in the suburbs of Swansea. It also happens to be where 36 fake companies have been registered in the last few weeks. A thread...

New Short Paper - "Scoring goals: The impact of English Premier League football teams on local university admissions" Simple bit of fun, but some empirical evidence to backup the anecdotes: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Over 500 local politicians have been killed in recent years in Mexico. In this working paper, we analyze the role of organized crime and its impact on voting behavior. I'll present these findings on Friday, at the Conflict and Contentious Politics Workshop at Essex University

Come è cambiata l'Italia in 40 anni... Nel lontano 1984 alle elezioni europee votò l'82,47% dell'elettorato, nonostante la disillusione in aumento a causa della partitocrazia, della corruzione, delle mancate promesse e un distacco sempre più forte fra la classe dirigente 1/14

In 2015, a consequential election delivered a majority for Brexit. In 2024, we can now study the economic impact of Brexit with data up to 2022. This is a thread in which I try to go full circle back to the origins of Brexit. But let me comment before on what we observe so far:

📢Excited to share our research on how TV, especially food shows, can influence our eating habits and health. Our paper, with vincenzo carrieri, has been published in The JHR. Turns out, your favorite cooking show might be doing more than just entertaining you!

Thrilled to have been awarded for outstanding scientific achievements at RWI with Ansgar Wübker and Sophie Guthmuller for our paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🎉 Thanks to RWI Leibniz Institute for this recognition! rwi-essen.de/en/rwi/society…

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Senza l’Unita’ d’Italia, al Sud sarebbe andata meglio? E cosa sarebbe successo al Nord? A queste domande hanno provato a rispondere in tanti, tantissimi, da oltre 160 anni..

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🧵 How do criminal organizations expand to strong states? My paper in Journal of Politics @[email protected] explains how mafias successfully moved to Northern Italy—by striking deals with local actors and exploiting migrant labor. Thread: ⬇️

Thrilled to announce my article on judicial gender and trial outcomes is now live in the European Journal of Political Economy! Take a look: shorturl.at/qyePA #econtwitter #econresearch

Más de 500 asesinatos políticos en 🇲🇽 durante últimos 20 años: Arrestos o ejecuciones del crimen organizado por Estado → más asesinatos políticos (represalia) Decomisos de droga → más amenazas a políticos, extorsión y narcomenudeo (recuperan pérdidas) tinyurl.com/4pbz9y2j

Right-to-Buy gave council tenants the chance to own their homes. The policy has been criticised for its impact on housing, but this research finds pupils in areas that were high in RTB sales did better in exams. Richard Disney and Matteo Sandi Read more : blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2…

This new QJE paper suggests that economics as a set of ideas can have big consequences even for decisions of judges: "The 🇺🇸law-and-economics movement shifted legal outcomes. After economics training, judges used econ analysis, rendered conservative rulings related to regulation"