APPLY NOW FOR POSTDOC: We invite applications for the 4th postdoc cohort of the Stephan Klasen Fellowship that honors Stephan's commitment to support young researchers from the Global South. More at uni-goettingen.de/klasen-fellows… @wiwiunigoe Uni Göttingen GLAD #KlasenFellowship

Starting at exactly midnight, I will only use regression discontinuity designs in my research.

We're hiring a ‼️#PhD candidate‼️ in the area of export quality and economic #growth at University of Groningen (w/ Tristan Kohl). 👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓 Spread the word / apply: rug.nl/about-ug/work-…

Hot off the press: Paper by Konstantin M. Wacker & Tim de Leeuw: FDI into financial sector can stimulate domestic investment. Industries with strong links to financial sector benefit the most. In Central Eastern Europe these are: manufacturing, retail, real estate ➡️wiiw.ac.at/how-does-fdi-t…

Hot off the press: Paper by Konstantin M. Wacker & Hylke Dijkstra finds that robotisation does not necessarily encourage nearshoring of production. But it does boost productivity and international integration. Domestically oriented industries benefit less. ➡️ wiiw.ac.at/p-7383.html

Do robotising industries rely more on domestic inputs? The answer we give in a new wiiw paper is a "no, not relative to foreign inputs": 🤖🤖 #Robot adoption scales up production 🏭👨🏼‍🏭 More use of all production inputs - including foreign inputs wiiw.ac.at/p-7383.html

“The sharp drop in FDI to developing economies should sound alarm bells." -Ayhan Kose, World Bank Deputy Chief Economist Read #FDIinRetreat ➡️ worldbank.org/en/research/pu… #FFD4

If policymakers "want to increase their country's #trade balance, this outcome is possible only with policies that reduce national investment" (or raise national savings). Excellent #IMF F&D piece on macroeconomic policy, #productivity, & #competiveness: imf.org/en/Publication…

Your friendly balance of payment reminder: more "trade" surplus = less (net direct) foreign invest in your country. Macro 101 is as simple as that.

Crypto assets are now officially national wealth: imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…