From 2008 to 2018, economic growth was particularly helpful to the world's poor.

🌟Now forthcoming in Management Science🌟 "Managerial and Financial Barriers to the Green Transition" Full paper: tinyurl.com/5b2dn6mz Ralf Martin Helena Schweiger Mirabelle Muuls The EBRD EBRD Green Economics KU Leuven KU Leuven Imperial Business School Nationale Bank van België IFC 🧵(1/n)

The "good old times"

I had a blast participating to this wonderful conference. WE_ARE_definitely_IN Macroeconomics and Finance! @FiorellaDeFior1 Hélène Rey Caterina Mendicino 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 ♒ and local organizers thank you!

We must not forget the more than 1400 Belarusian political prisoners. The only way we can force Lukashenko to release them is through sanctions. Only the complete isolation of Lukashenko's regime can force him to release prisoners of conscience. #ZiveBelarus

Hundreds of teachers in Belarus joined the online project Adukavanka, focused on technological innovations in education. Now, dozens have been detained and interrogated by Lukashenka's KGB, and the project has been labeled extremist. apnews.com/article/belaru…

What’s wrong with research about ‘degrowth’? ift.tt/pUSGL2f

“You get books out of the machines” The best response to degrowth is to share Hans Rosling’s experience of washing machines

Congratulations Pascal Meichtry and Cristiano Cantore! Proud of our HEC Lausanne | Department of Economics alumn!

Interesting paper thinking about the macroeconomics of clean power. It argues that a move away from extraction-based energy (fossil fuel) towards renewables (w/ zero marginal costs) can increase long-term growth by removing the resource drag of investment in energy efficiency!

Vitold Ashurak would have turned 54 today, but he died in 2021 as a political prisoner of the #Belarus regime. We cannot stand by while more lives are at risk. Up to 200 prisoners with serious health conditions remain on the humanitarian list. They must be released urgently.

Why is #wealth #inequality in Switzerland 🇨🇭 not only high (level) but keeps rising (trend) 📈? Since Marius Brülhart asked, here's 🧵 of possible explanations based on my recent work:

I and twenty-two other Nobel economists signed a letter endorsing Kamala Harris for President. We believe Harris's policies will result in a stronger economic performance, with economic growth that is more robust, more sustainable, and more equitable. cnn.com/2024/10/23/pol…

Fascinating (and slightly depressing) talk on the complexity of designing effective economic #sanctions against Russia. Thank you, Benjamin Hilgenstock Kyiv School of Economics, for sharing your insights with our students! Dzhamilya (Jamila) Nigmatulina HEC Lausanne | Department of Economics

How much influence do economists have on policy? My experience- Confessional Economics cato.org/regulation/sum… via Cato Institute

🔎 How trade sanctions reshaped Russia’s economy? In a discussion on the VoxEU Economics podcast, Prof. Dzhamilya (Jamila) Nigmatulina shares her research on the economic impact of these sanctions. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/414fFUM HEC Lausanne | Department of Economics #TradeSanctions #Economics #Russia

📢 Call for Papers – PhD Macroeconomics Conference (1/3) We invite PhD students/postdocs to submit work in macro (theoretical & empirical) for a 2-day conf. in Lausanne (Dec 4–5th, 2025) with 12 talks, meals & dinner included. 🔗 bit.ly/3EEXdJZ

(1/4) 🎉 Professor Amy Finkelstein to receive Doctorate Honoris Causa from Université de Lausanne! HEC Lausanne and the Lausanne Center for Health Economics, Behavior and Policy (LCHE) are proud that the Rectorate of #UNIL decided to honor Professor Amy Finkelstein with an #HonoraryDoctorate

🧵 "How economics teaching became the Aeroflot of ideas" -- great title by Ha-Joon Chang. But the content? We supposedly teach "variations of the failed theme of efficient markets", that the system is "fundamentally fair, rational, and efficient" and folks should 1/6 ➡️

📢 𝙑𝙄𝙈𝙈 𝙎𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧 📢 Next week, Kenza Benhima (Université de Lausanne) will present her paper "Granular expectation shocks and international financial contagion" Virtual Israel Macro Meeting (VIMM) Registration: vimacro.org/attend Info/Paper: vimacro.org/kenza-benhima-… #EconTwitter #Economics #Research