Countries are best summarized by their corporate income tax schedule description in the OECD tax database, a thread.

The super-rich in the US are usually 'makers' whose innovations benefited many--but may also harm many if the 'makers' become 'takers' Deaton's view 👇 #UBSCenterForum

#Konjunktur: Grossartiger #ServicePublic des #SECO - neu gibt es für die #Schweiz einen wöchentlichen BIP-Indikator (und die Daten mit dazu). Das wollen wir auch nach der Pandemie nicht mehr missen Ronald Indergand seco.admin.ch/seco/de/home/s…

Using a macro-epidemiological model, we investigate #ContactTracing– a strategy aimed at reconstructing the infection chain Key takeaway: Coordination failure- agents fail to internalize that their decisions threaten the viability of the tracing & testing system Leonardo Melosi

Very important paper by KOF Swiss Economic Institute researchers showing the impacts of allowing worker mobility between Switzerland and the EU: - Wages of highly educated Swiss increased - Employment increased Why? - Size, productivity, and innovation of firms in Switzerland increased

Guten Abend und herzlich Willkommen zum #UBSCenterPodium «Zukunftsfähige Sozialsysteme» Das Gesundheitswesen zwischen Ethik und Bezahlbarkeit 🔴 #livestream ab 17 Uhr → ubscenter.uzh.ch/de/news_events… Ihre Fragen an die Expert*innen jetzt via Mentimeter → menti.com/beccjj2nyy

Ein #UBSCenterPodium Thread von Maura Wyler über «Das Gesundheitswesen zwischen Ethik und Bezahlbarkeit» → threadreaderapp.com/thread/1379390…

Very glad that we had the chance to write a VoxEU column about our paper "Reversal Interest Rate and Macroprudential Policy”. Let me shortly summarize the main insights and conclusions.

At the #UBSCenterForum Nobel laureate Jean Tirole will deliver a lecture on the political economy of climate change. How can we sustainably reduce CO2 emissions? What concrete measures are feasible, sustainable, and socially acceptable? Register now → ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_events…

New #discussionpaper by Bundesbank #researchcentre: Pandemic #recessions and contact tracing bundesbank.de/dp-en/2021-34 #covid19 #pandemic

Very happy that our paper on contract tracing and pandemic recessions is now also out as Bundesbank WP Leonardo Melosi We construct a macro-epidemiological model to explain why contact tracing can fail and how this failure can be averted.

First publication! I am happy to share that our paper "Hitting the Elusive Inflation Target" (joint with Francesco Bianchi and Leonardo Melosi ) is accepted at the 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀. I am delighted about it & grateful to my co-authors. Thread:

Can policy effectively boost green innovation? Recent evidence shows that this is definitely the case. How should global climate policy be designed to leverage this innovation response? Learn about a new economic climate policy innovation framework → ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/publication…

#EconTwitter check out the 1st draft of my book #CausalAnalysis, covering methods of #CausalInference/#PolicyEvaluation (also trends like #CausalMachineLearning) and including practical examples in R (#RStats) - here's the link: drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/tN… #EpiTwitter #CausalTwitter

Thread on our survey on "A New Era in the Economics of Fertility." Why a new era? Because everything has changed! - The empirical regularities of fertility choice have reverted. - The mechanisms emphasized by earlier research have lost relevance. 1/12 dlvr.it/SS0xzF

Been teaching growth. Looks to me like we are on the verge of eradicating extreme poverty in the world. Quite an achievement! And yet the system that has brought this change is so unpopular as to be on the verge of being overthrown. It’s a weird world we live in.

Wenn 👏 wir 👏 tiefere 👏 Mieten👏 wollen 👏 ohne 👏 Wohnungsnot 👏 müssen 👏 wir👏 mehr 👏 bauen.

C’est ça l’Europe 🇪🇺 : deux légendes du football français 🇫🇷 et allemand 🇩🇪 qui se retrouvent et parlent italien 🇮🇹 ! #ALLFRA

Herbststimmung an der UZH 🤩🍁🌾💙 📸: annik.irina, kaidisk, eesha266, carm.endless

Gemeinsam für #Freudenstadt! Am 14. April möchte ich Oberbürgermeister dieser wunderschönen Stadt im Herzen des Schwarzwaldes werden. Los geht’s! neckar-chronik.de/Nachrichten/Ad…