This IMF paper has a great overview of different public debt databases and their coverage: imf.org/en/Publication…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18638 The Dynamics of Social Identity, Inequality and Redistribution Christian Ghiglino University of Essex Uni Essex Economics Dept, Andreas Müller University of Basel University of Essex Uni Essex Economics Dept ow.ly/g3S650QjCi2 #CEPR_DE, #CEPR_MG, #CEPR_PoE, #CEPR_PE

How have Indian households gained (& lost) from a rapidly growing service sector? Michael Peters & @FabrizioZilibo1 of EGC/Yale Department of Economics & Tianyu Fan in Econometrica Econometrica: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.39… Read their post, originally in VoxDev: egc.yale.edu/about/perspect…

Great news! The External Wealth of Nations database has been updated with complete year-end 2022 data. A fantastic resource for researchers: brookings.edu/articles/the-d… via The Brookings Institution Brookings Econ Gian Maria Milesi Ferretti

Recently at the JIE: "Making sovereign debt safe with a financial stability fund" by Yan Liu, Ramon Marimon (Economia i Empresa UPF) and Adrien Wicht (Adrien Wicht). doi.org/10.1016/j.jint… 1/2

Providing a macroeconomic theory where the demand for goods has a productive role, from Yan Bai, José-Víctor Ríos-Rull, and Kjetil Storesletten nber.org/papers/w32169

This is a great conference for all juniors in macro. (I am very happy to be one of the local organizers).

Neat piece on the NY sovereign debt bills – beyond forum shopping issues raised by Gregory Makoff, curious about the interaction between the recovery cap (linked to the recovery of the US as a creditor), and the broader debates on Comparability of Treatment 1/4 ft.com/content/3c4f33…

🚨 We look for a #Professor in #International #Economics (open rank) Université Neuchâtel Application Deadline: 31 July 2024 Starting date: 1 August 2025 Application on: unine.ch/candis/ Please get in touch if you have questions. We look forward to receiving your application!

Please share: I have an open position for a PhD student in economics working on health economics and related topics Detailed description: shorturl.at/dgtUV

😀Timo Boppart has joined our Department as a professor of Macroeconomics and Political Economy as of August 1st. Boppart had been an Associate Professor at Stockholm University and he obtained his PhD in economics from our Department a few years ago. Welcome back, Timo !

GMM Estimation of Life-Cycle models shorturl.at/lvnU9 Life-Cycle models 45-50 in the Intro to Life-Cycle models show how to do GMM estimation in VFI Toolkit with just 5-10 lines of code (after model and data work). I'm excited about this! :D

I’ve done a big update of my notes on computation for heterogeneous-agent macro. They start with the endogenous grid method and end with by solving a HANK model using sequence space Jacobians. Codes are in Julia. alisdairmckay.com/Notes/HetAgent…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19545 Structural Reforms in the Shadow of #Debt Overhang: A Quantitative Perspective Andreas Müller Kjetil Storesletten @FabrizioZilibo1 ow.ly/mbgh50TA5Vg #CEPR_IMF #CEPR_MEF #CEPR_MG #economics

New: "Cross-border shopping: Evidence and welfare implications for Switzerland" by Ariel Burstein (Ariel Burstein), Sarah Lein (Sarah Lein) and Jonathan Vogel (Jonathan Vogel). doi.org/10.1016/j.jint… 1/2

We are thrilled to announce that both Pavlos Balamatsias & Camila Comunello have been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Economics today! 🥳 Massive congratulations to both Dr Comunello and Dr Balamatsias on this momentous achievement.👏🙌#PhD #economics #essexresearch

Europainstitut Basel University of Basel welcomes applications for a visiting Fellowship (mid career) from Sep-Dec 25. Thematic Focus: 👉International Economics Intended to promote exchange with Faculty of Business and Economics. Link and info here: 👉shorturl.at/ph2oc

Please spread the news … and don’t miss the chance to apply! See you in Venice!

Apply to NorMac 2025 in wonderful Smogen! Deadline for applying is April 7th, conference is August 11-14.

With great sadness, I announce the passing of my co-author and friend, Marcus Hagedorn. His acerbic wit was as sharp as the vision of Toni Kroos. He attacked big research questions like he tackled the mountains of Mallorca on his bike. He will be missed.