My #book "The #Peace Formula: Voice, Work and Warranties, not Violence" is now available across #bookshops. See the scenic Cambridge University Press book shop window in #Cambridge! You can order the book on cup.org/Rohner. #EconTwitter #NewBook

Yesterday’s Economics Research Day featured excellent presentations by our PhD students! 🎉 They shared valuable insights across various fields, sparking engaging discussions.🎓 We're proud of the quality and impact of their research! 🌍👏 #EconomicsResearch HEC Lausanne Université de Lausanne

My research on reducing political polarization in the Icelandic Parliament is featured in the new TVO Docs series Unrigged. You can watch a clip from my interview in the first episode, Blood Sport, airing tonight on TVO Docs. All episodes are available on TVO’s YouTube."

Thanks a lot Alice Evans

Program below! 👇

Very happy to see this WP being released !!! I have learnt so much (and continue to do so) from working on it, both from the research itself and from my amazing coauthors. Here a quick thread if you want to know more about the « Gravity of Violence »:

Fascinating discussion of new research by Sukrit Singh Puri —>

Hope you can join us tomorrow (10/31) for this virtual Carnegie Endowment event at 12 pm EDT. Register here and send us your questions in the chat. carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/10…

In the latest episode of Ideas of India Mercatus Center I speak with Aarushi Kalra Aarushi Kalra, a PhD candidate Brown Economics, about the demand and supply of toxicity against minorities on social media , algorithms, user versus platform behavior, and much more. mercatus.org/ideasofindia/a…

Econ Grad Student, Saxena Affiliate and PSTC Trainee Aarushi Kalra ( Aarushi Kalra ) wins best paper award for NEUDC 2024 at Northeastern University. Her paper is entitled " Hate in the Time of Algorithms: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment on Online Behavior". Congrats!

Hi #EconTwitter, I am Manpreet Singh, PhD Paris School of Economics . My #EconJMP analyses large renewable capacity auctions, focusing on India. I study 2 issues: 1⃣ Theory: Cost-efficiency of firms selected in India's auction. 2⃣ Empirical: Impact of efficient alternatives on public funds 🧵

Excited to share my #JMP! With Jonathan Lehne, we study the impact of expanding access to legal representation through legal aid clinics in prisons across India. Defendants with access to legal aid are more likely to get favorable judicial decisions. (1/n) 🧵

How the Ramayan TV show helped shape a singular nationwide Hindu identity. G Sampath ✍️ thehindu.com/specials/text-…

📢 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/ Three big, new India-relevant articles in American Political Science Review. Sumitra Badrinathan, Simon Chauchard & Niloufer Siddiqui on misinformation and vigilantism cambridge.org/core/journals/…

(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

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀- 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝟭. 252/279 judges are from upper caste(Non-SC-ST-OBC) groups. hindustantimes.com/editors-pick/t…

Our next seminar is on Monday, 2/Jun/2025. We welcome 👉Dean Yang👈 (Michigan), who will present "Ancient Epics in the Television Age: Mass Media, Identity, and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India", joint work with Resuf Ahmed, Paul Brimble 🇺🇦, Akhila Kovvuri and Alessandro Saia

Guy Micheals and I are hiring an RA for our project on the impact of integration in schools. Closing date: noon on Wed 2 July, 2025. We are looking for a graduate student based in London with an interest in the subject. #EconTwitter #jobad More details: cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/about/wor…

🆕 How skin tone still shapes inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean Today on VoxDev, Billy Woo Mora (Paris School of Economics) presents evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean suggesting that skin tone is a powerful predictor of intergenerational mobility: voxdev.org/topic/institut…