Substitutes Are Everywhere: The Great German Gas Debate in Retrospect marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

Here is a lengthy response to Zachary D. Carter's recent profile of Isabella Weber in the New Yorker. To put it bluntly, I think this was a very premature victory lap. noahpinion.blog/p/price-contro…

Aus aktuellem Anlass: in dem Paper mit Robert Lehmann /Elstner/Grimme zeigen wir mit Daten des ifo Institut die positiven Externalitäten der Digitalisierung auf die Produktivität in D. Ein weiterer Grund dafür, warum die Pläne der Ampel ein Schritt in die falsche Richtung sind!

We are hiring a full professor in macroeconomics Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. You'd be joining one of the most vibrant, productive, and _fun_ econ departments in Europe. More info here: uni-bonn.de/de/universitae…

We are hiring pre-doctoral research associates IZA to join thriving teams at our locations in Bonn and Berlin! Please spread the word to those who might be interested. PREDOC.org Econ RA Listings 🙏👉 iza.org/about/jobs

🚨New Working Paper🚨"Balanced Budget Requirements and Local Austerity Multipliers" with Francesco Filippucci and Simone Valle. We find that BBRs discipline local PF and have limited effects on local economic activity. Comments are welcome! #EconTwitter papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 1/7

HW Sinn, freundlich aber deutlich zerlegt von Lion Hirth. Mir fehlt mittlerweile das Verständnis für diesen Klimanonsense, daher dank an Lion. m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtsc…

Chart from the informative FT story below ft.com/content/37f968…

🇪🇺🇬🇧 Good news this morning! The European Commission and UK Government have reached a political agreement on UK participation in Horizon Europe and Copernicus. Read about it here: europa.eu/!yjfWX3

Muss ich das wirklich lesen? Ein (hoffentlich) relevanter Text über die Irrelevanz vieler ökonomischer Studien. #FAS Frankfurter Allgemeine #Sonntagsökonom zeitung.faz.net/fas/wirtschaft…

Shocker exit poll in Slovakia: Progressive Slovakia expected to come first in the election, overtaking Robert Fico’s Smer! Fico’s prospective ally, the nationalist SNS, predicted not to enter parliament, at 4.4%

In the upcoming Bavarian state election, the German far-right AfD is targeting its Meta ads at people interested in "data migration". Either they are trying to get at tech bros.. or someone misread/thought data migration has something to do with immigration. #ltwby23 #ltwby

Episode 75: J. Carter Braxton on Technological Change and the Consequences of Job Loss. Joint with Bledi Taska. Listen now at thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/episo… #EconTwitter

What holds back Germany? It is not high energy prices. It's real challenges are aging, underinvestment, and too much red tape. Read more here: imf.org/en/News/Articl…

We are hiring postdocs in finance at the Department of Economics Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Excellent conditions in a stimulating environment. We encourage Ph.D. students at all later stages of their programs, including but not limited to those on the job market, to apply: econjobmarket.org/positions/10845

Forthcoming in the AER: "Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent" by Sebastian Hager, Carlo Schwarz, and Fabian Waldinger. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

🔥#CallforPapers | 1st IZA PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics (June 12-13, 2024) 🎓Valentin Kecht Simon Cordes Ingo Isphording & Florian Zimmermann 🗣️Sydnee Caldwell & Christopher Roth 👉 Submissions (Jan 31) conference.iza.org/PhD_LaborBehav… #EconTwitter UC Berkeley Universität zu Köln

📢Invitation to the 3rd IZA OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Online Workshop: New Perspectives on the Minimum Wage 👥Organized by Andrea Bassanini Pierre Cahuc Stéphane Carcillo Werner Eichhorst Andrea Garnero & Olga Nottmeyer Register (for free) 👉conference.iza.org/IZA_OECD_2024_… #econtwitter #izaOECD #minimumwage