Diana Van Patten

S4E17: Nathan Nunn, Economic History and Development, University of British Columbia Welcome to the Mixtape with Scott!

Listen to VSE Professor @nathannunn.bsky.social in two recent podcasts, one with @causalinf.bsky.social discussing his career beginnings and how he came to study Economic History and Development... causalinf.substack.com/p/s4e17-nath...
(1/2)

13.03.2025 18:49 — 👍 10    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

What does it take to live a meaningful life? Combining human input with LLMs, a unique corpus of life histories of older Americans collected during the 1930s is studied to find answers, from @LagakosDavid, Stelios Michalopoulos, and @JoachimVoth https://www.nber.org/papers/w33373

26.01.2025 14:55 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks, John!

11.01.2025 05:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’s because voting outcomes are not at the individual level. It’s similar to the US where voter registration lists by precinct are generally public—-in the US it’s more dramatic though, as some precincts are tiny (w/ a handful of people), while in this case precincts had hundreds of people.

11.01.2025 04:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

🚨 A paper for those interested in the intersection of trade and political economy

So happy 🥳

10.01.2025 03:32 — 👍 24    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Another banger of a paper by @dianavanpatten.bsky.social and Esteban Méndez

09.01.2025 19:51 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

``Economic fundamentals are important determinants of attitudes toward openness. We merge voting and economic data to study a national referendum on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Firm-level and within-industry exposure to the FTA significantly shape employees' voting behavior."

(link below 👇)

09.01.2025 19:47 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 2

Thank you, Sergio!! 🙏🏼

10.01.2025 02:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0