Ridwan Karim

Electoral reform in Brazil reduced voter fraud and improved public services Evidence from Brazil highlights how tackling voter fraud can not only protect election integrity, but also enhance political accountability, improve leadership quality, and promote better governance o...

🆕 Electoral reform in Brazil reduced voter fraud and improved public services

Today on VoxDev, @ridwankarim.bsky.social (Lazaridis School of Business & Economics) discusses the far-reaching consequences of electoral reform on governance in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

YouTube video by The Bulwark How Trump’s USAID Cuts Wrecked Lives and Killed Children (w/ Nick Kristof)

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A quick note on Trump's new tariff plan. It's 10 percent across the board, 125 percent (!) on China. What's the effective tariff rate? Well, China was 13 percent of imports in 2024, so you might say .13*125+.87*10 = 24.95. But imports from China will fall, so how do we adjust it? 1/

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today we will all read imbens 2021 on statistical significance and p values, which is a strong contender for having the best opening paragraph of any stats paper

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US tariffs on Bangladesh threaten decades of economic and social progress The US has imposed a 37% tariff on Bangladeshi garment exports, a sector that employs more than 4 million people. Rigorous evidence shows that export-led manufacturing in Bangladesh has boosted female...

🆕 US tariffs on Bangladesh threaten decades of economic and social progress 🇧🇩

Today on VoxDev, @susannahhares.bsky.social outlines how export-led manufacturing boosted women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh & explores the threats posed by US tariffs: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...

We heard anecdotally that Canadians weren’t visiting the states, now we have the data. A massive, shocking drop.

During the presidential campaign economists were united in denouncing tariffs as a regressive tax that would slow economic growth and contribute to inflation. People dismissed the tariffs, said they’d never happen.

He’s doing exactly what he said he’d do. Exactly. What. He. Said. He’d. Do.

This is true: The Trump administration said it has imposed a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose only inhabitants are the U.S. and U.K. service members at the military base on Diego Garcia.

I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ

Destroying global trade, higher ed, and the civil service in 3 months is one hell of an achievement.

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API Statement on Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Our more than 600 corporate members, from the large...

They thought they hired a guy to kill climate policies, not to kill their industry
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via @admcrlsn.bsky.social on the other site

Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict (Forthcoming Article) - Ethnically diverse countries are more prone to conflict, but why do some groups engage in conflict while others do not? I show that civil conflict in Africa is explained by eth...

Forthcoming in the AER: "Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict" by Eleonora Guarnieri. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

This isn’t just a moronic lie.

It’s more than an insult against an ally.

Trump is using disinformation to justify applying unwarranted & hugely mutually damaging tariffs as a tactic to try to force an ally into giving up its sovereignty.

It’s a hostile takeover attempt. Or overt economic warfare.

Paper on voter buying and public goods provision. Conditionally accepted at the Journal of Development Economics :)

Link to working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Gender norms are extremely persistent and constrain women's life opportunities, especially so in poor countries. In my Job Market Paper, I show that grassroots media are an effective policy instrument to address gender norms at scale. #EconJMP #EconSky

Got econtwitter research ideas? TLDR: The newsletter has generated a nice dataset related to econtwitter. Want to collaborate?

By the way, @bestofecontwitter.bsky.social writes a great Substack that summarizes all the Econ-related posts on X each week. You're not missing anything. Just follow this substack (and encourage the tweet authors to post their content here instead.) www.bestofecontwitter.com/p/got-econtw...

Inspired by @dmckenzie.bsky.social's World Bank Researchers starter pack.

I've created a starter pack for researchers within the J-PAL, IPA, and CEGA networks go.bsky.app/GXq3VE5

As the name suggests, it's just a start. Space to add more!