Martin Watzinger

USA & China liefern sich ein atemberaubendes Wettrennen um die Dominanz in KI.
Im „Sofortprogramm“ der CDU/CSU steht währenddessen unter der Überschrift „Vorrang für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit & Wohlstand“: Agrardieselsubvention wird wieder erhöht. Umsatzsteuer für Gastronomie gesenkt. Kein Wort zu KI. 😳

Congratulations to @barbarabiasi.com who was recognized for the AEJ Best Paper Award for Economic Policy at #ASSA2025 for the paper “The Labor Market for Teachers under Different Pay Schemes.” #econsky aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Pls share: Davide Cantoni and me are looking for pre-doc research assistants to work on projects in international economics and econ history! For details, see: bit.ly/4gSNIVh

Sounds familiar?

After Haier (foreign entrant) withdrew its bid for Maytag, which was unpopular out of a concern for US jobs, Whirlpool (domestic rival) bought Maytag.

Result: fewer domestic jobs lost, but at great harm to consumers.

Link to paper: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/rese...

Was der Sachverständigenrat Wirtschaft empfiehlt „Versäumnisse angehen, entschlossen investieren“ heißt das aktuelle Jahresgutachten des Sachverständigenrats Wirtschaft. Am 14. Januar stellt Gastredner Dr. Christopher Zuber es in einem öffentlichen ...

„Versäumnisse angehen, entschlossen investieren“ heißt das aktuelle Jahresgutachten des Sachverständigenrats #Wirtschaft. Am 14. Januar stellt Gastredner Dr. Christopher Zuber es in einem öffentlichen Vortrag an der Universität Münster vor. www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph...

The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility: Evidence from World War II* Abstract. This paper studies the long-run effects of government-led construction of manufacturing plants on the regions where they were built and on indivi

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility: Evidence from World War II,” by Garin (@andygarin.bsky.social) and Rothbaum: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Venice Summer Institute 2024: Unleashing Potential: Skill Shortages and Re-skilling the Workforce Scientific Organizers: Raffaella Sadun and Monika Schnitzer This workshop will explore the nuanced landscape of reskilling initiatives amidst the digital transformation of economies. We are intereste...

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨 @monika-schnitzer.com and I are organizing a workshop on Skill shortages and Reskilling at the 2024 Venice Summer Institute in San Servolo. Please submit your papers & join us for an amazing day of research and learning! @CESifoNetwork
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ERC Starting Grant “ORGandICT” The objective of this research project is to push the frontier of our understanding of how the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) affects the internal organization of firms a...

We're hiring! Join us as post-doc at the University of Tübingen! 3 yrs, 0 teaching. Funded through an ERC STG on the effect of digitalization on firms. Deadline is 30nov2023. econjobmarket.org/positions/10... annagumpert.wordpress.com/erc-starting...

Imke Reimers is here!!! Follow her and be amazed @imkereimers.bsky.social

Shameless self promotion, but the local multiplier literature might be worth considering, e.go
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Also a very good review

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Paul Niehaus + Pierre Azoulay are incredibly inspiring mentors, researchers, and individuals -- I couldn't recommend this J-PAL/MIT Sloan post-doc in the economics of innovation / metascience more highly as an invaluable opportunity to work with and learn from them.
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