Andreas Madestam

Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry.

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Deadline: 31 Aug

SJs trafikinformation: ett tåg som skulle kommit till Sthlm 10:17 har ankommit 15:37.

Vore det inte smidigare för alla om SJ bara tog betalt för halva biljetten redan från början? Och så får man betala in resten om tåget mot förmodan ankommer i tid?

By all indications, last years economics job market was much tougher than any year since the pandemic. But all signs point towards an even worse job market coming up this season.

Let me explain.

I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.

Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.

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Using time series graphs to make causal claims be like

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New evidence that immigration raises intergenerational mobility, from Mark Borgschulte, Heepyung Cho, Darren Lubotsky, and Jonathan L. Rothbaum https://www.nber.org/papers/w33961

Parenting choices, shaped by economic incentives, contribute to social stratification and inequality in society, from Francesco Agostinelli, @mdoepke.bsky.social, Giuseppe Sorrenti, and Fabrizio Zilibotti https://www.nber.org/papers/w33963

Media, Spillovers and Social Norms: The Electoral Impact of Anti-Far-Right Protests in the 2002 French Election Abstract. We study the electoral impact of protesting against the far right by investigating the demonstrations held during the 2002 French presidential el

Our paper with @nicolaslagios.bsky.social & @ilantojerow.bsky.social is now out in the Economic Journal ( @resmedia.bsky.social). It shows that demonstrating against the far-right in France had the intended effect. 1/18
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How culture and policy shape each other—and why paying attention to local context is key for development policies' success, from Natalie Bau, Sara Lowes, and Eduardo Montero https://www.nber.org/papers/w33947

Plata y Plomo: How Higher Wages Expose Politicians (Forthcoming Article) - What is the effect of politicians’ wages on corruption in the presence of criminal groups, that use both bribes and violence? With a regression discontinuity design and three d...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Plata y Plomo: How Higher Wages Expose Politicians" by Massimo Pulejo and Pablo Querubín. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Congratulations to @rhelensdotter.bsky.social !

New study shows that unfettered access to ChatGPT can harm student learning.

Without guardrails, students use ChatGPT as a “crutch” while learning and subsequently perform worse on their own.

But (!) these negative learning effects are largely mitigated by safeguards one can build into ChatGPT.

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Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites

Just published on APSR First View: Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites by ANTONELLA BANDIERA, HORACIO LARREGUY (@HLarreguy), and JORGE MANGONNET (@jmangonnet) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Is US air pollution regulation too lenient? 🏭💸

We find marginal benefits of pollution control exceed marginal costs by >10×.

New evidence from dozens of US pollution offset markets.

📄forthcoming at AER, w/ Reed Walker: joseph-s-shapiro.com/research/IsA...

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State of the Art: Economic Development Through the Lens of Paintings Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Been waiting for this to come out for a while now: www.nber.org/papers/w3397.... That's such a cool paper!!!

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I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL).

I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!

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Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.

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Academics are the only mammal who carries an idea for 4–7 years, then abandons it at birth.

Tufts University is thrilled to host the North East Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference on November 8-9, 2025!

📝 Call for Papers: Submissions start June 16, and end August 17. Submit your papers here:

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More details to come!

#NEUDC #NEUDC2025

"AI and development economics: Early evidence and how to keep up"

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I love this upside down Equal Earth map centered around Australia. Great piece by @mtnmapper: buff.ly/AU3DIqQ

A Model of Populism as a Conspiracy Theory (Forthcoming Article) - We model populism as the dissemination of a false “alternative reality”, according to which the intellectual elite conspires against the populist for purely ideological reasons...

Forthcoming in the AER: "A Model of Populism as a Conspiracy Theory" by Adam Szeidl and Ferenc Szucs. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Adapting my favourite Brexit-tweet.

Trump: you don’t have the cards!

Zelenskyy lays down a royal flush

Putin looks at his own cards: Mr Bun the Baker, Pikachu, a Shadowmage, a fireball spell, and the Fool.

💥Research Assistant Positions💥

1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.

Incorporating informative Bayesian priors offers the ability to learn more from experiments. @leoiacovone.bsky.social , @economeager.bsky.social & @dmckenzie.bsky.social demonstrate how to do this in the context of a Colombian exporting experiment. buff.ly/CwdGmKE