John Barrios

🏷️ @barriosecon.bsky.social

The Conflict-of-Interest Discount in the Marketplace of Ideas 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...

NBEr just posted a new version of our Conflict of Interests paper with @zingales @tomvalletti.bsky.social et al.

We have seen a very strong reactions by the financial markets worldwide. @ispsyale.bsky.social @yaleicf.bsky.social @stiglercenter.bsky.social

www.nber.org/papers/w33645

My paper Hustling From Home? is on the NBER homepage! 🚀 We find WFH expanded biz, but areas with more telework saw less entrepreneurship—WFH in jobs substitutes for autonomy. 📊 Women-led startups fell more in high-WFH areas. #WFH #Entrep @yaleicf.bsky.social
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w33237

Occupational Licensing and Accountant Quality: Evidence from the 150‐Hour Rule I examine the effects of occupational licensing on the quality of certified public accountants (CPAs). I exploit the staggered adoption of the 150-hour rule, which increases the educational requireme...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🚨 Ohio just killed the 150-hour rule! 🚨
Starting Jan 1, 2026, in Ohio a CPA can choose:
1️⃣ Master’s + 1 yr exp
2️⃣ Bachelor’s + 2 yrs exp
Flexibility without lowering standards. My research in JAR + chapter shows reforms like this are crucial for attracting talent. #nber #yalesom #econsky

CFA voluntary. Make use of tech to ensure info to consumers rather than arcane licensing requirements.

Balancing Flexibility and Integrity: Reforming Licensing in Accounting and Financial Advising Reforming occupational licensing in accounting and financial advising is critical to maintaining the integrity and efficiency of our capital markets, which depend on a steady supply of qualified profe...

Thrilled to close out 2024 with a chapter on reforming licensing in accounting and finance.
I examine ways to address barriers (150-hour), streamline pathways, and integrate AI to meet the demands of modern capital markets.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #Accounting
#EconSky

Hustling From Home? Work From Home Flexibility and Entrepreneurial Entry 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...

New working paper: Increased work-from-home job flexibility curbs entrepreneurial ambitions, especially for those valuing autonomy and non-monetary perks.

www.nber.org/papers/w33237

📢 Last Day Tomorrow!: 5th Annual Labor and Accounting Conference submission deadline: December 9, 2024!

📅 Conference: April 18–19, 2025
📍 Stanford GSB

Submit your research on labor & accounting today: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Accounting #LaborEconomics #econsky

Thanks fixing it now:)

📢 Reminder: The Call for Papers for the 5th Annual Labor and Accounting Conference closes December 9, 2024!

📅 Conference: April 18–19, 2025
📍 Stanford GSB

Submit your research on labor & accounting today: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

New paper alert! 📢 WFH reshapes the tradeoff between job flexibility and entrepreneurship: fewer startups, esp. women-led.
⚖️ Flexibility at work is now a tradeoff for autonomy.

Explore the findings: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

@yalesom.bsky.social #econ #newbusiness #wfh

Submission Deadline Approaching: NBER's Economic Analysis of Regulation meeting in Cambridge.

Papers are due by Feb 15th and can be uploaded to the conference page here:

www.nber.org/calls-papers...

Pre-Doctoral Fellow (Professor Scur), Cornell University Our College: Leading at the intersection of people, business, and technology, the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is one of the most comprehensive business schools in the nation and includes ma...

JOB ALERT! I'm hiring pre-docs to work with me and my co-authors on a number of projects in Organizational Economics! Apply here: tinyurl.com/scur-predoc
#econsky send us your best undergrad or masters graduates and share widely!

Nothing like occupational license reform writing and bourbon at midnight!

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
www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...

🚨Conference alert! 📈📉

Katharina Werner (ifo) and I, together w/ CESifo, are organizing a workshop on Funding Education at the 2024 Venice Summer Institute in beautiful San Servolo (ITA).

Keynotes by @dynarski.bsky.social &
@peterbergman.bsky.social

Send us your best work! tinyurl.com/mbhwup7e

Where the F is the shift share?

If you hadn’t done accounting!

Seth Zimmerman and I are organizing the Cowles Labor and Public Economics Conference at Yale, June 3-4. Submit your papers by March 22: cowles.yale.edu/conferences/...

🚨PRE-DOC JOB ALERT!🚨I am hiring a pre-doctoral student interested in supporting projects in the field of empirical management/org economics research.

Please find link to the position below hbs.edu/predoctoral

Please circulate!

🚨 New paper! 🚨

Should Cities Tax Uber and Lyft? 

Thread below, and link to the WP here: 
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

📣The Labor and Accounting Conference is back📣, and we're looking for new papers! Do you do research at the intersection of labor and accounting? This is your chance to shine! The 4th LAG Conf Call for Papers is open! ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...

2024 Public Accounting Starting Salary Numbers Are In Starting salaries for eight public accounting roles in tax and accounting and the percentage change from 2023

Public Acct starting salary numbers in!
Between 1-2.7% increase in starting salaries. Firms may complain about labor shortages but they seem by revealed preference to not really care given these salary increases! Prices speak louder than words!

www.goingconcern.com/2024-public-...

Meanwhile mine are sleeping!

Just keeping the pre trends honest :)

I came here for rigorous academic debates and insights in under 300 characters that I could then use to start drinking games!

Here for the blue skies and greener pastures!!!