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Erik Wengström

@erikwengstrom.bsky.social

Collecting and connecting data to understand behavior. Economics professor at Lund University: https://sites.google.com/site/erikwengstrom/ Editor: @scandjecon.bsky.social.

457 Followers  |  466 Following  |  14 Posts  |  Joined: 06.10.2023  |  1.8695

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Assistant professor in economics of education We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as an assistant professor (associate senior lecturer) in economics of education.   What w

We have a job opening at Lund University for an assistant professor in economics of education (tenure-track). Applications are open until 11 August 2025. Please reach out if you have questions!
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12.06.2025 10:05 — 👍 24    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 0
Your Contribution Squared

If one person gives a euro to Ukraine, the result is €1.

If two people give 2 each, it is €4.

If 3,000 give 3,000 each, it is 9 million.

Let’s coordinate, here 👇

and please re-post to spread the word.

yourcontributionsquared.eu/en/

03.03.2025 10:21 — 👍 96    🔁 72    💬 10    📌 22
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Does Money Really Encourage People to Get Vaccinated? Researchers used a randomized controlled trial to isolate the incentive effects of payments.

Will people get vaccinated in exchange for money? A study via Booth’s Devin Pope, Lund University's @erikwengstrom.bsky.social @campos-mercade.bsky.social, @snsf-ch.bsky.social's Armando Meier, Columbia's @meierstephan.bsky.social, Copenhagen's Florian Schneider. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/does-...

28.01.2025 17:26 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The application deadline for our PhD program is getting closer. It's a great opportunity - I warmly recommend applying!

22.01.2025 13:19 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The latest issue of @scandjecon.bsky.social also contains a bibliometric overview of the journal's development (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....). This article also offers insights into the evolution of economics, including how the most frequent author keywords have changed over time.

16.01.2025 10:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics has reached its 125th anniversary! In the latest issue, we, the current editors, put the spotlight on a selection of notable papers published in the journal over the past decades.

16.01.2025 09:53 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Doctoral students at the Department of Economics Job Assignments The holders of these positions have a primary obligation to successfully fulfil their postgraduate (third cycle) education ending with a doctoral degree (PhD). A position as doctoral s

We will be admitting new PhD students in 2025. Full funding from day one. Vibrant research environment. International university town, a short train ride from Malmö and Copenhagen. Apply before January 31! Please reach out to me if you have questions!
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06.12.2024 09:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Amin Hussain I am a 5th Year PhD Economics Student at Uppsala University. Research Interests: Micro-theory and Mechanism Design with applications to Health and Political Economy

Amin Hussain is on the market this year. His JMP makes important contributions to the pricing of multi-use drugs. Let me explain why

sites.google.com/view/aminhus...

29.11.2024 06:31 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Professor in Financial Economics The department of Economics employs around 100 researchers, teachers, doctoral candidates, and administrative personnel. Research at the department includes topics such as microeconomics, finance, eco

We're hiring: Full Professor in Financial Economics! In my (perhaps biased) view, our department has a vibrant research environment—yet friendly, and with a lively faculty lounge! Spread the word!

lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

26.11.2024 08:10 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Huge thanks to everyone who contributed with inspiring lectures: Leonardo Bursztyn; Ingvild Almås; Adeline Delavande; @flxhlzmstr.bsky.social; Luigi Butera; @ihaal.bsky.social; @jondequidt.bsky.social;
@campos-mercade.bsky.social
& to @roelonthehill.bsky.social & Topi Miettinen for co-organizing.

21.11.2024 16:57 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wrapping up the PhD course on Behavioral Economics of Beliefs and Misperceptions with a great lecture by Alexia Delfino and engaging poster presentations. Now off to dinner!

21.11.2024 16:57 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 How has the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦 affected sentiments in Russia 🇷🇺? In a new WP with Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixson (Uppsala U), we study the effects of the invasion and two other war events on the support for Putin and other sentiments in Russia. 🧵👇

17.11.2024 22:12 — 👍 15    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 2
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Are finance professionals really different from everybody else? Common belief paints finance professionals as competitive risk-takers who can be unconstrained by ethical considerations, a narrative fuelled by financial scandals and economic crises. Martin Holm�...

A recent blog post about our recent paper on the preferences and traits of finance professionals versus the general population. Huge kudos to Matthias Stefan for taking the lead on this piece.

20.11.2023 13:54 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Important meta work on public acceptance of field experiments. There is another one by @robertdur.bsky.social , Arjan Non
, Paul Prottung, and Benedetta Ricci on "Who's afraid of Policy experiments":

osf.io/yshkt/

18.10.2023 06:35 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
EJM - Econ Job Market

Randi Hjalmarsson is recruiting two postdocs on the economics of crime for her new ERC funded project.

Econjobmarket advertisements: University of Gothenburg Econ Department position: econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
Stockholm University (SOFI) position: econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
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13.10.2023 08:45 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Daniel Spiro: Myter om koldioxidpriser För inte längesen skrev en amerikansk miljöekonom, Gilbert Metcalf, en diskussionsartikel vid namn ”Five myths of carbon pricing”. Precis som titeln antyder så försöker Metcalf, med bas i mi...

Finns det myter om hur prissättning av koldioxid funkar? @danielspiro.bsky.social reder ut på Ekonomistas! ekonomistas.se/2023/10/12/d...

12.10.2023 13:40 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I have also thought about this issue (and it applies to fiction too). This shift may also lead to development of new app interfaces where selected graphs and pictures can be shown easily in audio mode.

10.10.2023 08:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Agree. The prize stands out—and refreshingly so—for its focus on careful descriptive historical analysis.

09.10.2023 20:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations! 🎉

09.10.2023 15:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Nobel 2023: Tillkännagivanden – Ekonomi Tillkännagivande av Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomi till minne av Alfred Nobel.

Kolla in kommentarer på årets ekonomipris av priskommittémedlemmarna från Lund: Kerstin Enflo och Tommy Andersson. Börjar 19:00 in i klippet nedan. Ett strålande val av pristagare!

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09.10.2023 11:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Maybe of interest to #EconSky📈📉:

We now have a feed for #TeachEcon 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫! Please make use of it as well!

08.10.2023 16:40 — 👍 45    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 0
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Acemoglu återigen favorittippad Daron Acemoglu har varit favorittippad flera år i rad här på Ekonomistas och blev så även i år med 18% av rösterna. En möjlighet är att Acemoglus popularitet skulle bero på att vi sorterat a...

Acemoglu is once again the favorite in our yearly poll. But the real news is that we learned that our readers are not just clicking on the first alternative on the list.

ekonomistas.se/2023/10/08/a...

08.10.2023 09:07 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The illusion of moral decline - Nature We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce r...

Kom ett papper i Nature nyligen som visar att idén om att folk var mer moraliska förr har funnits länge och i många länder. Däremot finner de inte att folk blivit mindre moraliska över tiden. Bygger på enkätsvar och självskattningar men ger stöd för din tes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

07.10.2023 23:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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We started @malengo.org in 2021 to support Ugandan students on their journey to a Bachelor's degree in Germany. We admitted 10 students in 2021; 30 in 2022; and 120 in 2023.

Our next goal: FOUR HUNDRED!

We urgently need both investors and donors — please read and spread widely! 1/n

07.10.2023 10:50 — 👍 98    🔁 66    💬 1    📌 6

Early-Career Behavioral Economics Conference 2024

Check out the call, help spread the word to your early-career colleagues, and submit your wonderful papers!

Bonn, briq, July 1–2

More infos
sites.google.com/site/ecbecon...

#ECBE2024 #EconSky 📉📈

06.10.2023 14:19 — 👍 36    🔁 29    💬 2    📌 1
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The hidden costs of nudging: Experimental evidence from reminders in fundraising We document the hidden costs of a popular nudge and show how these costs distort policy making when neglected. In a field experiment with a charity, w…

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07.10.2023 09:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Submission to the Foundations of Utility and Risk conference 2024 is now open!
Check our great programme with an associated workshop on neuroeconomics in Sydney and the Learning Evolution and Games conference in Brisbane the 8-9 July. #econsky #psysci
www.furconference.org

06.10.2023 22:24 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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