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[AU Economics @AU_Economics]

Congrats to Amy Burnett Cross (CAS/ECON/PhD ’25) on receiving honorable mention in the Upjohn Institute https://t.co/vAnPHg74N1 dissertation competition. Amy’s dissertation shows how U.S. military recruitment policy shaped women’s participation in the civilian labor market.

[AU Economics @AU_Economics]

The Department was excited to host researchers from across this DMV last weekend at the 6th annual DC-MD-VA Econometrics conference.

[Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis IMPA @impamodel]

The House reconciliation bill would extend—and raise to 23%—the QBI deduction. IMPA’s analysis finds no economic justification: no impact on investment or growth, substantial revenue loss, and regressive distributional effects. Read our full report here: https://t.co/n6xvSG8zU7

[Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis IMPA @impamodel]

IMPA’s new research on the long-run costs of cutting federal R&D funding is featured in today’s
@nytimes

The findings are clear: plausible cuts would shrink U.S. GDP for generations.

📉 Read the article: https://t.co/swaDdBoC8T

[Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis IMPA @impamodel]

Did you hear the talk about some Republicans being open to raising taxes on top earners? If anyone is still worried about higher taxes on the rich hurting economic growth, we have good news: they don’t.

What they undeniably do is raise revenue and reduce income inequality.

[Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis IMPA @impamodel]

Join us this Wednesday, April 23, as we host @JosephEStiglitz, @ikuziemko, Vanessa Williamson, and more for a timely conversation on U.S. economic policy—and the values that underpin it.
🕥 10am–12pm 📍 AU campus, SIS Building
🔗 RSVP here: https://t.co/daB5xugT4y

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Congrats to the Department's Institute for Macro Policy Analysis @impamodel on being selected for AU’s Signature Research Initiatives Research Informed Civic Engagement cohort, part of the Translating Research into Action project (https://t.co/vH9OH89Bcx).

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Congrats to PhD alum Natalia Leszczyszyn (https://t.co/j1NIaC6Pt0) on her appointment as Chief of the Regulatory Analysis Division at NHTSA! (https://t.co/34ugDATQwg)

[AU Economics @AU_Economics]

We are one week to the election--see what our faculty say is at stake for the economy:
https://t.co/ppfJGtD2qw

[Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis IMPA @impamodel]

A huge congratulations to our board member @baselinescene and his fellow laureates Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson on receiving the Nobel Prize! 🎉 A well-deserved honor!

[AU Economics @AU_Economics]

📢 Join us for the next Research Seminar at the Department of Economics this month, every Wednesday from 12pm to 1:15pm! #Economics #ResearchSeminar #AmericanUniversity #PGAE #DoE #DepartmentofEconomics

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AU Econ Students on WTOP today: https://t.co/kDjvQ6hHkk

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📢 Join us for the next Research Seminar at the Department of Economics about sustainability and climate policy!

#ClimatePolicy #Sustainability #NetZero #Economics #ResearchSeminar #AmericanUniversity #TheWorldBank #DoE #DepartmentofEconomics

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Mary Hansen from @impamodel discusses Harris' economic plan. https://t.co/P8DRs9wEMd

[AU Economics @AU_Economics]

🎓 Excited to invite you to our next #EconomicsResearchSeminar with Nathan Larson on Multitasking in Government Hierarchies!
📅 Sept 18th, 12 PM. Don't miss it!
📷 Learn more: news/research-seminars.cfm… #ResearchSeminar #AmericanUniversity #EconomicsResearch

[AU Economics @AU_Economics]

🎓 Join us at the next #EconomicsResearchSeminar featuring Natsuki Arai from Gettysburg College!
🗓️ 11 September, 2024
⏰ 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM 📍 Kreeger 100.

🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/f671wyw9XW

#ResearchSeminar #AmericanUniversity #EconomicsResearch

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https://t.co/BNuOQBBnJC
Great op-ed today in @Bloomberg by @impamodel co-directors @Nacho2G and @jamontecino with @JosephEStiglitz

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Congrats to @impamodel on the release of its new brief on the impact of taxing capital gains and dividends! Check out https://t.co/85BFAj4iLC and https://t.co/PpwerPocrs via @politico

[AU Economics @AU_Economics]

Another nice story on the Department's student- designed course on Taylor Swift’s economic impact - WTOP News (https://t.co/1b6y1e7uOn)

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Read all about the Institute for Macroeconomic and Policy Analysis' latest symposium on macroeconomics and inequality at https://t.co/44XiHmKm4N