Alexis Ghersengorin

Postdoc in econ in Oxford (Nuffield and GPI). Doing micro theory.
Born in the French Alps, mountaineer, climber and skier.

[QJE @QJEHarvard]

Recently accepted by #QJE: “"Compensate the Losers?" Economic Policy and the Origins of U.S. Partisan Realignment,” by Kuziemko, Longuet-Marx, and Naidu: https://t.co/gcXGvxTH5q

[Andy Garin @andy_garin]

Data-driven research, at its best, presents you with results that surprise you. 😲

When I began studying Seattle's minimum pay standard for delivery drivers, I personally expected to see high-attachment delivery drivers making more money after the policy went into effect. 1/13

[Global Priorities Institute @GPIOxford]

Imperfect Recall and AI Delegation, the new working paper by Eric Olav Chen, @Alexghersen and Sami Petersen is now available to read here: https://t.co/WFM2kTkqgb

[Benjamin Marx @benjaminmarx]

Our paper on state-building and the French Revolution is forthcoming in the AER! In 1790, a radical administrative reform laid the foundations of the modern French state. We study its consequences for state capacity and economic development in the short and long run.

[Aslak Berg @BergAslak]

Should Europe worry about being left in the dust by US economic growth? My first piece for @CER argues that a cool-headed look at why the US has grown faster shows that Europe has actually done fairly well, given its circumstances. (1/x)

[Ségal Le Guern Herry @LghSegal]

Can property taxes work as a corrective tool to foster investment in financial assets?

I provide answers in my job market paper “Wealth Taxation and Portfolio Allocation”

A short 🧵

#EconTwitter #EconJobMarket

[Amory Gethin @amorygethin]

📢Please share! I am looking for a research assistant to work on a project evaluating the role of education in reducing poverty and inequality worldwide since the 1950s.
Start date, duration, and modalities are very flexible.
More info: https://t.co/xRSASd0ZG8
@econ_ra

[Alexis Ghersengorin @Alexghersen]

@grattonecon @PhilippDenter If we start talking about Europe, I would also add Paris then, simply for Font ;-) Also: Manchester for Peak District; Toulouse (don't exactly how far are the spots though); Marseille; Geneva, Lausanne & St-Gallen (more for mountains). Munich maybe? Anyway, great criterion!

[Alexis Ghersengorin @Alexghersen]

@PinchOfData That said, I agree that titles often sound like the paper is opening and finishing a new strand of literature at the same time =)

[Alexis Ghersengorin @Alexghersen]

@PinchOfData What's more, it allows linking different pieces of research that address, through different contexts or dimensions, similar phenomena.

[Shengwu Li @ShengwuLi]

Got it, choosing my next title to maximize -∑P(x)log(P(x)).

[Mathieu Magnaudeix @mathieu_m]

punchline ratée de stand up tout pourri

[Ariel Rubinstein @ArielRubinstein]

40 years ago I published this paper. Although it is my most cited paper, I think I did better in many of my other papers (some of them hardly cited).

In any case I am proud about the "clarification" which starts the paper (making clear it is not a prediction).

[GermainGauthier @PinchOfData]

In a recent draft with @phinifa and @ellliottt, we develop a novel method to mine narrative statements from text. To make things easier, we also provide an open-source package for social scientists. Hope this will come in handy for some !

Thread, draft and package below 👇

[Arpit Gupta @arpitrage]

There are many guides to grad school and the job market. But the one I return to, again and again, is Eric Zwick's guide. Just so good.

If you read these and nothing else, and really follow them, you'll be in great shape.

https://t.co/H5Pz8Ejqvs
https://t.co/qM3KAAka2W