Miguel E. Purroy

[Sebastián Salazar @StrategyEmerg]

Google Trends predijo bien las últimas 7 elecciones de Colombia

Esta semana @JDOviedoAr está superando por primera vez a @PalomaValenciaL

RT si creen que @JDOviedoAr da la sorpresa

Like si @PalomaValenciaL gana

[Joana Monteiro @joanacmmonteiro]

Excited to announce that the 15th Annual Meeting of AL CAPONE (America Latina Crime and Policy Network) will be hosted at FGV/EBAPE in Rio de Janeiro on May 28–29! 🌎 @ebape We’re thrilled to have @cblatts as our keynote speaker. Co-organized with @juanf_vargas.

[Daniel Mejia @DanielMejiaL]

El 3 de febrero @petrogustavo se reunirá con @POTUS y @marcorubio en Washington. Por mucho que trate de “vender” que su estrategia antidrogas ha sido un éxito, las cifras objetivas sobre cultivos de coca, producción potencial de cocaína, erradicación, interdicción y desarrollo alternativo muestran un completo fracaso de su estrategia. Nunca antes Colombia había tenido tanta producción de cocaína, ni había tan pocos resultados por mostrar. Veamos. Va 🧵

[Fedesarrollo @Fedesarrollo]

📢 Fedesarrollo anuncia el nombramiento de su nueva directora ejecutiva.

El Consejo Directivo de Fedesarrollo, en sesión extraordinaria celebrada el día de hoy, designó a Marcela Meléndez como nueva Directora Ejecutiva de la institución, en reemplazo de Luis Fernando Mejía, a partir del próximo 15 de febrero.

[Sergio Guzmán @SergioGuzmanE]

La captura de Maduro sin duda detona una gran variedad de escenarios de cambio de régimen, la mayoría de ellos caóticos, pues es claro que la transición no será ordenada (ni democrática). Hoy muchos celebran su caída, pero puede ser apenas el inicio de un periodo aún más difícil.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

In the past year, #NobelPeacePrize laureate Maria Corina Machado has been forced to live in hiding. Despite serious threats against her life she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions of people.

When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist. Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.

Read more about the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize: https://t.co/74X9vvuAIB

#NobelPrize

[Journal of Public Economics @JPubEcon]

Just published in @JPubEcon

"Landmines: The local effects of demining"

By Mouno Prem, @Mglpurroy, & @juanf_vargas

https://t.co/EwAcpuGZe1

#EconTwitter

[QJE @QJEHarvard]

#QJE May 2025, #10, “’Something Works’ in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program,” by Alsan, Barnett, Hull, and Yang: https://t.co/nBoO9AV8FM

[Eduardo Cavallo @eduardocavallo]

🌍 Exciting news! The paper "Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Sovereign Debt in the Caribbean Basin" is now forthcoming in the journal Climate and Development. This joint work with I. Noy, S. Gómez , and E. Strobl explores the critical intersection of climate change & public debt

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

On the use of large language models to solve prediction and estimation problems - amazing paper by @m_sendhil and colleagues. @tylercowen
https://t.co/Jmz3Bqnyi1

[María Corina Machado @MariaCorinaYA]

Ésta es la señal. Éste es el día!

El día que unimos nuestra bandera en un solo grito de LIBERTAD!

Venezuela te necesita.
A todos, JUNTOS. A TODOS!

Yo voy contigo.
Este 9 de enero, TODOS a las calles, en Venezuela y el mundo.

GLORIA AL BRAVO PUEBLO!

[Red Investigadores de Economía @economia_red]

📄#NuevoDocumento en el repositorio de la Red 🥳🥳

💵🇨🇴 "Descripción, antecedentes y riesgo fiscal y macroeconómico del Proyecto de Acto Legislativo que modifica el Sistema General de Participaciones (SGP)" - @JuanOspinaT et al.

👉Descárgalo aquí: https://t.co/K17uodn8i1

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

#NobelPrize

[María Corina Machado @MariaCorinaYA]

Queridos venezolanos, llegó el día!!!

Tenemos 25 años luchando por un momento y el momento llegó.

Les pido que escuchen y compartan este mensaje en el cual les pido unas acciones muy importantes para el gran día de mañana.

Vamos a GANAR!

Venezuela será libre.

[NBER @nberpubs]

The rise of private health insurance in the US in the post-WWII era was influenced by an American Medical Association-funded campaign against National Health Insurance, from @onmastodonsocial, Yousra Neberai, and Xingyou Ye https://t.co/8dDPAxvmNp

[Tim Phillips Talk Normal @timsvengali]

⭐ VoxTalks Economics NEW EPISODE ⭐

Is there economic, as well as humanitarian, benefit to demining? Mounu Prem @EIEF_Rome tells @timsvengali @cepr_org the first estimates of $ value of humanitarian mine clearance.

Listen & subscribe: https://t.co/cJGj6Gg9FT

[Tim Phillips Talk Normal @timsvengali]

⭐ VoxTalks Economics NEW EPISODE ⭐

Is there economic, as well as humanitarian, benefit to demining? Mounu Prem @EIEF_Rome tells @timsvengali @cepr_org the first estimates of $ value of humanitarian mine clearance.

Listen & subscribe: https://t.co/cJGj6Gg9FT

[Miguel E. Purroy @Mglpurroy]

@MBenitez96 @UCDavisEcon @the_IDB @Fedesarrollo @JaverianaEcon @eric_parrado @EduardoALora @GarlatiAdrian Genio, más que merecido! All the best, Migue @MBenitez96!

[American Political Science Review @apsrjournal]

In this #APSRNewIssue, Robin Harding, Mounu Prem, @nelson_ruizg, & @DavidLVargasM analyze how campaign contributions can buy reductions in regulatory enforcement. They find deforestation is significantly higher where politicians are donor-funded.
https://t.co/TiYD6adPFo

[Elias Papaioannou @EliasPapaioann2]

An overview of #landmines and spatial development @LBS @LBS_Alumni Think Magazine. Some ideas on the clearance prioritization for Ukraine. Lessons from the important work of @TheHALOTrust, @HI_UnitedStates, @theGICHD, @UNMAS , @UN, in #Mozambique

https://t.co/ZRG8yekBf8