UT-Austin Economics

The official twitter feed for the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin.

[UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon]

UT Austin jumps to #21 in the latest US News rankings of Economics programs. 🤘
https://t.co/Y3YANutdmB

[UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon]

Congratulations to Hassan Afrouzi (PhD 2017) on being selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Economics.
https://t.co/HhChMTLhJT

[UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon]

Congratulations to Wayne Geerling, who received the 2025 Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award during the November 23, 2025 during the recent Annual SEA Meeting in Tampa, FL. It's the second time in 5 years that a department instructor has won! 🤘🏆

[UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon]

A study co-authored by PhD student Francisco Pardo Pajuelo has been published in @JPubEcon. A long-term randomized evaluation of Peru's One Laptop Per Child program finds no significant effects on educ attainment and low utilization of computers in class.
https://t.co/7qkMFSR5Qd

[PREDOC.org @predoc_org]

Pre-Doc opening @UTAustinEcon! Opportunity to work with Professors Olivier Coibion and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (@nityanayar) on Macroeconomics research.

Learn more at: https://t.co/rcXH0NqBDa

[UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon]

A new textbook by Professor Jason Abrevaya (Probability and Statistics for Economics & Business) is forthcoming from @mitpress. Publication on November 25, 2025. Companion website https://t.co/cKJFbwGH5Q. The manuscript for the book has already been used by 2,000+ UT Econ majors!

[The Daily Texan @thedailytexan]

.@UTAustin economics senior Jack Munro has found an unconventional path to success in professional pickleball, boasting 212 career wins and taking home several gold medals at the 2025 APP Chicago Open. What started as a pastime to replace basketball after a shoulder injury turned into a deep passion for the game, leading him to found Longhorn Pickleball to help the sport reach others on the Forty Acres.

https://t.co/X01q3tUMh8

[SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum @suerf_org]

#SUERFpolicybrief “Firms’ #Inflation and #WageExpectations during the Inflation Surge" by @ErwanGautier17, Frédérique Savignac (@banquedefrance) and Olivier Coibion (@UTAustinEcon)

📄 https://t.co/hhSMf3qUMW

[UTEmbeddedScholars @EmbeddedScholar]

Embedded Scholar and @UTAustinEcon major Siyona Nayampally discusses her research in #Panama, from canvassing for a #UNDP survey on #SDGs to developing her own survey on #climatemigration at @cidgallup this summer.

Read more about her summer research and CID Gallup's fascinating survey work across Latin America at https://t.co/M9diqfyneU.

[The Daily Texan @thedailytexan]

.@UTAustinEcon junior Shalev Widen created DegreeView, a website to help undergraduate students view their required classes and hours for all @UTAustin’s 141 degree programs. The website showcases the required classes and hours by semester in a flowchart format for easier access.

https://t.co/wtI7q6V54c

[CEPR @cepr_org]

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20525
The Long-Lasting Protection of a Defunct Industrial Policy
Eugenio Miravete @UTAustin @UTAustinEcon, Maria Moral @UNED
https://t.co/WkrBrwjp2U
#CEPR_IO #CEPR_ITRE #EconTwitter

[LSE USAPP blog @LSEUSAblog]

News about the US economy drives global financial conditions find Christoph Boehm of @UTAustinEcon and @KronerNiklas of @federalreserve https://t.co/DBzd8BpE4s

[CEPR @cepr_org]

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20504
Shaping Preferences Through Industrial Policy: The Canary Islands in Autarkic Spain
Eugenio Miravete @UTAustin @UTAustinEcon, Maria Moral @UNED
https://t.co/ucQJTXszPf
#CEPR_IO #CEPR_ITRE #EconTwitter

[UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon]

https://t.co/kNyk9FqKPs

[Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothrev]

Read more about how #inflation made the labor market appear 🔥

(Research via @Columbia_Biz's Hassan Afrouzi, Andrés Blanco of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, @DrenikAndres of @UTAustinEcon, and @ChicagoBooth’s Erik Hurst)
https://t.co/1yoo0zlGht

[CEPR @cepr_org]

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20455
Informed Communication Equilibrium
Frédéric Koessler @HECParis, Vasiliki Skreta @UTAustinEcon @EconUCL
https://t.co/47pA89jkV3
#CEPR_IO #EconTwitter

[UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon]

The latest issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics features a paper by @EricChyn and his co-authors, "The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Racial Desegregation Program: Gautreaux."

[QJE @QJEHarvard]

#QJE Aug 2025, #11, “The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Desegregation Program: Gautreaux,” by Chyn (@EricChyn), Collinson (@racollinson), and Sandler: https://t.co/XoDszX5wg9

[LSE USAPP blog @LSEUSAblog]

News about the US economy drives global financial conditions find Christoph Boehm of @UTAustinEcon and @KronerNiklas of @federalreserve https://t.co/DBzd8BpE4s

[Simon & Schuster @SimonBooks]

AFTER THE SPIKE is available today! Discover Dean Spears and @MikeGeruso's lively and compelling case for stabilizing the population—without sacrificing our dreams or societal progress.
https://t.co/3ki1IlTkju

[UT-Austin Economics @UTAustinEcon]

Congratulations to @MikeGeruso and Dean Spears on the release of their new book, After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People.
https://t.co/g0DsULmuci

[Michael Geruso @MikeGeruso]

So excited that this will be out in the world tomorrow! And grateful to everyone who helped make it happen.

[LSE USAPP blog @LSEUSAblog]

News about the US economy drives global financial conditions find Christoph Boehm of @UTAustinEcon and @KronerNiklas of @federalreserve https://t.co/DBzd8BpE4s