Valentin Kecht

Econ PhD @unibonn. Bavarian by nature, Italian by nurture. Views and dadjokes my own.

[Farzad Saidi @farzado]

Read the full paper here: https://t.co/p3POLhR407

[Farzad Saidi @farzado]

Weitere Coverage zu unserem Paper, diesmal aus Deutschland, wo das Alter bei Ernennung der CEOs von 44 auf 52 Jahre angestiegen ist. Wie nachhaltig und zukunftsgerichtet ist die gestiegene Nachfrage nach generalistischen Skills, die das Altern in der Chefetage antreibt?

[VoxEU @voxeu]

Understanding the rise in CEO age
Valentin Kecht @UniBonn, Alessandro Lizzeri @PrincetonEcon @Princeton, Farzad Saidi @farzado @UniBonn
https://t.co/XsEQTST4xJ

[CEPR @cepr_org]

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21397
Aging at the Very Top
Valentin Kecht @UniBonn, Alessandro Lizzeri @PrincetonEcon @Princeton, Farzad Saidi @farzado @UniBonn
https://t.co/ff2ubhRfKZ
#CEPR_LE #CEPR_OE #CEPR_BCF #EconTwitter

[Axios @axios]

American CEOs are getting older https://t.co/KmjsYrjdHr

[Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance @HarvardCorpGov]

Posted: What Explains the Rise in CEO Age?, https://t.co/wtcseV41S5 #corpgov

[Steven N. Durlauf @sndurlauf]

This is a wonderful paper Valentin Kecht, Alessandro Lizzeri, and Farzad Saidi. The analysis makes a persuasive argument that long and diverse career paths are increasingly valued. As such, the model speaks to issues ranging from the right tail of executive compensation to meaning of meritocratic matching in firms. The paper complements arguments made by Michelle Jackson @mivich in her brilliant book The Division of Rationalized Labor on increasing job complexity in the modern economy.

[Farzad Saidi @farzado]

In which we study how firms' use of big data shapes the transmission of macroeconomic shocks to investment, with data-intensive firms responding more strongly to monetary policy shocks while their data intensity exhibits a non-linear relationship with investment cyclicality.

[Farzad Saidi @farzado]

Why has CEO age increased so much? Thank you also to @bizboyle for covering our paper for Bloomberg: https://t.co/MZ6OPbrIjL

[David Van Dijcke @packlesshepherd]

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Live @ https://t.co/5m1Srky4H8. Plug in paper, @OpenRouter key, and email. #econtwitter.

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

@farzado Looked into this a while ago with the same data, and well... we are.

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

@iza_bonn @iza_event @eale_sbe @RF_Berlin @Glabor_org @EEANews @Economics_UCPH

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

🚨 Very excited to co-organize the 2nd PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics in Copenhagen (June 8-9, 2026)

Are you a PhD student / PostDoc? ✅
Working on Labor and/or Behavioral Economics? ✅

Do not miss the chance to apply!

[Malte Jacob Rattenborg @MalteRattenborg]

📢 PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2026 📢

The next edition will take place at @CEBI_UCPH , Copenhagen (June 8–9, 2026).

Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH) & Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley).

Call for Papers: https://t.co/TA313a3rO2
Deadline: Jan 31, 2026

[Malte Jacob Rattenborg @MalteRattenborg]

📢 PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2026 📢

The next edition will take place at @CEBI_UCPH , Copenhagen (June 8–9, 2026).

Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH) & Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley).

Call for Papers: https://t.co/TA313a3rO2
Deadline: Jan 31, 2026

[Farzad Saidi @farzado]

Join us @UniBonn! The finance group within the economics department is looking to hire an assistant professor (tenure track): https://t.co/xtJf7SKiJs

[Dirk Jenter @DirkJenter]

The NBER Economics of Executive Compensation Conference will be held next week (October 9-10) in Cambridge, MA.

We have nine great papers and discussants.

The meeting will be livestreamed on the NBER's YouTube channel.

Links to both are in the first reply.

Please tune in!

[Alexander Ahammer @AhammerAlex]

I have leftover funding for a PhD student for one year (ideally Sept '25 - Sept '26). Might be a good fit for someone wanting to delay going on the market. Please send interested students my way!

[Christian Bayer @christianbaye13]

You do research in macroeconomics, broadly related to the topics of finance and inequality? You have an upcoming sabbatical or summer time off? Have a look at this opportunity to become a visiting fellow of at our @dfg_public sponsored center CASFI at @UniBonn for 3 to 6 months.

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

@packlesshepherd If there is no Daft Punk reference, I don't want it!

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

Could not agree more with this! A huge thanks to the organizers @warwickecon @cage_warwick

[Gabriel Chaves Bosch @BoschChaves]

Had a great time in the West Midlands for the Warwick PhD conference. Excellent organisation and selection of papers. Even managed a central position in the group pic alongside my amazing discussant and fellow presenter @KamalKassam
Apply next year if you can!