Valentin Kecht

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

[Benjamin Born @bornecon]

Come join our macro group @UniBonn! We're hiring two postdocs for three years, starting September 2027. Empirical and theoretical macroeconomists (broadly defined) welcome.

Apply by 15 Nov 2026: https://t.co/gBNfk5jsQf

#EconTwitter #EconJobs @christianbaye13

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

@alexandraroulet Organizing committee: Simon Cordes (Bonn), @sara_rabino (UZH), @MattMachio (UZH) and @vkecht (EPFL).

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

📢 PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2027 📢

Next edition: University of Zurich (June 17–18, 2027).

Keynote speakers: John Conlon (Ohio State University), @alexandraroulet (INSEAD)

Call for Papers: https://t.co/5ZLkPKmL6v

Submission Deadline: Jan 31, 2027

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

@alexandraroulet The workshop provides a platform for early-career researchers to present work in behavioral and labor economics. We welcome submissions from current PhD students and from researchers who graduated in 2026 or later and work as postdocs, assistant professors, or equivalent.

[Farzad Saidi @farzado]

Join us as assistant professor in finance @UniBonn’s Department of Economics. Looking for research-active folks fresh out of their PhD programs and more seasoned candidates alike: https://t.co/Zy7qQaVj4W

[Malte Jacob Rattenborg @MalteRattenborg]

🎉A big thank you to everyone who participated in the PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2026, hosted at @CEBI_UCPH, University of Copenhagen! The workshop brought together amazing researchers for talks and discussions - and we couldn't have asked for a better crowd.

[Valentin Kecht @VKecht]

@MalteRattenborg @CEBI_UCPH @sara_rabino @till_wicker @renjie_bao @omryoresh @Camilla_skovbo

[Malte Jacob Rattenborg @MalteRattenborg]

@CEBI_UCPH And a special thanks to my fantastic co-organizers - Simon Cordes, Ida Maria Hartmann, and @VKecht - for making it all come together.

Looking forward to the next edition!

[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]

I coded up an open-source, not-for-profit AI paper reviewer that rivals the performance of @reviewer3com, @RefineInk, and Stanford Agentic Reviewer (according to @GeminiApp). Costs <$2!

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