BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes.”
#NobelPrize
Nytt nummer ute av tidskriften ”Penning- och valutapolitik”! Årets andra utgåva innehåller artiklar som alla berör ämnen som hör till kärnan i en centralbanks verksamhet. https://t.co/JuLaQWSrRM
Riksbanken lanserar tillsammans med centralbanken i Israel och @NorgesBank och @BIS_org Project Icebreaker. Ett gemensamt projekt kring hur digitala centralbankspengar kan användas för internationella betalningar och överföringar.
#Riksbanken#CBDC
https://t.co/ZyGD0YvEMA
🚨Publication alert🚨
Our paper (with @AndreReslow) on electoral cycles in GDP forecasts is out in the JEBO.
Short story: 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇸🇪 govts overestimate GDP growth ahead of elections.
Long story: André's thread https://t.co/DrbTo78h3W
Longer story: paper
https://t.co/gw2Yrsr2Qw
En färsk G20-rapport visar att digitala centralbanksvalutor kan underlätta tillgången till snabba gränsöverskridande betalningar om länder samarbetar kring interoperabilitet, regelverk etc. Se film med projektets ordförande och förste vice riksbankschef Cecilia Skingsley. #CBDCs
@sirdeh There is this cool search engine @DuckDuckGo where you can search for stuff on the internet. It actually respects your privacy. You can search for “what is Clubhouse?” and not only get an answer but do so without anyone knowing that you did not know.
For those of you who still care about fundamentals: #crypto is an environmental nightmare.
A single #Bitcoin transaction has the same carbon footprint as 709.000 credit card transactions & consumes as much electricity as a US (!) household in 23 days.
https://t.co/yKmL9aGhdW
Listen to @sirdeh discus his research looking at whether support for anti-immigration political parties increases or decreases when native-born voters work alongside migrants.
https://t.co/WMDwKOmCnH
@SOFI_su_se@Stockholm_Uni
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What else do we do?
👉 We study the effect of outsourcing the primary forecasting of the 🇬🇧 government
👉 We study the heterogeneity among different public forecasters in 🇸🇪
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/P75RQKvSxC
Hey #EconTwitter
🚨I’m on the #econjobmarket 🚨
My JMP “Electoral Cycles in Macroeconomic Forecasts” documents the existence of Political Forecast Cycles
(with @davidecipu) Link: https://t.co/P75RQKvSxC
Check out my CV and research here:
https://t.co/XOb7iqi62x
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🇺🇸 heterogeneity and further tests of model predictions:
✅No difference between mid-term and presidential elections
✅Smaller bias when the incumbent is term-limited
✅Smaller bias when the incumbent lack full support in congress