Ben Zissimos

Associate Professor of Economics at University of Exeter Business School, specialising in Institutions, Trade, and Economic Development, and Director of InsTED.

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📣 Call for Papers

The 24th GEP–CEPR Annual Postgraduate Conference will take place on 14–15 April 2026.

Details via CEPR: https://t.co/AcPHB1ZtFZ

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Delighted to share a conference call celebrating the birthday and work of Marilda Sotomayor — a foundational figure in matching theory.

Details here: https://t.co/CQmsiTbCNw

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It was wonderful being part of InsTED Workshop in Edmonton! Many thanks to the organizers @BeyzaMarchand @LiuRunjuan @BenZissimos @EugeneBeaulieu for putting together such a thoughtful and engaging program.

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@JayHyunEcon @HaleUtar @BeyzaMarchand @LiuRunjuan @EugeneBeaulieu Thank you so much for hosting us! We had an amazing time.

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🚨 Deadline is tomorrow (May 1)!
Call for papers: 9th InsTED Workshop @ Univ. of Alberta, Sept 20–21.
📌 Papers on Institutions, Trade and Economic Development
Keynotes: Nathan Nunn & Daniel Trefler
🔗 https://t.co/fzDbdCuMOW
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@pol_antras Good luck, Pol! Will be interested to hear how it goes.

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@snlester Hi Simon, you should look at Broda, Limão and Weinstein (2008, AER) “Optimal Tariffs and Market Power: The Evidence.” It provides evidence that the US and other countries set tariffs according to a terms-of-trade motive, when not bound by WTO agreements.

[Devashish Mitra @DevashishMitra_]

So those who got elected to the Senate don’t reflect the will of the people? The legislature, judiciary and executive are coequal govt branches. The function of legislature is checks & balances on the executive, for which the people elected these senators. Take Civics 101.

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Come to the 8th InsTED Workshop at King's College London on 22nd July. Paper submission deadline is tomorrow: https://t.co/gRv89q8xqr

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@TomZylkin Fantastic result, @TomZylkin! Congrats on the pub. Do/can you say anything about comparative advantage? Does the FTA create or divert trade, seen through the lens of your analysis?

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@Kripfganz @Stata Fantastic going, @Kripfganz! Congratulations!

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@YotovG @YotovaAneliya Congratulations, both of you! I never realised until this moment that you guys got married exactly two days after we did!

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I usually only share professional content here. But my dear friend Vince wanted me to share his video as widely as possible. To anyone facing adversity of any kind, I think this is 20 years of yoga in 7 minutes!

https://t.co/9Q8N4NayiR

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I normally only post professional content here. But this is a deeply personal message, that I thought everyone would find inspiring especially at this time of year.

https://t.co/uwQOq4n0ne

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Thanks for sharing this brilliant article, @BaldwinRE. Martin Wolf of the FT, a pessimist on the new cold war between the US and China, paints a relatively 'rosy' picture of the US and allies' continued economic dominance.

[Richard Baldwin @BaldwinRE]

Martin Wolf geo-economic block analysis!
👉5 grps: 1. US&allies 2. CN&allies, 3. US-leaners, 4. CN-leaners, 5. RoW
🔗 https://t.co/iV4nLW2fmr
📊Nom’l GDP (Team US way ahead)
📊Manuf’ing (50-50 but Team US losing ground)
📊Fin’l stuff (Team US way ahead)
❗️I would have added % of world: military spending, goods exports, population, Nobels, AI investment. And something on demographic decline.
👉based on on Capital Economics work
👎Capital Econ website behind paywall: https://t.co/9WBCB4t3KY @martinwolf_ @ftopinion @IMD_Bschool

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@D_A_Irwin RIP Max. With deep gratitude for your work, especially your books on trade policy that form a cornerstone of the literature to this day.

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Brilliant opportunity!

[Alejandro G. Graziano @AGGraziano]

🚨🚨🚨 We are hiring trade economists! 🚨🚨🚨

Come join one of the best places to do trade in Europe!

We have two openings linked to the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (@centre4ITP)

(1) A tenure-track position.
(2) A post-doc position.

See links and details below --->

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@EmanuelOrnelas_ @EconFGVSP Congratulations, @EmanuelOrnelas! This is fantastic news. Very well deserved and I think you will be a great addition to the Society.

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@OpenAI Wow! So yeah. Humans really are now obsolete

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Super interesting paper and data!