Eduardo Montero

Costarricense 🇨🇷, development economist, Assistant Professor - University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy.

[Felipe Valencia C. @felipev84]

Deadline EXTENDED to January 31st, keynote by David de la Croix @marialopezuribe @JennyGuardado7

[Harris Policy @HarrisPolicy]

Meet the Harris Public Policy PhD candidates on the job market! They bring cutting-edge research, rigorous methods, and fresh insights across economics, political science, and public policy. Explore their profiles + job market papers: https://t.co/50jFYgpfFq

[Billy Woo Mora @billywoom]

Excited to begin my term as a visiting graduate student at @HarrisPolicy @UChicago hosted by @emontero_CR 🙌🏽

My work focuses on the political economy of development, historical and cultural/social economics.

If you’re around, feel free to reach out for a coffee!

[Juan Sebastián Galán @juansgalan]

Abro convocatoria de asistentes de investigación en @EconomiaUAndes para ayudarme en distintos proyectos que estudian la economía política del desarrollo en Colombia - sobre paramilitarismo, reforma agraria, y/o política industrial. Por favor, compartir. 1/3

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

2️⃣ Colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for resource extraction still negatively affect development in the DRC.

In our second most-read article, @sararlowes @UCSDEcon & @emontero_CR @HarrisPolicy outline their research: https://t.co/prrb0d9ETb #VoxDevTop10

[Maria Micaela Sviatschi @micasviatschi]

Thank you ⁦@TheEconomist⁩ for featuring my “making a narco” work in Peru ! https://t.co/ZVygQP3Dwp

[JEEA @JEEA_News]

Was your morning coffee Fair Trade certified? How would this have affected coffee producers and workers? Pair this new paper with your next coffee to find out more ☕ Forthcoming in @JEEA_News by Dragusanu, @emontero_CR, and @DrNathanNunn
@EEANews @OUPEconomics

[sara lowes @sararlowes]

@DrNathanNunn @JamesAlanRobin1 @emontero_CR and I are looking for a summer intern in DRC. Please apply! Fluency in French required; BA or MA; preferred field work experience. Appreciate retweets :) Job application info here: https://t.co/qZegtinbwz @econ_ra

[Eduardo Montero @emontero_CR]

@felipev84 Pura vida! Excellent paper parce!

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

IPA's Peace & Recovery Program, w/funding from @FCDOREDGCSD @OpenSociety, has become a major supporter of research on reducing crime, violence, and conflict. Our brief quickly summarizes several recent studies on crime and policing in Latin America 🧵
https://t.co/r3Ng5tVsav

[Jose P. Vasquez @jpvasq]

Primera conferencia EconCR. Esta es una iniciativa para promover la investigación y la comunidad académica costarricense. Ver agenda y link para registrarse abajo 1/4

[Eduardo Montero @emontero_CR]

@chiverre Pura vida :) ¡Gracias por la invitación!

[Felipe Valencia C. @felipev84]

Registration for our virtual @RIDGE_uy @voxlacea EHN workshop on Historical Development is now open! https://t.co/WkrYD2Byrq September 22, Montevideo times @MartinFiszbein @marialopezuribe

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

My newest investigation -- on how Costa Rica's commitment to public health has given its people a life expectancy among the longest in all of the Americas. https://t.co/zXysgt7vWS

[IPA LAC @IPA_LAC]

Grupos criminales como MS-13 pueden limitar el desarrollo socioeconómico de la gente que vive bajo su control. El 27 de abril discutiremos con @emontero_CR y @micasviatschi el impacto de treguas entre grupos criminales en El Salvador.
Registro aquí:

https://t.co/mSrbvdkjv8

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

Colonial French health campaigns that forcibly treated sub-Saharan Africans fed lasting mistrust in Western medicine that continues today, offering important lessons for modern vaccination efforts, say @sararlowes and @Emontero_CR #ResearchHighlight https://t.co/kH5lhfKjzY

[Rick Hornbeck @Rick__Hornbeck]

Grad students seem to get more hesitant about this over time, so just a reminder that you can still send me economic history ideas for feedback

[Stigler Center @StiglerCenter]

In a recent paper, Zach Y. Brown, @emontero_CR, @cschmidtpadilla, and @micasviatschi measure extortion by using unique data covering over 50,000 extortion payments made to gangs in El Salvador. Full article on @ProMarket_org https://t.co/4DrbkZPoa1 #competition #extortion

[Maria Micaela Sviatschi @micasviatschi]

Thank you @StiglerCenter and @ProMarket_org for featuring our work! In this paper we try to understand how gangs determine extortion rates and how collusion among gangs may affect consumers

[Maria Micaela Sviatschi @micasviatschi]

Thank you @TorstenBell for featuring our work with Zach Y. Brown @emontero_CR and @cschmidtpadilla Even criminals raise their prices when they form cartels https://t.co/ZHTt299PMn