The UK vaccination programme has been a remarkable success so far. As of today, more than 27m people have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, more than Germany, France and Italy combined.
A thread to understand why the UK got it right and the EU got it wrong.
In a new JI WP, Edoardo Gallo @gallo_edo@CamEcon (w/@MariaBigoni1 & G. Camera) observes that 'monetary systems outperform social exclusion mechanisms in promoting cooperation in globalized social and economic networks'. ➡️https://t.co/hqcw25ECEO
#econtwitter#globalization
📣New 2-minute video. #KeynesFund research from @gallo_edo on cooperation in networks: an increase in the availability of social information leads cooperators to form communities with other cooperators & ostracize defectors.
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https://t.co/vFANGtHrSe
Excited to have the opportunity to present my work with Gabriele Camera and Marco Casari at Cambridge. A big thank to @gallo_edo for having invited me!
1/ Totally agree with this.
I think there is a strange prejudice in economics that studying sports, movies, game shows etc is not “serious”
The truth is that as Ignacio explains, they often provide unusual control and diagnosticity.
It's time to meet the Job Market Candidates for 2023-24.
The JMCs are Lukas B. Freund, Alastair Langtry, Balduin Bippus, Sarur Chaudhary, Vivek Roy-Chowdhury, and Diogo Salgado Baptista.
Full details of the Job Market Paper and references: https://t.co/oFHy02sCHd
My D.Phil. supervisor Meg Meyer was awarded the inaugural "Role Models in Economics" prize by the European Economic Association.
I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this prize, and I am forever grateful to have been one of her doctoral students. Thank you, Meg.
EEA delighted to announce that Margaret (Meg) Meyer @NuffieldCollege has been awarded the inaugural Role Models in Economics prize. Full announcement https://t.co/G7P1A0Xa9k
Berlusconi’s death is a moment of reckoning and reflection.
No other individual has had such a profound impact on the history of the Italian republic.
It says a lot about Italy.
I signed this statement because I believe we need to have a global discussion on the risk posed by AI. There is still time, but the huge uncertainty means we need to start sooner rather than later.
https://t.co/vLeZRF4IVm
Every year I teach a course on "How to do economics" to first year PhD students, and one of my recommendations is never to look at EJMR. Glad to have this paper to add to the reference list!
🚨NEW PAPER🚨
"Anonymity and Identity Online"
We geolocate the majority of EJMR posters and show that posting on EJMR is wide-spread at US universities and also frequent in other organizations employing economists.
Presentation at NBER SI (7/20/2023):
https://t.co/TYjV26la9Y
🚨 Nesta semana receberemos Edoardo Gallo (@gallo_edo) da Cambridge University para o seminário acadêmico!
🗳️ Social networks, confirmation bias and shock elections
🗓️ 04/05 - 16h
📍 Sala G-1 do FEA-1 - Seminário presencial!!
Paper: https://t.co/QzMOohvjWo