New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20516
Losses from Natural Disasters: County-Level Data on Damages, Injuries, and Fatalities
@mcrosign, Martin Hiti @NewYorkFed
https://t.co/GmycCSxYal
#CEPR_CCE#EconTwitter
New @LibertyStEcon post introduces Losses from Natural Disasters—a comprehensive dataset on county-level damages, injuries, and fatalities from natural disasters in the U.S.
https://t.co/JQ8mB6aT6F
It's a myth that the US lost the semiconductor industry to East Asia.
In fact, at present, the US is the *only country* that has firms at every step of the semiconductor supply chain.
TSMC has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpass similar factories in Taiwan, a significant breakthrough for a US expansion project initially dogged by delays and worker strife https://t.co/9PcFIMAlSQ
🚨 New paper! Dongho Song and I use prediction market data and time-series econometrics to infer in real time co-movement of voter preferences and model conditional 2024 election outcomes. (1/6)
🚨New Paper!🚨
Low property taxes concentrate ownership among the elderly, while higher property taxes enable more young families to own homes.
With @josh_coven, @and_joy_, and Sebastian Golder
Paper: https://t.co/Sla9cOsC7R
Substack: https://t.co/mrPChb1FHN
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I think the best athletes/players are the quickest thinkers and this is perfect illustration of this. Notice how Rafa gets up from the fall…Sees that the incoming ball is slow enough that he will reach it so takes a split second to wipe his right hand on his thigh in case he needs it to hit a backhand later in the point ❤️🔥
Governments increasingly use export controls to limit the spread of domestic cutting-edge technologies to other countries. In today's post, the authors study the supply chain reconfiguration and associated effects of export controls by the U.S. government. https://t.co/DReOF7vtKb
Unpopular opinion 🚨 South America should have its own dedicated swing on the tennis tour with its own masters series. The way the fans support the tournaments there is incredible. Amazing atmospheres and 🎾 is clearly part of their sporting culture. Vamos @atptour !
Carlos Alcaraz vs Big Three [20 years and 9 months old]:
🇪🇸 Carlos Alcaraz
Matches Won: 78.3% (159/203)
ATP 250: 🏆🏆
ATP 500: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Masters 1000: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Grand Slam: 🏆🏆
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
Matches Won: 77.8% (198/253)
ATP 250: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
ATP 500: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Masters 1000: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Grand Slam: 🏆🏆
🇨🇭 Roger Federer
Matches Won: 61.1% (124/203)
ATP 250: 🏆🏆
ATP 500:
Masters 1000:
Grand Slam:
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic
Matches Won: 70.9% (129/182)
ATP 250: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
ATP 500: 🏆
Masters 1000: 🏆🏆
Grand Slam: 🏆
He's doing OK.
The most consequential economic chart of the next decade: as real estate investment collapses, China is using massive export subsidies to export its way out of trouble.