Michael Thaler

Behavio(u)ral + experimental + political econ @EconUCL
Past: Postdoc @PrincetonEcon | PhD @HarvardEcon

[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

@ben_golub

[The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) @restatjournal]

Does one bias beliefs to trust news more if it makes them feel good? No, not unless functionality/ego is at stake. Just Accepted new paper by Michael Thaler (X: @michaelhthaler) https://t.co/QVLzNLpMe8

[QJE @QJEHarvard]

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Overinference from Weak Signals and Underinference from Strong Signals,” by Augenblick, Lazarus, and Thaler (@michaelhthaler): https://t.co/bJwGAZrDis

[Mattie Toma @mattietoma]

📢 Early-Career Behavioral Economics Conference 2025 📢

Check out the call, help spread the word to your early-career colleagues, and submit your wonderful papers!

FAIR, Bergen, June 19-20, 2025

More info: https://t.co/t0WsQxcRdI…

#ECBE2025 #EconTwitter

[Mattie Toma @mattietoma]

I'm excited to introduce the Policymakers Lab! If you're a policymaker, you are invited to lend your expertise to academic research. Sign up to participate in short surveys on policy decision-making and evidence use. And feel free to spread the word!

👉https://t.co/Nlwd3tmRzS

[Dan Williams @danwilliamsphil]

There is an interesting scientific debate concerning whether political beliefs that seem to result from motivated reasoning might actually be driven by Bayesian inference. Cool findings by @michaelhthaler suggest motivated reasoning is real 👇.
https://t.co/WGopwWfjTW

[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

@rosiewright99 @TimesRadio @terrystiastny @maxbscott @AlexTPet Thanks for having me on the show!

[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

If all else fails, you could manually add some values to your data. Just make sure they're in a different font!

[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

I'm excited to share my new project, Expertise for Expounding on Extrapolations of Exceptionally Extravagant Experimental Exercises.

As motivation, I use the classic paradigm of Munroe (2011)'s groundbreaking study about which-colored jelly beans lead to acne (see data).

🧵

[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

Oddly, you may be asked to run another study by R2, who is probably a macroeconomist. This one is supposed to be "pre-" "registered."

Just ensure your preregistration contains every feasible combination of words, like the Library of Babel. Now, you can always quote it directly!

[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

@BenBushong @solda_eco Thanks for the shout-out! And it's great to see how much the field has been growing!

[UCL Economics @EconUCL]

📢We’re hiring! We’re looking for an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in any field of economics to join our team @ucl Department of Economics.

📅Deadline: 24 November 2023

Find out more and apply➡️https://t.co/Uno60d5obd

[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

@KatrinGoedker @CESifoNetwork @ucl @EconUCL Thanks -- I'm excited to be part of the network!

[CESifo @CESifoNetwork]

Welcome Michael Thaler to our network - we are looking forward to future cooperations with @ucl and @EconUCL - check out Michael's Twitter profile @michaelhthaler and the CESifo Research Network website: https://t.co/bJad188Bpy

[Imran Rasul @ImranRasul3]

Working on research topics related to wealth concentration or economic inequality? Then consider applying to the open grants call from @StoneEcon_UCL: details below (deadline 31st July).

Please RT to help spread the word!
@JanetGornick @gabriel_zucman @EconUCL @sndurlauf

[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

"In the first class, Dr. Thaler held out a pocket fan and said 'As you can see, I'm a big FAN of microeconomics!' But after that, things got completely out of hand." -Pope F.

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[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

My microeconomics class this year blew everyone away. I got some great reviews (from my very cool students), and I'd like to share them with you all!🧵

"I really enjoyed learning about microecon. But the room was a bit chilly; don't forget to bring a jacket!" -Ken A.

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[Michael Thaler @michaelhthaler]

"By Lecture 7, the cold had taken over. Some were chilled by WARP and others warped by the chill. My study group huddled for warmth, salvaging the last of our body heat to stay upright. But we had to hold our ground. This material was going to be on the exam." -Ulysses S.G.

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