Michael Sacks

Economist studying game theory, public economics, political economy, and industrial organization. Associate Professor at Clarkson University.

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

🚨Updated Draft: "Radicalization" 🚨

Jean-Paul Carvalho and I examine the conditions under which a forward-looking organization is willing and able to radicalize an identity group.

https://t.co/kdbgsup0zw

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[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

Given the discussion on AI-generated research, AI makes it easier to produce papers, but does it improve the literature?

My 2021 JEBO paper studies a relevant mechanism: private benefits plus costly consumption can lead to over-provision of public goods.

https://t.co/sm0s9BriQf

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

@alexolegimas .@JeanPaulCarv has an excellent working paper on the tail risk of human-level AGI resulting in economic concentration, an erosion of democratic institutions, and a collapse of human productivity.

https://t.co/HvT4eA501d

[Vincent Geloso @VincentGeloso]

Michael Saks at @MasonEconomics talking about how contacts across groups with prejudice affects later trust across groups (think like Darryl Davis (pictured) talking to KKK members to renounce successfully their racism)

[Vincent Geloso @VincentGeloso]

Michael Saks at @MasonEconomics talking about how contacts across groups with prejudice affects later trust across groups (think like Darryl Davis (pictured) talking to KKK members to renounce successfully their racism). The discussion is about modeling the effects

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

@KhoaVuUmn The real maths is the log-linearization we take along the way.

[Jean-Paul Carvalho @JeanPaulCarv]

Economics is far more expansive than it used to be. But recent work on social institutions lacks a unifying framework. I show how social institutions can be modeled as behavioral regularities using evolutionary game-theoretic models of norms.

[Jean-Paul Carvalho @JeanPaulCarv]

An analytic framework for the growing literature on norms, culture, identity, and religion in economics ---my chapter on Modeling Social Institutions for The Handbook of Culture and Economic Behavior, edited by Ben Enke, Paola Giuliano, @DrNathanNunn, and @lwantchekon
https://t.co/bvusU4fyI2

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

@KhoaVuUmn Uniqueness is left to the reader...

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

@JeanPaulCarv Well deserved.

[Jean-Paul Carvalho @JeanPaulCarv]

Delighted to be a founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

@KhoaVuUmn I believe the Barnes and Noble special edition covers DiD.

[Mark Koyama @MarkKoyama]

Given the apparent capabilities of the latest AI models, my friend and coauthor's @JeanPaulCarv's take on the political economy risks is a must read.

https://t.co/TIQUgRkeP5

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

@KhoaVuUmn To control for potential ununbias, we...

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

@BrianCAlbrecht @szilagyipal "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

[The Economic Journal @EJ_RES]

Hot off the press! The April 2024 issue is out now. #EconTwitter @OUPEconomics @RoyalEconSoc
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[The Economic Journal @EJ_RES]

Recently accepted at EJ: ‘Radicalisation’ by Jean-Paul Carvalho, Michael Sacks https://t.co/iWm9aGauy7 @MSacksEcon @RoyalEconSoc @OUPEconomics #EconTwitter

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@KhoaVuUmn Is arithmancy a joke to everyone?!

[Public Choice @_PublicChoice]

Available online at Public Choice:

Carvalho, JP., Rubin, J. & Sacks, M. Failed secular revolutions: religious belief, competition, and extremism. Public Choice (2023). https://t.co/CzH4NHnOG0

[Michael Sacks @MSacksEcon]

@BenjyOgden @RobertJRalston Naturally it has to be either green, purple, or orange as they are *convex combinations* of the other folder colors...

[Saumitra Jha @saumjha]

@lisablaydes @timurkuran and I @abbasiprogram (with generous support from @StanfordGSB @SIEPR) are delighted to be hosting a fantastic lineup #AALIMS conference on the #politicaleconomy of the Islamic World next week @Stanford. We hope to see you there!

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