BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”
#NobelPrize
Check session 119 on Friday are 5pm. I'll present a paper on the collapse of Bretton Woods in 1971 written with @Pato_Goldstein. We depart from mainstream narratives and argue that the fixed exchange rates collapsed for to Krugman style speculative attacks on the dollar. We support our hipothesis with archival evidence and policy maker's testimonials and policy minutes.
https://t.co/xgpXLZtBtJ
🧵 New paper w/ @patogoldstein: I Don't Want your Dollars: Reverse Speculative Attacks & the Collapse of Bretton Woods.
Why did Bretton Woods break in 1971–73? Standard story: US ran out of gold. We argue partner central banks ran out of patience absorbing US Dollars.
#EconTwitter
https://t.co/2d3MWUPdNl
I am on the Job Market!
In my JMP, I study optimal capital controls considering previously overlooked effects on investment and productivity using a sufficient statistic approach
Estimating productivity losses using microdata, I find that capital flows should be incentivized
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Hace unos días se viralizó este gráfico que hice, con muchas agresiones y descalificaciones, pero también muchos comentarios que valen la pena abordar.
Es una pena que las explicaciones requieran tiempo y detalle, pero creo que la importancia del tema lo amerita. Va un hilo. 👇
Se está hablando mucho de la corrupción en el comercio exterior de 🇦🇷. Voy a tratar de describir los dos principales problemas estructurales del proceso: las Licencias No Automáticas y la Aduana. Y explicar por qué no alcanzan funcionarios honestos si no hay un cambio de raíz.
"The Credibility of Government Policies" | Conferencia en honor a Guillermo Calvo.
🗓️ 22, 23 y 24 de febrero, Nueva York.
Programa e inscripción virtual: https://t.co/X7p3RNJeVQ
"La política social que ya existe es mucho más efectiva para realizar el ‘targeting’ del beneficio que cualquier forma de segmentación hecha a las apuradas", dice @LucaSartorio.
https://t.co/Hf8JjZKlSx
❗ Register now for the next Growth Lab Development Talk, with @NUaandja, the CEO of @NIPDB 🇳🇦
Joint event between @HarvardGrwthLab & the Growth Co-Lab at LSE.
🗓️ 11 May at 5pm UK time
🔗 https://t.co/mpibPmdjQU
REGISTER NOW: Our final #DevTalks seminar of the year is Wed. (12/8) at 12 pm EST. "Confronting Post-COVID Macroeconomic Challenges in #Namibia," featuring Minister @Iipumbushiimi. Moderated by @miguelsantos12
https://t.co/2Vo6RX9VHM