I like this article. My perspective on how to effectively use AI coding agents in research is: remember the main goal of research, to improve our *human* understanding of the world. So I say, use agents as much as you want. But if you are not learning anything from your agents, slow down. Read outputs more carefully. Think of better ways to use the agents or steer them towards better directions. Invest in “skills” & practices that help you collaborate more efficiently with them. TLDR: don’t think of them as tools to accelerate your productivity, because it’s easy to focus on output (eg writing more papers)—think of them as tools to accelerate your understanding of your field and where you should go…and spawn all the agents you wish
1/🍷 Who really paid for the 2019 U.S. tariffs on European wine?
Foreign producers cut prices—but domestic markups pushed costs up. U.S. consumers ultimately paid more than the government collected in tariffs.
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We've just opened a new BFI pre-doc position through the International Economics and Economic Geography Initiative:
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Come work with us! The trade and spatial group at UChicago is a top-notch place to start your academic career!
I'm hiring a pre-doc to work with me on empirical IO/applied micro projects starting in Fall '25!
Details below and instructions here: https://t.co/grvqibXQPW
International students (who need J1) are welcome & non-econ bgs are fine given interest + curiosity. Please apply :)
How to tackle regional economic inequality in the UK?
With @edballs and @DanTurnerSY, some ideas in a new working paper.
TLDR: (1) STEM skills, (2) better transport for non-London cities, (3) boosts to public-funded R&D outside the South.
🧵below...
https://t.co/mKDopjMIHF
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I am hiring one new Predoctoral Fellow to join my lab in Summer 2023 for an expected term of two years. The @econ_ra will participate in every stage of an applied micro research agenda focusing on economic mobility.
Info here: https://t.co/n6NT2gytm0
Interested in urban economics, housing policy and inequality? Want to work with big data to help me study these topics? Come work for me a pre-doctoral fellow at Stanford GSB! Applications are open now to start in summer 2023! https://t.co/3SHlSdcbuM
Exciting newsssss! @Grant__Gordon & I will be hanging out at @Stanford THIS SATURDAY June 4th from 12 - 12pm at Coupa Cafe ☀️☕️
Plz come take a break from finals & say hi -- we'll have free coffee, snacks, & surprise gifts too hehe 👀🥰💗
@FrancisSuarez@Sarasti In New York we always go big, so I’m going to take my first THREE paychecks in Bitcoin when I become mayor. NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative industries! Just wait!
LeBron James is a 17x All-Star, 4x NBA champion, and has made over $1 billion throughout his career.
The part you didn't know?
@KingJames is also going to send thousands of kids to college tuition-free, changing lives & transforming his hometown.
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