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Analysis of 7 years of student test performance data in the UK by @rdmetcalfe et al suggests the football World Cup tournament coinciding with high stakes exams reduces the odds of meeting the required benchmark by 12% (28% for keen football fans):
https://t.co/WY6FckASyg
A lot of us can vouch for this from GCSE, A-Level and university days. Imagine how productivity will dip/plummet too 😬
PS This is genuinely why I had to change career and retrain as a journalist - because I couldn’t deal with missing World Cups at work…
Major international soccer tournaments like the World Cup have a significant negative effect on student exam performance.
The odds of reaching the achievement benchmark fall by 12% on average and considerably more for students likely to be interested in soccer.
Organized by @Econ_4_Everyone and @RDMetcalfe, AFE 2026 brings together innovative work shaping economics, policy, and business through real-world experimentation.
📢 Final Call for Papers: Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) 2026
Join leading researchers using field experiments to answer big economic questions.
Submit your abstract by May 29.
https://t.co/RiALxsweBU
Merger proposals create a selection effect: even if market power and efficiency gains are unrelated overall, proposed mergers will often show a negative correlation between them, from @rdmetcalfe, @ASollaci, and @ChadSyverson https://t.co/vMsm5lTEla
Congrats to the @ColumbiaSIPA PhD graduates! We are so proud of you all and can't wait to see how you go forth and change the world, for the better.🎓👏🎉
Very excited to be co-hosting this conference with @Econ_4_Everyone for the eighth time.
Join us in Chicago to present your experimental work & find out about the latest experimental research by others, in many different markets & policy sectors.
May 29 deadline to submit.
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: Reminder to submit by May 29, 2026
The 2026 Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) Conference will take place Sept. 17–18 at the University of Chicago.
More information: https://t.co/44tMlOsxOn
⚡🌬️☀️ What happens if households get free electricity when renewables are abundant?
We tested this with 120,000 customers across @OctopusEnergy 🇬🇧 & @OctopusEnergyES 🇪🇸 - the results are pretty striking 🧵
Heat pump flex is often framed as a big behavioral ask. @CentreNetZero analysis by Joe Grainger, @LouiseB99517942, & me of ~2k heat pump homes suggests it's already happening: households schedule setpoints to make their heat pumps respond to ToU tariff https://t.co/jSRBsE5Qf9
Where will our 2026 Graduates be next year? They'll be headed off to Canada, South Korea, Chile and CA. We wish them the the best of luck at @McMasterEcon, @DukeEnvironment, @Stanford , @UChiClimate, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, @LSEGeography, @UCalgary & Chile Pontificia Universidad Católica.
Many thank to their advisors and to the amazing 2026 Job Market Director @RDMetcalfe!