David Torun

Senior Researcher in Economics @econ_uzh + Fellow @CESifoNetwork || Prev. @Kennedy_School @UCSDEcon @HSGStGallen || Int. trade & macroeconomics

[David Torun @torun_david]

📐Thrilled that our paper is out at @JIntlEcon!

The triangle inequality (TI) has been largely overlooked in quantitative exercises, even though it has important implications for them! A 🧵 1/12
https://t.co/JVHkDcbU3Z

[Journal of International Economics @JIntlEcon]

New: "Triangle inequalities in international trade: The neglected dimension" by Reto Föllmi (@RFollmi), Christian Hepenstrick (@SNB_BNS) and David Torun (@torun_david).
https://t.co/xRkTupxHBH 1/2

[Enea Baselgia @eneabaselgia]

My solo PhD chapter is now out in the Journal of Public Economics! 🎉 Super excited that the paper found such a great home. A thread 👇

📄 "The Compliance Effects of the Automatic Exchange of Information: Evidence from the Swiss Tax Amnesty"

https://t.co/we8Ct679Zv

[Simon Fuchs (🦊) @SimonFuchs4]

As in previous years, the @AtlantaFed is running a visiting program for PhD student. Come and join us for an exciting summer full of economics and fried chicken! Deadline soon: April 4th! https://t.co/903hRcEOBB

[VoxEU @voxeu]

Export bans that weren't really bans: How Russia kept importing military goods
@LScheckenhofer @ECONMunich, @FeodoraTeti @ifo_Institut @LMU_Muenchen @ecb, @torun_david @UZH_en, @JoschkaWanner @Uni_WUE @kielinstitute
https://t.co/ZMwppe8605

[David Torun @torun_david]

@paudonaldson @BrownUniversity @UCSDEcon Fantastic news🤩🤩🤩 Congrats, Paula!!

[Frank Pisch @FrankPisch]

Why do import prices respond so little to exchange-rate shocks?

New evidence from production networks: exporters with bilateral market power tend to invoice in the importer’s currency, suppressing exchange-rate pass-through. @TUDarmstadt @UniBasel @bse_barcelona @SNB_BNS

[Ricardo Hausmann @ricardo_hausman]

International trade data is super-useful but also very problematic. @seba_bustos, @torun_david, Muhammed Yildirim and the team at the @HarvardGrwthLab invented two major methods: one deals with inconsistencies between reporting countries and the other deals with classification changes. The result is a new paper and dataset that should become the new standard for research and analysis. Bravo. https://t.co/3xI6en8IZk

[Alejandro G. Graziano @AGGraziano]

🚨🚨Attention PhD students, postdocs, prof. economists! 🚨🚨

The Nottingham International Trade Summer School is back this summer after a very successful first edition!

Lecturers: Dave Donaldson and Andres Rodriguez-Clare

Dates: 29/6 to 4/7

Link to registration below!

[David Dorn @ProfDavidDorn]

Join my outstanding research team @UZH_ch in Zurich as a #predoc research associate in summer 2026! We conduct empirical analyses of labor markets, globalization, technology and politics. More info and link to application: https://t.co/meUWV7SUi2
@econ_ra @predoc_org

[Ricardo Hausmann @ricardo_hausman]

My column on Venezuela in @TheEconomist
“Prosperity does not come from oil, decrees or even benevolent rulers. It comes from rights. Rights create private property. Rights create security. Rights create debate. Rights allow people to invest, to innovate, to dream—and to transform reality. Take rights away, and society withers. Restore them, and recovery is possible.”
https://t.co/BuPYeGVGKs

[David Torun @torun_david]

@JohannesIMatt @EEANews @UniCreditEurope Congrats!!

[Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel) @TradeDiversion]

I enjoy this week's class in my PhD course because it's important and I'm still figuring things out.

https://t.co/kd8L1ZvWll

[Munseob Lee @MunseobLee]

Proud @UCSDEcon student Paula Donaldson @paudonaldson discovered something huge: We have been measuring government spending effects wrong for years. When using state comparisons to estimate fiscal policy, we assumed interest rates affect all states equally. But they don't🧵

[Fabian Eckert @fpeckert]

Jordán will be on the market with a great job market paper studying privately supplied public transit in Mexico City this year — take a look!

And reach out to me if you want to read his letter(s)!

[Martina Magli @MartinaMagli1]

Our paper "Should we stay or should we go?" has been nominated for the ONS People’s Choice Award!

Shall we win it or shall we lose? Totally up to you - but here’s the link to vote 😉
https://t.co/x8kZbcPnnW

[David Torun @torun_david]

@MunseobLee @StephanHaggard @GPS_UCSD Fantastic news! Congrats, Munseob!!

[Feodora Teti @FeodoraTeti]

New data drop! 📊
A new extension of the Global Tariff Database is now available, covering the U.S. trade war (2018–2025) 🇺🇸🌏

It includes bilateral tariffs — those imposed by the U.S. and those faced by U.S. exporters — tracking all changes from Jan 2018 to mid-Aug 2025.

[David Torun @torun_david]

@invariance @econ_uzh @snsf_ch Thanks!!

[David Torun @torun_david]

I’m delighted to share that I’ve joined @econ_uzh as a Senior Researcher. This new chapter is supported by a generous @snsf_ch Ambizione Career Grant and even comes with a stunning view of Zurich from my office 😉.

If you’re in Zurich, I’d love to catch up and show you around!

[David Torun @torun_david]

@goescarlos @econ_uzh @snsf_ch Grazie bello!

[David Torun @torun_david]

@paudonaldson Thanks, Paula! Best of luck on the market🍀

[David Torun @torun_david]

@LeiLi_economics Congrats, Lei! Very cool paper