Tom Verbeke

Associate Professor of Economics Faculty of Economics and Business KU Leuven, Brussels Campus.

[Economics KU Leuven @LeuvenEconomics]

Filippo Biondi has successfully defended his PhD in economics @KU_Leuven : "Essays on Firm Productivity, Market Power, and Resource Reallocation".

Filippo is now set to embark on his next chapter with @DICEHHU: https://t.co/oUzmdwUhpG.

Congratulations, Filippo!

[Joannes Laveyne @Laveyne_J]

Enkele personal take-aways over gisterenavond bereikte akkoord over hervorming elektriciteitsmarkt.
1/ Lidstaten moeten overheidsgegarandeerde PPAs faciliteren, ook voor kleine klanten.
PPA's zijn langetermijnscontracten tussen verbruikers en producenten. https://t.co/ueuneGDE1d

[Szymon Pifczyk @sheemawn]

It's 2023, 109 years after WW1 started, yet the pre-WW1 imperial borders are still visible on the election map of Poland - and on many others, for that matter.

A thread 🧵🧵🧵-->

[Interesting AF @interesting_aIl]

boys will be boys

[Jeremy Howard @jeremyphoward]

If you're like me and find it easier to read *code* than *math*, and you have access to @OpenAI GPT 4V (or use @bing or @google Bard), try pasting a image of an equation you wanna understand in there.

It might just blow your mind.
1/🧵

[Laurent Franckx 🇧🇪🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 @LaurentFranckx]

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[Tom Verbeke @verbeke_t]

@andreastirez Als je nog een invite zou hebben …

[Christian Odendahl @COdendahl]

The Nobel prize winner Claudia Goldin does not sound like that when she speaks or writes. Also, her twitter account is @PikaGoldin. For heaven's sake.

[Statistiek Vlaanderen @statistiek_vl]

13% van huishoudbudget wordt besteed aan voeding. Aan welke voeding precies en of achtergrondkenmerken een rol spelen kan je lezen https://t.co/YBuTO8HiJ9 #openbarestatistieken

[Tony Tassell @TonyTassell]

A parable of HS2 from Andy Haldane, formerly of the Bank of England and now FT contributing editor. A sharp critique of short-termism in this oped https://t.co/zc8Z4OR0qc

[Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone]

What are the odds that some Presbyterian minister born in 1701 came up with the right way to think about probability? The Bayesian priors aren’t very favorable.

[Joannes Laveyne @Laveyne_J]

TVO, uitbater van nieuwe Finse Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) kerncentrale, klaagt netuitbater Fingrid aan omdat ze niet voldoende back-up voorziet voor de intermittente nucleaire output. Fingrid heeft nochtans al twee grote diesel backup-centrales gebouwd voor OL3. 1/
https://t.co/tz1GyCDODO

[Tom Verbeke @verbeke_t]

Als je die op Twitter aka X hoopt te vinden, dan wens ik U sterkte in de zoektocht :-).

[Geert Noels @GeertNoels]

Waar zijn de bruggenbouwers, diplomaten, evenwichtige, redelijke mensen als je ze nodig hebt?

[Hilde Van Mieghem @hildevanmieghem]

Toch ook goed om deze stem te horen als reactie op het filmpje die @Tsche1dt en @PvdA verspreiden.

[EU_Eurostat @EU_Eurostat]

Let's take a look at the most popular stat of last month📊👇

In 2022, the usual working week in the EU averaged 37.5 hours

Longest in:
🇬🇷Greece (41.0 hours)
🇵🇱Poland (40.4)

Shortest:
🇳🇱The Netherlands (33.2 hours)
🇩🇪Germany (35.3)

👉https://t.co/mLWvExVQsp

#EurostatTopPosts

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

The NYT covered the jobs report from four different angles, none of which involved the possible benefits of more people getting jobs

[EU_Eurostat @EU_Eurostat]

👩‍💻A peak of 13.5 % was recorded in the Hungarian capital region of 🇭🇺 Budapest.

Other options:
🇩🇪 Hannover: 4.2 %
🇮🇹 Basilicata: 2.1 %

What about your region❓ Click here to learn more ➡️ https://t.co/yPhvLhlfvO

#EurostatRYB

[Tom Verbeke @verbeke_t]

@dewlanna Toon ze jouw collectie en laat ze dit even lezen: -:)

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

You can outperform most venture funds by buying LEGO.

I analyzed the last 20 years of secondhand LEGO pricing data, and found randomly purchasing sets will match most VC's returns

if you're somewhat intentional about what you buy-- you massively outperform even the best firms