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📢 Call for Papers: CESifo Global Economy Conference 2027! 📍CESifo Munich | 3–4 May 2027 Topics include trade, international finance, migration & global environmental issues. 🗓️ Deadline: 11 Jan 2027 👉 Submit: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/84144... Conference Website: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

📣 Call for Papers: CESifo Energy & Climate Economics! 👩‍🎓 Junior Workshop: 22 March 2027 — PhD candidates & early-career postdocs 🌍 Area Conference: 23–24 March 2027 🗓️ Deadline for Submission: 14 Dec 2026 Junior Workshop: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Area Conference: lnkd.in/p/dNX3rk2i

We’re excited to welcome Mr Petter Berg, Ph.D.! 👋 Thrilled to have him in the network! His research focuses on education across both developed and developing countries. 📝More on his studies: sites.google.com/view/petterb... 💼 www.linkedin.com/in/petter-be... ℹ️ www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

New Working Paper! 😀📢 “Football Tournaments and Economic Sentiment: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe” by Jonas Hennrich, Klaus Wohlrabe Do major #football tournaments move economic sentiment, and does it matter whether a country's national team takes part? 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

🎓 Say hello to our newest network member Assoc. Prof. Daniel K. Fetter, Ph.D.! We’re excited to introduce him as a new network member. His research interests lie in public and labor economics.💼 🧐Learn more about his work: sites.google.com/view/daniel-... ℹ️More Details: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne....

New working paper📝 “Are We Consuming Too Much Groundwater?” ✍️ Brian Greaney, Joseph S. Shapiro, Katherine R. H. Wagner Explore how institutional and market failures affect optimal #groundwater extraction across 3,400 aquifers worldwide. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

🗣️📣New Working Paper! “Changing Course: Robots and Human Capital Investment in High School” ✒️ Wookun Kim & Fernanda da Silva Insights into how industrial #robots affect human capital investment during high #school. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

🚨Working Paper Alert! "Resource Nationalism" ✍️ Rabah Arezki, Olof Löf, Federico Merchan & Frederick van der Ploeg Insights into how critical mineral export restrictions affect foreign investment in exploration, shaping future resource supply. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

New Working Paper! 😀📢 “The Paradox of Inequality” by Oded Galor, @lucalln.bsky.social & Daniel C. Wainstock This paper uncovers the Paradox of #Inequality, establishes its robust theoretical foundations, and provides its resolution. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

🚨Working Paper Alert! "Access to Jobs and Individual Labor Market Outcomes” ✍️ Andreas Mense, Wolfgang Dauth & Matthias Wrede Insights into the #employment effects of job access within German cities. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

🏆 Congratulations to our #CESifo Network Fellow member, Prof. Michael Woodford (Columbia) for receiving the 2026 The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences! Michael Woodford shares the prize with Professor Robert E. Hall for their research on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization.

New working paper📝 “Repression, Exit, and Dissent in an Autocracy” ✍️ Max Deter, Kalle Kappner, Hans Lueders Find out more about whether repression was used to silence dissent or force people to leave. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

New Working Paper! 😀📢 “Everyone Is a Manager: AI Use as an Act of Management” by Benjamin T. Leyden, Daniela Scur Find out why directing #AI and verifying its output are becoming essential #workplace skills. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

New working paper📝 “Long-Run Trends in the Age of Labor Market Entry” ✍️ Isabella Mantel, Regina T. Riphahn Find out more about the age at which young individuals first enter the #labor market and how it has developed over the last four decades. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

📢 Call for Papers: Ludwig Erhard ifo Conference on “Understanding Economic Policy” 📍 Fürth | 18–19 March 2027 We welcome applied research in microeconomics, political economy, behavioral economics & related fields. Keynotes: Ingar Haaland & David Seim 🗓️ Deadline: 15 Nov 2026 👉 ifo.de/en/smi-2027

🚨Working Paper Alert! "Childhood, Well-Being and Fairness" ✍️ Marie-Louise Leroux, Pierre Pestieau & Gregory Ponthiere Insights into optimal #family policies with heterogeneous child needs and parental #altruism. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

New Working Paper! 😀📢 “When the Right to Work from Home Works” by Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola, Marco Francesconi Find out more about the #labor-market effects of Italy’s statutory priority for working from home (WFH) for parents of children under age 12. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

🚨Working Paper Alert! "Collateral Advantage: Exchange Rates, Capital Flows, and Global Cycles" ✍️ Michael B. Devereux, Charles Engel & Steve Pak Yeung Wu Read about three major perspectives: exorbitant privilege, global financial intermediation, and convenience yields. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

New Working Paper! 😀📢 “Local Trade Wars” by Wei Li, Jie Ouyang, Bin Qiu, Zi Wang, Yuan Zi Find out more about modern #protectionism, which increasingly takes the form of decentralized #trade coercion rather than multilateral escalation. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

🗣️New Working Paper! “The Stories We Tell: Societal Narratives and Support for the Far Right" ✒️Malte Baader, @kaibarron.bsky.social, Anna Hochleitner & Jonas Kaiser Insights into how far-right supporters construct systematically different narratives about the recent past. www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

📢 The submission deadline for the 20th Workshop on Political Economy is approaching! 📅 Paper submission deadline: 27 September 2026, midnight CET. The workshop will take place in Dresden on 20 - 21 November. Submit a paper here! app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/82823...

🚨Working Paper Alert! "The Early Impacts of AI on Employment Among Recent College Graduates" ✍️ Robert Fairlie & Jane Wu Find out more about if recent college graduates really are the most vulnerable group to #AI replacement.⬇️ 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

New Working Paper! 📢 “Flexible Demand Estimation with Search Data” by Tomomichi Amano, Markus Brobeil, Andrew Rhodes, Stephan Seiler Insight into how search #data reveals product substitution patterns and improves pricing decisions. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

New working paper📝 “Optimal Taxation with Migration and Regional Externalities” ✍️ Eren Gürer Find out more about optimal #taxation when externality impacts differ between urban and rural areas and workers can migrate for higher wages. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

We are very much looking forward to hosting the 3rd International Seminar on Trade together with the ifo Institute and @lmu.de in Munich!

A warm welcome to @jnimczik.bsky.social! 🌟 Thrilled to have him in the network! He is Associate Professor of Economics at ESMT Berlin. His research focuses on the labor market. 📊 🔍 sites.google.com/site/jannimc... 💼 www.linkedin.com/in/jan-sebas... 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

🗣️📣New Working Paper “(How) Do We Teach Emotions?” ✒️ @aadukia.bsky.social, Matthew Bonci, Paula Dastres Gallardo, Emileigh Harrison, Jake Nicoll & Teodora Szasz Insights into the role of #emotional intelligence as a key component of human #capital. www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Georg Ulrich Thunecke! 👋 His research focuses on International #Taxation, Local #Public Finance and International Economics. 📝More on his studies: sites.google.com/view/georgth... 💼LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/georg-thu... ℹ️Further info: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne....

New working paper📝 “Regulatory Delay, Uncertainty, and the Cost of Foreign Investment Screening” ✍️ Phillip McCalman & Andrew Walter Find out why governments´ description of screenings as "light touch" is a misleading characterization:⬇️ 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

Petter Berg, Brown University, took home the 2026 Distinguished Affiliate Award for the Economics of Education area. Congratulations! The competition was tough - a huge shoutout to emileigharrison.bsky.social, UT at Austin, and Jacob Light, Stanford, who are also being welcomed into our network 🎉.

🎓 Say hello to our newest network member, Frau Assoc. Prof. Anne Brenøe! Her research lies at the intersection of labor and education economics. 🏠 Her homepage: sites.google.com/view/aabreno... 💼 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/anne-ardi... 🔗More information: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

New Working Paper! 😀📢 “Minimum Wages and Race Disparities” by @neumarkecon.bsky.social & Jyotsana Kala Find out more about the effects of minimum wages on blacks, and on the relative impacts on blacks vs. whites. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

We had a great CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education on 11 -12 September. Thanks to our scientific organizers, @woessmann.bsky.social and Rick Hanushek and to keynote speaker @johnlist.bsky.social! The event was once again supported by @rationalitycrc.bsky.social and CREDO Stanford 🙏

A warm welcome to Mr Nicholas Li, Ph.D.! 🌟 Thrilled to have him in the network! His research focuses on #inequality, #discrimination and #welfare economics.⚖️ 🔍 His research: sites.google.com/view/nichola... ℹ️ Further info: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

🎓 Say hello to our newest network member Prof. Sophie Bade! We’re excited to introduce her as a new network member. Her research interests lie in two main areas: ambiguity aversion and mechanism design. 🌍 📃Her Homepage: pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/s... ℹ️ www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

🚨Working Paper Alert! "Male Dominance and Cultural Extinction" ✍️ @eleonoraguarnieri.bsky.social & Ana Tur-Prats Insights into cultural extinction risk depend on ancestral gender norms and their divergence from competing cultures. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

Welcome, Assist. Prof. Katherine Rittenhouse, Ph.D.!🎉 We’re excited to introduce her as a new network member. Her research interests are in Labor & Public Economics, with a particular focus on #child welfare.👶 🏠 Her homepage www.katherine-rittenhouse.com ℹ️More Details: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

We’re excited to welcome Assist. Prof. Simon Quach! 👋 Thrilled to have him in the network! He specializes in labor and public economics. 📝More on his studies: sites.google.com/view/simonqu... 💼 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/simon-qua... ℹ️ Further info: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

New working paper📝 “The Role of AI in Online Reviews” ✍️ Valeria Lermana, Oren Rigbi, Yaniv Dover Find out how generative #AI is reshaping online reviews, platform dynamics, and competition. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

We invite submissions of papers discussing the impacts of AI on, for example, the labor market, productivity and innovation, competition, or firm organization, as well as unintended side effects, such as those on mental health. 👉 Submit by 15 September 2026 via our website: www.ifo.de/cesifo/fC4

Welcome, Mr. Alex Bell, Ph.D.🎉 We’re excited to introduce him as a new network member. His research focused on labor economics. 🌍🍁 🏠 His homepage: alexbell.net 💼 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alex-bell... 🔗More information: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

🗣️📣New Working Paper “A Model of Global Firms and Capital Markets” ✒️ Loukas Karabarbounis, Bruno Pellegrino, Juliana Salomao Insights on how globalization reshapes firms, reallocates activity, and affects welfare. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

🎓 Say hello to our newest network member, Assist. Prof. Catherine van der List, Ph.D.! Her research interests lie in labor, public, and urban economics, focusing on imperfect local labor markets. 🧐Learn more about her work: sites.google.com/view/cvander... More Details: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

🚨Working Paper Alert! "Perverse Trade Sanction Effects" ✍️ @gfelbermayr.bsky.social, Ohyun Kwon, Constantinos Syropoulos & @yotoyotov.bsky.social Insights into the direct and extraterritorial effects of complete trade #sanctions on #international trade. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

Welcome Mr. Frederik Almar, Ph.D.! 🎉 We’re excited to introduce him as a new network member. His research interests lie in income #inequality, #labor and #family economics. 🌍📚 #Welcome 🏠 Learn more about his work: sites.google.com/view/frederi... 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

Welcome, @renekara.bsky.social, Ph.D.!🎉 We’re excited to introduce him as a new network member. His research lies at the intersection of health economics and labor economics. 👩‍⚕️👷 🏠 His homepage: renekaradakic.com 🔗 More details: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

A warm welcome to Mr @hallegatte.bsky.social, Ph.D.! 🌟 Thrilled to have him in the network! His research focuses on environmental economics and climate science.📊 📝More on his studies: www.worldbank.org/en/about/peo... 💼 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephane-... 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

New working paper📝 “The U.S.–China Trade War and the Geography of Global Production” ✍️ Harald Fadinger, Lei Li, Sophia Praetorius & @janschymik.bsky.social Insights into how the U.S.–China #trade war affected manufacturing activity in third countries. 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...