Economist at Columbia (Econ & SIPA), studying firms & development.
http://www.columbia.edu/~ev2124/
Eric Verhoogen
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At @columbiasipa.bsky.social , we are hiring a Professor of Practice in Development Economics. JOE listing: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing..... We're looking for people with both research and policy experience. Feel free to reach out via DM or email ([email protected]) with questions.
In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies:
a) Ever;
b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East
FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e...
In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.
With Mario Bernasconi (Basel), Nicolas de Roux (U de los Andes), Patrick Farrell (Columbia), Josepa (Pepita) Miquel-Florensa (@tse-fr.eu), Rocco Macchiavello (LSE). @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiasipa.bsky.social
A @voxdev.bsky.social summary of our paper on quality upgrading in Colombian coffee (R&R at QJE!). Tl;dr: Quality premia (above minimum) are not passed through, so farmers don't make long-term investments. But a large buyer solved the problem, in part by making mills pay more for quality.
📣📆 We are happy to announce our 2-day Summer school on Organizations in Developing Countries that will take place on June 24-25th. We will welcome two great keynotes: Manuel GARCÍA-SANTANA (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social (Columbia University).
Video of my talk about this chapter at the STEG 2026 Conference in Nairobi is here (from 1:56.00 to 2:52.30): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEDi...
I also discuss my new paper with Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, and Siddharth Sharma on learning spillovers in Bangladesh: www.columbia.edu/%7Eev2124/re...
Learning spillovers between firms are widely seen as important but are hard to estimate cleanly. We ran an experiment with energy-efficient motors in the Dhaka leather-goods sector. Links to non-technical summary and video below. With Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, and Siddharth Sharma.
A nice @nber.org Digest summary of our findings on the employment impacts of the CHIPS Act is here: www.nber.org/digest?page=...
Pdf of the print version here: www.nber.org/sites/defaul...
@columbiasipa.bsky.social interview about the project here: www.sipa.columbia.edu/news/new-sip...
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How many dev papers are RCTs, really? Years ago I did a relatively small-sample manual coding exercise; now with the aid of Claude code, I pulled published dev papers in top general-interest journals + JDE 2020-2025. The punchline: about 30% + stable #econtwitter #econsky
In today's blog, I discuss how countries can use sector-targeted skills development for industrial policy. This involves training workers in specific areas desired by industries you are targeting to develop. I give examples, caveats, lessons & note research gaps blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
How do new, climate-friendly technologies spread within industries?
With IPA, researchers Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, Siddharth Sharma, and Eric Verhoogen studied leather goods manufacturers in Bangladesh to understand how awareness, and proximity, shape adoption of energy-efficient servo motors.
