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Please see below the Fall calendar of events of the Bologna Environmental Economics Group (BEEG). All events are open to everyone—looking forward to seeing you there!

Please share! Three pre-doc positions in Climate and Transition Economics at the University of Bologna. The deadline for application is 20 June 2025. More info and application forms available here: lnkd.in/d9guHnk2

🚨 We are hiring a 4-year Post-Doctoral Researcher position 🚨 See full posting here: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... 📅 Deadline: 15 January 2026 #EconJobMarket

VoxEU column on our recent paper on climate-related central bank communication: cepr.org/voxeu/column... @granthamlse.bsky.social @rff.org

New article out on European Economic Review! "Warning words in a warming world: Central bank communication and climate change", with @jdeyris.bsky.social, @davideromelli.bsky.social and G. Scalisi. Available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.eu... Speech dataset here: cbspeeches.com

Central banks have increasingly engaged with climate-related topics in their public communication, but little is known about the drivers and effects of this shift. This column presents a comprehensive analysis of climate-related central bank communication using a novel dataset of over 35,000 speeches from 131 central banks spanning 1986-2023. The authors find that climate communication (1) follows two distinct narratives ('green finance' verus 'climate-related risks'); (2) is driven more by institutional factors than climate exposure; and (3) significantly affects stock market returns, with greener firms outperforming when central banks focus more on climate issues.

35,000 speeches from 131 central banks show that #climate communication follows two distinct narratives and significantly affects stock market returns of greener firms. @emacampiglio.bsky.social, @jdeyris.bsky.social, @davideromelli.bsky.social, Ginevra Scalisi cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky