I've been talking about this with some folks over the past few months and am happy to see @severinborenstein.bsky.social write it up so well.
For many places, the status quo is subsidized insurance: taxes ⬇️ when price ⬆️, but not the reverse.
energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/n...
Deep breath.
I'm honored and excited to join the faculty of America's oldest research university, Johns Hopkins.
I'll start this summer as a full professor, one of the founding faculty at the brand-new School of Government and Policy.
We're building something unique & important, even historic.
👋I'm on the #EconJobMarket!
❓My JMP, together with @dkaenzig.bsky.social, Lixing Wang and Donghai Zhang studies how green innovation varies over the business cycle.
💡We find that green innovation is countercyclical, while non-green innovation is procyclical.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4b45h979
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🚨 Postdoctoral opportunities! 🚨
Hello #econsky! We are hiring 2 postdocs in the department of economics at UCalgary for those working in *electricity economics*
Term: 2 years
Pay: $80,000/yr + benefits + $10k research allowance
Start: July 2026
Details in next two posts 👇
Why did U.S.Consumer Sentiment Index fall as unemployment and inflation returned to normal 2023-24?
@umn-econ.bsky.social JMC Leonardo Barreto @leonardo-barreto.bsky.social builds dynamic general equilibrium model with rich consumer heterogeneity to answer the question.
www.leonardo-barreto.com
New at JIE: "Interest rate uncertainty as a policy tool?" by Fabio Ghironi, Galip Kemal Ozhan (@galipkemal.bsky.social)
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
🚨 New Research on Carbon Taxation in Emerging Economies 🚨
What happens when a large emerging economy introduces a carbon tax?
Our new paper studies South Africa—the first African country to implement a nationwide carbon tax
@unu-wider.bsky.social @nber.org