California recently unveiled a $1 billion rebate program for electric trucks, but experts disagree on whether it's a good idea. 🚚
Dean Caroline Freund explains her viewpoint, including why the program's funding could be better allocated elsewhere: https://ow.ly/Eyhe50Z5Pmg
UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Prior to reaching a deal this week, the Samsung Electronics' union in South Korea was threatening to strike over demands for significant performance bonuses. Professor Munseob Lee shares what it would take for a high-returns model to be sustainable: https://ow.ly/6wBa50Z5fn2
UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
While the price of equipment has declined in recent decades, the cost of structures is rising in the U.S. and other high-income economies. 📈
In a new column for VoxEU @ CEPR, Professor Munseob Lee examines this countervailing trend and what it means for policy: https://ow.ly/Ca1Y50Z6VjB
Read the latest @ucigcc.bsky.social working paper co-authored by Professor John Ahlquist ⬇️
New study co-authored by Professors Stephan Haggard and Munseob Lee ⬇️
At GPS' annual student awards ceremony, a select group of students were recognized by their peers and faculty for their academic, teaching, and community-building accomplishments. ✨
🏆 Meet the 2026 awardees: https://ow.ly/xrgi50Z5gco
As Mexico’s dominant political party works to add protections from "foreign interference" in its elections, Professor Rafael Fernández de Castro shares his perspective on the proposal with The New York Times: https://ow.ly/MXxE50Z5Pah
UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
A study coauthored by Professor Achyuta Adhvaryu found that near-vision glasses boosted productivity among garment workers in India by up to 6%, showing that a simple intervention could yield gains similar to costlier training programs: https://ow.ly/2og950Z6iTb
What’s the first thing people want to know when a decision is uncertain? 🎲
In a new study, Professor Uma Karmarkar asked people facing an unsure opportunity which information they want to see first – the potential reward, or the odds of getting it: https://ow.ly/rMt150Z5Pvt
#BrainDrain or #BrainGain ?
21CIC faculty affiliate @econgaurav.bsky.social discussed his research at one of the most compelling sessions of the @ucsandiego.bsky.social #USIndiaForum. Khanna used empirical evidence to challenge two of the most persistent myths in the U.S.–India immigration debate
Samsung Unions Bonus Demand Sparks Scholar Flexibility Warning Global experts argue profit-sharing during booms requires accepting lower wages and layoffs during recessions, urging structural labor reforms
21st Century India Center
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The steady decline in the relative price of equipment has long been seen as a primary engine of long-run growth. This column documents a quieter, countervailing trend. In the US and other high-income economies, the relative price of structures has been rising for half a century. It now offsets a substantial share of the gains from cheaper equipment. The proximate driver is weak productivity growth in construction itself.
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1Q, 1A – where we ask one question and an expert gives one answer…
In the latest IGCC working paper, John Ahlquist and Theodoros Ntounias of @ucsandiego.bsky.social examine the power and influence of labor unions, ultimately concluding that their preventative and resistant power against threats of democratic backsliding is quite weak: ucigcc.org/publication/...
Even the most secretive economies leave clues.
UC San Diego researchers show how “forensic economics” uses satellite data, price signals and more to understand places like North Korea: https://bit.ly/4wOsznE
#UCSanDiego #NorthKorea #Economics #ResearchInnovation
Mexico is moving to add protections from “foreign interference” in elections. The rules seem aimed at Washington, but they raised concerns about Mexico’s democracy.
In this working paper, John Ahlquist, a professor at UC San Diego, and Theodoros Ntounias, a PhD candidate at UC San Diego, examine the role of labor unions in preventing and resisting democratic back...
From satellite imagery to clandestine price reports, a new study from the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego draws on North Korea to explore economic activity in opaque regime...
