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jaksteiner.bsky.social
nomadic economist, Prague and Zurich https://home.cerge-ei.cz/steiner/
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There were times when Eastern Europe had attention of the West. Now, when prime minister of Slovakia visits Putin in Kremlin, it doesn’t even get on the front page of CNN. Consistent with my inability to entertain my western colleagues with eastern anecdotes. We became the hopeless end of the world.

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

UZH, a university that can afford to waste this view on its bathrooms windows.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

In a bit of a random walk, Larry Samuelson and I wrote a macro paper on the impact of redistribution on economic growth. It has now been (cond.) accepted by AER:Insights with the feedback "This is weird but interesting." I am glad our profession gives a chance to heresies. Let me share it with you.

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Forthcoming article by Nick Netzer, Arthur Robson @jaksteiner.bsky.social and Pavel Kocourek "Risk Perception: Measurement and Aggregation" @eeanews.bsky.social Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat... doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

What about a little competition for the most bro-ey email from a student? Here goes my humble kickoff: Hi I was not able to come to the last lecture so I was wondering how far did you get in the slides of lecture 9? Best regards XY

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

It is to be seen whether the alternative to X, where people passionately argue about the role of math in the dismal science, instead of transgender rights, will fly.

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments