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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 7h

Great opportunity for IO job market candidates!

Daniel Ershov @ershovd.bsky.social · 16h

❗❗❗🚨🚨🚨 Next @cepr.org IO Virtual Gathering is taking place on NOVEMBER 7 at 2pm CET. 1st hr is dedicated to JM presentations by IO candidates graduating from Eur / UK schools. If interested, please submit a draft of your JMP & CV at: t.co/aUTPTWSten by OCTOBER 26! 🚨🚨🚨 ❗❗❗ #econjobmarket

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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · 2d

Congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr for a well deserved Nobel Prize. It was nice to see the US Census Bureau's Business Dynamic Statistics featured in the motivating evidence in the scientific writeup: www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025...

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Bernhard Ganglmair @ganglmair.bsky.social · 2d

You are working on competition-related topics (or want to, or are just curious)?
You have a paper you'd like to present?
You just want to see what's happening in the literature?

Come to #Mannheim for the #MaCCI Annual Conference (March 19-20, 2026).

#economics #law #policy #competition

#EconSky

MaCCI Mannheim @macci-mannheim.bsky.social · 2d

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

🎓 #MaCCI Annual Conference 2026
📅 When: March 19-20, 2026
🎯 Where: @zew.de

📅Submit by November 15!!

#Competition #economics, #law, & #policy - #regulated industries, competition + #innovation

More info: www.zew.de/MacciAnnual2026

#EconSky #ConfSky

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November!

We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.

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2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...

cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · 8d

The programme is now out and includes ESCoE's @joshmartinecon.bsky.social and @yannisgalanakis.bsky.social, with a keynote from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Jonathan Haskel: tinyurl.com/7st5fv73

@jschneebacher.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 Call for papers!

Join the 4th CMA- @durham-university.bsky.social workshop on productivity, business dynamism & market power.

📍 Durham University
📅 20–21 Nov 2025
🗓️ Submit by 25 Sept: tinyurl.com/ybsmsvdv

Photo shows a view of Durham, including the cathedral

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 8d

Attendance is free and open to all, but registration at the link above is required.

Preliminary programme here:

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cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk

Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in productivity, business dynamism and market power? Come to this year's CMA-Durham workshop on 20-21 November!

We open with a keynote by Jonathan Haskel (Imperial), followed by two days worth of sessions on technology diffusion, market frictions,market power and more.

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2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...

cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 9d

We're looking for outstanding applicants to join the IFS for our 2026 intake of Research Economists.

➡️ Find out more and apply here by 11pm, Sunday 26 October: app.beapplied.com/apply/tgjfew...

➡️ Those on the PhD job market can apply here: econjobmarket.org/organization...

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Thiemo Fetzer @trfetzer.com · 15d

Let me flag up this paper that serves as a good example of how or where the AIPNET can potentially be playing an important role going forward around climate action. Let me first summarize the paper, highlight consistency with EU approach before going into broader issues...

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 18d

Best of luck, Mike! And congrats on the new job.

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 19d

New research by Pierre Azoulay, Danielle Li, Bhaven Sampat and me.

Earlier this year, the President’s budget proposed a 40% cut to the budget of the NIH. This motivated us to ask: what if the NIH had been 40% smaller?

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Brett Hollenbeck @bretthollenbeck.com · 21d

It looks like he didn't share it on Bluesky, so I will. @afinetheorem.bsky.social has written an excellent review article covering 7 recent books on the economics of AI that serves as an excellent overview of this topic. Highly recommended!

kevinbryanecon.com/BryanAIBookR...

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Daniel P. Gross @danielpgross.bsky.social · 21d

📢 Conference announcement!

Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.

If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.

Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 22d

#CallForPapers - Conference on Public Policies for Innovation
ESRC, London Business School, @fuqua.duke.edu & CEPR invite submissions for a #conference on Public Policies for Innovation at LBS on 19-20 March 2026.
cepr.org/events/confe...
Organisers: Paolo Surico & @danielpgross.bsky.social
#EconSky

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 22d

Deadline in two days!

Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 29d

Call for papers for our economics workshop: cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...

Please submit before 25th September if you work on:

- UK productivity slowdown
- Aggregate market power
- Business dynamism
- Industrial policy
- Supply chains
- Determinants of innovation and R&D

2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...

cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk

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Igor Letina @igorletina.bsky.social · 25d

Very happy to see two of my papers cited in the recent CMA report on "Investment and competition over the business lifecycle."

The report provides an excellent overview of the literature. Thanks to @jschneebacher.bsky.social and coauthors for preparing it!

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 27d

One week left to submit a paper!

Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · Aug 29

Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.

Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.

cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...

2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...

cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 28d

Common Ownership & Employee Earnings
updated & improved

Consider a pair of companies that sell into the same product market. If pair shares common owners, the owners have incentive for pair to soften competition.

Same with local labor market competition
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Common Ownership and Employee Earnings *
José Azar Xin Dai Yue Qiu Aaron Sojourner
September 15, 2025
Abstract
Using administrative data in the manufacturing sector from the U.S. Census Bureau, this paper provides the first evidence on the effect of common ownership on
employee earnings. Using firms’ additions to the S&P 500 index as a shock to their
local competitors’ common ownership, we find that, after a same-industry competitor enters the S&P 500 index, the average employee earnings of S&P 500 incumbents
in the same local labor market decrease. Additionally, these firms’ employment increases. These findings are inconsistent with the canonical oligopsony models but our generalized model of oligopsony incorporating a recruitment intensity margin can rationalize them

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 29d

Call for papers for our economics workshop: cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...

Please submit before 25th September if you work on:

- UK productivity slowdown
- Aggregate market power
- Business dynamism
- Industrial policy
- Supply chains
- Determinants of innovation and R&D

2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...

cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk

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Zach Liscow @zliscow.bsky.social · Sep 12

🚨NEW RESULTS (w/ Slattery & Nober)
- When gov't engineers retire, highway projects cost more: the engineers pay for themselves 6 times over
- Improving gov’t engineer quality from the 25th to 75th percentile reduces costs by 14%, equal to 3x avg. engineer pay

Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · Sep 11

How does competition influence investment?

The CMA has just published our new Microeconomics Unit lit review (joint work with my fantastic colleagues Amanda Ereyi and @joelkariel.bsky.social).

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Investment and competition over the business lifecycle

Review of the existing literature on the relationship between competition and investment as a business grows.

www.gov.uk

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · Sep 11

We use the lens of a firm's typical lifecycle to ask how competition in the relevant input and output markets shapes investment incentives and constraints at each stage.

We think this allows us to make sense of sometimes conflicting results, and identify remaining evidence gaps.

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#econsky

Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · Sep 11

How does competition influence investment?

The CMA has just published our new Microeconomics Unit lit review (joint work with my fantastic colleagues Amanda Ereyi and @joelkariel.bsky.social).

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Investment and competition over the business lifecycle

Review of the existing literature on the relationship between competition and investment as a business grows.

www.gov.uk

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 Call for papers!

Join the 4th CMA- @durham-university.bsky.social workshop on productivity, business dynamism & market power.

📍 Durham University
📅 20–21 Nov 2025
🗓️ Submit by 25 Sept: tinyurl.com/ybsmsvdv

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.

IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.

Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

Predoctoral Researcher

MIT - Predoctoral Researcher - Cambridge MA 02139

careers.peopleclick.com

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · Aug 29

The call for papers for the annual CMA-Durham workshop on market power, dynamism and productivity is out!

This year we are particularly interested in submissions on industrial policy, market power in supply chains, and the economics of start-ups and scale-ups.

Submit by 25 September.

Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · Aug 29

Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.

Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.

cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...

2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...

cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk

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