Alfredo Paloyo
@alfredopaloyo.com
Professor and Economics Department Chair | University of Wollongong, Australia
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1/ Lots going on these days, but I'm nonetheless happy to share a paper out today in Science Advances together with Simone Pieralli (European Commission Joint Research Centre) titled "Unpacking the growth of global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions".
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More productive farming lowers global emissions | Cornell Chronicle
A new analysis shows that improved farm productivity has been the driving force in keeping global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in check, with implications for how countries support farmer...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
1/ Lots going on these days, but I'm nonetheless happy to share a paper out today in Science Advances together with Simone Pieralli (European Commission Joint Research Centre) titled "Unpacking the growth of global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions".
news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The truly big among us are using PowerPoint or Keynote.
January 13, 2026 at 6:18 AM
The truly big among us are using PowerPoint or Keynote.
And then thereβs Apple Music. You ask Siri to play a song, and in many cases, it gives you a remixed version or a version from another artist, not the original. Like, what? Shouldnβt the original be the default instead of some unheard-of remix? Itβs just all so stupid with Siri. π€¦π½ββοΈ
Is this the start of Siri being functional? No more βHmmβsomething went wrong,β or βThere was a problem with the connectionβ? There must be a case study on how Apple dropped the ball on Siri/AI out there.
www.theverge.com/news/860521/...
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Apple picks Googleβs Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade
SIri, powered by Google.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM
And then thereβs Apple Music. You ask Siri to play a song, and in many cases, it gives you a remixed version or a version from another artist, not the original. Like, what? Shouldnβt the original be the default instead of some unheard-of remix? Itβs just all so stupid with Siri. π€¦π½ββοΈ
Is this the start of Siri being functional? No more βHmmβsomething went wrong,β or βThere was a problem with the connectionβ? There must be a case study on how Apple dropped the ball on Siri/AI out there.
www.theverge.com/news/860521/...
www.theverge.com/news/860521/...
Apple picks Googleβs Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade
SIri, powered by Google.
www.theverge.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Is this the start of Siri being functional? No more βHmmβsomething went wrong,β or βThere was a problem with the connectionβ? There must be a case study on how Apple dropped the ball on Siri/AI out there.
www.theverge.com/news/860521/...
www.theverge.com/news/860521/...
Why settle for one when you could have two lighthouses?
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Why settle for one when you could have two lighthouses?
The heat is genuinely oppressive out here right now, and itβs only going to get hotter as the day progresses. Cool yourselves, people! And watch out for the wildlife. π₯΅
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The heat is genuinely oppressive out here right now, and itβs only going to get hotter as the day progresses. Cool yourselves, people! And watch out for the wildlife. π₯΅
Die notwendige Kurskorrektur zur Wiederherstellung des Vertrauens in die von den USA gefΓΌhrte Weltordnung rΓΌckt immer weiter in die Ferne.
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
β.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
β.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.β
β.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
β.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.β
January 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Die notwendige Kurskorrektur zur Wiederherstellung des Vertrauens in die von den USA gefΓΌhrte Weltordnung rΓΌckt immer weiter in die Ferne.
One would think there are gains from trade to be had all along that line.
January 9, 2026 at 3:06 AM
One would think there are gains from trade to be had all along that line.
Good evening from Wollongong. π
January 8, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Good evening from Wollongong. π
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After government agents kill you, you become and enemy of the state.
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
After government agents kill you, you become and enemy of the state.
We are so back. youtube.com/watch?v=VhxI...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM
We are so back. youtube.com/watch?v=VhxI...
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My JMP is forthcoming at AEJ:EconPolicy!
Grateful to my diss. cmttee and many who read draftsβ@imbernomics.bsky.social @erzoluttmer.bsky.social @joshua-goodman.com @erickaweathers.bsky.social @asheassa.bsky.social @kirabojackson.bsky.social @stephenlross.bsky.social
Excited for upcoming projects!
Grateful to my diss. cmttee and many who read draftsβ@imbernomics.bsky.social @erzoluttmer.bsky.social @joshua-goodman.com @erickaweathers.bsky.social @asheassa.bsky.social @kirabojackson.bsky.social @stephenlross.bsky.social
Excited for upcoming projects!
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "The Value of School Social Climate Information: Evidence from Chicago Housing Transactions" by Rene A. Crespin. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
The Value of School Social Climate Information: Evidence from Chicago Housing Transactions
(Forthcoming Article) - I study how publicly released school social climate information is capitalized into housing markets and affects household sorting. Using the initial release of school climate r...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
My JMP is forthcoming at AEJ:EconPolicy!
Grateful to my diss. cmttee and many who read draftsβ@imbernomics.bsky.social @erzoluttmer.bsky.social @joshua-goodman.com @erickaweathers.bsky.social @asheassa.bsky.social @kirabojackson.bsky.social @stephenlross.bsky.social
Excited for upcoming projects!
Grateful to my diss. cmttee and many who read draftsβ@imbernomics.bsky.social @erzoluttmer.bsky.social @joshua-goodman.com @erickaweathers.bsky.social @asheassa.bsky.social @kirabojackson.bsky.social @stephenlross.bsky.social
Excited for upcoming projects!
This zinger! ππ½
Third, it's true: some immigration researchers' choices do bias their results.
A key example is Borjas (2006).
Peri & Sparber (2011) show that Borjas chose a regression specification that generated spurious negative correlation between immigration & native employment.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ju...
A key example is Borjas (2006).
Peri & Sparber (2011) show that Borjas chose a regression specification that generated spurious negative correlation between immigration & native employment.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ju...
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This zinger! ππ½
I will take that if thatβs an option!
January 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I will take that if thatβs an option!
America, the rogue stateβin more ways than one!
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
America, the rogue stateβin more ways than one!
So, now that Iβm po(a)sting again (occasionally) on Bluesky, can someone please tell me how to change the date format from the nonsensical MM/DD/YYYY to the more elegant DD/MM//YYYY?
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
So, now that Iβm po(a)sting again (occasionally) on Bluesky, can someone please tell me how to change the date format from the nonsensical MM/DD/YYYY to the more elegant DD/MM//YYYY?
Well, look, if weβre given the budget, why not? π€·π½ββοΈ
January 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Well, look, if weβre given the budget, why not? π€·π½ββοΈ
Are you kidding me?! Ghost of Tsushima is seriously impressive.
January 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Are you kidding me?! Ghost of Tsushima is seriously impressive.
Honestly, that sounds marvelous.
January 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Honestly, that sounds marvelous.
Did you reject the cookies?
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Did you reject the cookies?
Reposted by Alfredo Paloyo
Two minor updates, friends:
- As of 1 January 2026, I'm an Associate Professor.
- As of today, the first paper I started writing on palm oil, about a decade ago, is in print in the Journal of International Economics.
Read, share, cite. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- As of 1 January 2026, I'm an Associate Professor.
- As of today, the first paper I started writing on palm oil, about a decade ago, is in print in the Journal of International Economics.
Read, share, cite. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Export agriculture and rural poverty: Evidence from Indonesian palm oil
This paper measures the impacts of Indonesiaβs palm oil export expansion on district poverty and household expenditure from 2002 to 2015. Identificatiβ¦
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January 5, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Two minor updates, friends:
- As of 1 January 2026, I'm an Associate Professor.
- As of today, the first paper I started writing on palm oil, about a decade ago, is in print in the Journal of International Economics.
Read, share, cite. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- As of 1 January 2026, I'm an Associate Professor.
- As of today, the first paper I started writing on palm oil, about a decade ago, is in print in the Journal of International Economics.
Read, share, cite. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations, my friend. π When are you coming to visit my town again?
January 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Congratulations, my friend. π When are you coming to visit my town again?
Merci, Olivier! ππ½
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Merci, Olivier! ππ½