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Andreas Diemer
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Researcher at Stockholm Uni SOFI (@sofi.su.se) and IFFS (@futures-studies.bsky.social). Econ Geo PhD from LSE. Interested in urban economics and regional science, peer and neighbourhood effects.
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Andreas Diemer @andreasmdiemer.bsky.social · Nov 29
Thrilled to share that my paper “Spatial Diffusion of Local Economic Shocks in Social Networks: Evidence from the US Fracking Boom” was accepted at JOLE earlier this year.

Full article here👉 doi.org/10.1086/732300.
A short 🧵 below - my first on 🦋!

@jlaborecon.bsky.social @sofi.su.se #econsky 1/7
Spatial Diffusion of Local Economic Shocks in Social Networks: Evidence from the US Fracking Boom | Journal of Labor Economics: Vol 0, No ja
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aeacswep.bsky.social
CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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plvezina.bsky.social
CfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome!

Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza

Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford).

Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Deadline 23 Jan.

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November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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pengzell.bsky.social
Pushing for open access is not enough. We need a push to end profit.
hansonmark.bsky.social Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 20d
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

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Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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leightjessica.bsky.social
Important new paper on mental health in PhD programs finally published: from @EvaRanehill @Sanna_Bergvall @annahsandberg, evidence that in Sweden, use of psychiatric medicine sharply ⬆️ after enrollment in PhD compared to other highly educated ind, up to a peak of 40%
October 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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reddingecon.bsky.social
Excited to see the new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics (Volume 6), edited jointly with Dave Donaldson come out: www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han.... Fantastic set of chapters on recent advances and pointing the way to exciting further research @treballen.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | Volume 6, Issue 1: Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest chapters of Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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florianederer.bsky.social
We usually rely on GDP, trade, or wages to study the past. This amazing paper flips the script.

It analyzes 630,000 paintings (1400-2000) to extract emotions and shows how art tracks living standards, wars, inequality, and even climate shocks.

(How is this economics? Everything is economics!)
September 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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aresherman.bsky.social
Excited to see our paper on the immigrant–native pay gap featured in @nature.com’s new policy brief pilot, please take a look!
Pay gap between nationals and migrants mainly due to unequal access to high-paying jobs
Recognizing foreign qualifications and providing language training could improve immigrants’ access to better-paying positions.
www.nature.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
andreasmdiemer.bsky.social
I recently had some fun mapping access to urban amenities in Sweden at a granular scale. It's work in progress, but I decided to share some of it on my website today. Check it out!

sites.google.com/view/andreas...

#EconSky #GeoSky #GISChat
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August 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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urbaneconomics.bsky.social
The submission deadline for our October conference in Montréal is tomorrow!

Submit at editorialexpress.com/conference/n...
urbaneconomics.bsky.social Urban Economics Association @urbaneconomics.bsky.social · Apr 17
📣 Call for papers 📣

19th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
October 3 - 4, 2025
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Keynotes by Cecile Gaubert and Keith Head.

Please submit your paper by May 30.

urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea...
UEA 2025 Montréal
urbaneconomics.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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erc.europa.eu
Today, the ERC formally adopted a decision to increase its support for researchers moving to Europe.

On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.

This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)

europa.eu/!6Vdgmp
May 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Coming Soon: The American–Scandinavian Foundation offers fellowships for US citizens and permanent residents who want to spend up to a year in the Nordics: www.amscan.org/.../grants-a... Highly recommended!
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May 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Bizarre is an understatement
chriso-wiki.bsky.social ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · May 7
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
May 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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econsandy.bsky.social
I am going to be giving a keynote lecture (online) on April 28 at 12:30 (EDT--New York) with my advice for young economists.

Register here for the keynote and get more information about the conference, which looks like a great lineup!

sites.google.com/view/amie-4t...

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April 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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gssisocialsci.bsky.social
📢 Our call for the PhD in Regional Science & Economic Geography is out
🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓12 fully-funded PhD positions
🎓 4-year program
💰€16,243 annual scholarship
🏠 🍽️ accommodation at GSSI facilities (or substitute grant) + board
⏰ Deadline: May 23, 2025
🔗 Apply: www.gssi.it/phd/
ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/yhaahejz
March 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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aangecon.bsky.social
*Call for papers* for the Second Nordic Meeting in Urban Economics, to be hosted in Helsinki, Finland, Sept 8-9! sites.google.com/view/second-...
Nordic Urban Economics
The Second Nordic Meeting in Urban Economics will be held on September 8-9, 2025, in Helsinki, Finland. The purpose of this meeting is to foster exchange and collaboration between researchers in the N...
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February 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
andreasmdiemer.bsky.social
This piece is as lucid as it is ominous: "[...] we may already have experienced what amounts to a 21st-century coup. There may not be tanks in the streets, but effective control of the government may already have slipped out of the hands of elected officials."
February 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
andreasmdiemer.bsky.social
Good idea. I'm hoping someone in Brussels is reading this too and taking notes
gs314.bsky.social Gary Swergold MD, PhD @gs314.bsky.social · Jan 31
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:

1. Create a new $15B science fund

2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada

3. Immediate permanent residency

4. Citizenship after 2 years

Overnight a science superpower
February 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Holy forking shirt balls

"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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katymorris.bsky.social
Visiting @sofi.su.se this week and next and happy to report that rumours of delightful and delicious Wednesday fika are not exaggerated
January 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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cep-lse.bsky.social
🚨 Closing soon! Research assistant to explore the economics of cities. Ideal for someone looking for hands-on research before starting a PhD.

Closing date: Mon 27 Jan.

#econsky

cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/a...
January 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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thorberger.bsky.social
Why do firms in poor countries not adopt new technologies? One reason: they're too small. We show in a recent paper that the "invention" of the the modern corporate form historically enabled marginal firms to grow and adopt new technologies. Paper forthcoming in the JEH and @voxeu.org column here:
Institutional innovation and the adoption of new technologies
A key barrier to economic development is that while new technologies can offer substantial productivity gains, firms in poorer countries often do not adopt them. This column uses firm-level data to track the adoption of the key technology of the 19th century – the steam engine – during Sweden’s rapid industrial take-off. Much like in many developing countries today, Swedish firms were generally too small to profitably adopt the new technology. The authors document the central role of an institutional innovation – the modern corporation – and demonstrate that when firms were given the opportunity to incorporate, they expanded and adopted steam technology.
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January 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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asjadnaqvi.bsky.social
🚀 Launching a new #Stata package #geoflow that allows users to generate spatial arcs.

This package is a culmination of over a year of work for building stable core dependencies. It also brings us one step closer to flexibly plot network data.
January 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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johnmullahy.bsky.social
Fifty years ago in the JPE…
@jpolecon.bsky.social www.jstor.org/stable/1830662
December 3, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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drodrik.bsky.social
It’s impossible not to know what’s happening in Gaza. Article by two prominent Israeli economists Motty Perry and Ariel Rubinstein www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
It's impossible not to know what's going on in Gaza | Opinion
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December 24, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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jonasvlachos.bsky.social
Står du eller någon du känner utan planer för våren? Grundkursen i nationalekonomi vid SU är öppen för sen anmälan! www.su.se/sok-kurser-o...
Passar distans på halvtid bättre? Läs då mikroekonomi med Mikael Priks och mig som lärare: www.su.se/sok-kurser-o...
Nationalekonomi I - Stockholms universitet
Grundkursen Nationalekonomi I ger dig en bred ekonomisk allmänbildning som är värdefull oavsett vad du sedan kommer att studera eller arbeta med. Du kan läsa Nationalekonomi I på helfart eller halvfar...
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December 20, 2024 at 10:56 AM