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Thomas Bolognesi
@thomasbolognesi.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Economics @Grenoble Ecole de Management. Study environment, water, policy, political economy, institution
https://sites.google.com/site/bolognesithom/
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New open access 📰 "Do you perceive interdependencies among human activities related to #water? Drivers and effects on #preferences for participation and #regulation" w/ G Pflieger in Ecological Economics

doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol…
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Forthcoming in the AER: "The Price of War" by Jonathan Federle, André Meier, Gernot J. Müller, Willi Mutschler, and Moritz Schularick. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
The Price of War
(Forthcoming Article) - We assemble a new data set spanning 150 years and 60 countries to study the economic toll of war. A war of average intensity is associated with an output drop of close to 10 pe...
www.aeaweb.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Conflicts over freshwater resources are accelerating.
Data from the new update of the Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology.
www.worldwater.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30, outnumbering every delegation except Brazil

This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it

If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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📢 Just accepted in #JAERE! 📢
"Confronting the carbon pricing gap: Second best climate policy" by Katheline Schubert, Aude Pommeret, and Francesco Ricci.
Read it here: buff.ly/XeYo6rd
📈📉 #Econsky
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 Conférence de Citéco "Le #commerce international à l'ère de Trump" avec Isabelle Méjean ( @scpo-research.bsky.social, @caeeco.bsky.social, @cepr.org), @paulinewbx.bsky.social (CEPII) et Céline Boff (Brief.eco). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi5H...
#econsky #protectionnisme
Conférence « Le commerce international à l'ère de Trump »
YouTube video by Cité de l'Économie (Citéco)
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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📣 New paper out!

@thomasbolognesi.bsky.social and PEGO member Manuel Fischer analyze good governance principles that make urban water governance more effective in 35 megacities cities worldwide.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...
Policy Design and Governance Effectiveness: The Role of Non‐Linearities in Urban Water Management
International Organizations formulate and disseminate principles of good governance for issues such as urban water governance. These principles are formulated in universal and general terms, for exam...
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🌍📈 Paper “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out today in the Journal of Economic Literature @aeajournals.bsky.social, joint with Jasper Meya, Lutz Sager & Ulrike Kornek.

See short summary and PM by PIK linked below, and the paper here
👉 pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
September 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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August 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
We Are All Lisa Cook
Nobody is safe from weaponized government
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Le chef de projet à l’Agence nationale pour l’amélioration des conditions de travail met en évidence plusieurs points de vigilance au sujet du déploiement de l’IA dans le monde professionnel.
Vincent Mandinaud : « Sous couvert d’un allégement de tâches, le recours à l’IA peut intensifier le travail »
www.altereco.media
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
L'angoisse!
Hey no big deal and all but... Senate Republicans just confirmed Joe Kent, a conspiracy theorist with alarming ties to white nationalists and far-right groups, to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Senate Confirms Conspiracy Theorist To Lead National Counterterrorism Center
www.huffpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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We definitely need to ban congressional stock trading.
And prosecute those who engage in insider trading.
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.

This is Washington at its worst.

We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Excited to be part of the Policy & Politics student reading list for our analysis of #policy #preference building in the case of #water management w/ M. Fischer and E Lieberherr @ethz.ch @eawag.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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1.5 months to go until my book Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations is out with @mitpress.bsky.social! An accessible introduction to impact evaluation & causal machine learning, with examples in #R & #Python: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292...
Examples: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
June 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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🥳 We are so excited to announce our call for proposals is open!

We want your paper, panel, roundtable, open session, and pre-conference workshop ideas 👇

policyprocessresearch.org/coppr26-prop...
COPPR26 Proposal Submission & Registration
Important Dates to Remember June 5, 2025-August 31, 2025: Open call for pre-COPPR workshops, papers, panels, and roundtable proposals September 30, 2025: Notification of accepted or rejected propos…
policyprocessresearch.org
June 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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L’impôt plancher sur le patrimoine a été adopté par l’Assemblée nationale

Il est plébiscité par les Français

Sa logique économique est limpide

Le Sénat, en première lecture, le rejette aujourd’hui

Que fait on maintenant ?

On continue ! 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Le discours de G Newsom face aux décisions de D Trump depuis 140 jours et en particulier, les arrestations en masse d'immigrés et l'envoi de militaires à Los Angeles. Trad @lemonde
youtu.be/8660KsNPLA8?...
Los Angeles : le discours choc du démocrate Gavin Newsom contre Donald Trump
YouTube video by Le Monde
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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🤖An in-person & online workshop on the Economics of #AI will take place on 10 June at @collegedefrance.bsky.social and on Zoom. The workshop covers implications of AI for labour, growth, & democracy.
Co-organisers: Collège de France, RCEA Europe, & CEPR.
cepr.org/events/econo...
#EconSky #EconConf
May 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The world’s two largest economies have agreed to a trade ceasefire — but who blinked first? www.ft.com/content/ce68...
May 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
There are nice contributions on collaborative governance, participation and co2 tax. 😀
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Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15410072...

#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
May 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Harvard sets an example for other US universities by standing up for intellectual freedom and the right to protest - both key to responsible science.

One fuels innovation and critical thinking; the other ensures accountability and alignment with public values.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funds after it rejects demands
The White House sent a sweeping list of requirements to the university last week, which it said were aimed at fighting antisemitism.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Wondering which EU #trade sectors will be hit hardest by the #Trumptariffs? Here's great clean and comprehensive charts and figures by the CEPII. www.cepii.fr/visualdata/t...
#econsky #LiberationDay #Tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM