Lazar Levchenko
@ylevch.bsky.social
Centre for Economic Strategy (Kyiv)
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A unique dataset by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on Self-Assessed Household Financial Situation in Ukraine (1994-2024) was published in open access. It provides a longitudinal overview, how personal financial well-being changed over three decades: discuss-data.net/dataset/b78f...
July 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A unique dataset by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on Self-Assessed Household Financial Situation in Ukraine (1994-2024) was published in open access. It provides a longitudinal overview, how personal financial well-being changed over three decades: discuss-data.net/dataset/b78f...
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THREAD
Couldn’t 26 EU countries simply announce an end of the 2009 #LisbonTreaty, and concurrently sign an identical agreement, but without Hungary (...as well as perhaps offer the UK to renew its 2007 signature)?
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Couldn’t 26 EU countries simply announce an end of the 2009 #LisbonTreaty, and concurrently sign an identical agreement, but without Hungary (...as well as perhaps offer the UK to renew its 2007 signature)?
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March 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
THREAD
Couldn’t 26 EU countries simply announce an end of the 2009 #LisbonTreaty, and concurrently sign an identical agreement, but without Hungary (...as well as perhaps offer the UK to renew its 2007 signature)?
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Couldn’t 26 EU countries simply announce an end of the 2009 #LisbonTreaty, and concurrently sign an identical agreement, but without Hungary (...as well as perhaps offer the UK to renew its 2007 signature)?
/1
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This figure shows just how far 2023 and 2024 were above any prior year in the @BerkeleyEarth dataset. Note that the width of the bar represents the uncertainty in the estimate due to the spatial coverage of observations and other factors:
January 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This figure shows just how far 2023 and 2024 were above any prior year in the @BerkeleyEarth dataset. Note that the width of the bar represents the uncertainty in the estimate due to the spatial coverage of observations and other factors:
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Vertical integration
December 16, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Vertical integration
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Real footage of a synthetic control model
December 8, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Real footage of a synthetic control model
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So is the Russian economy enjoying a growth boom?
No, it's not. My @bofitresearch.bsky.social collague Heli Simola wrote an excellent short blog to explain this. A short thread below:
www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202...
No, it's not. My @bofitresearch.bsky.social collague Heli Simola wrote an excellent short blog to explain this. A short thread below:
www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202...
December 1, 2024 at 3:58 PM
So is the Russian economy enjoying a growth boom?
No, it's not. My @bofitresearch.bsky.social collague Heli Simola wrote an excellent short blog to explain this. A short thread below:
www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202...
No, it's not. My @bofitresearch.bsky.social collague Heli Simola wrote an excellent short blog to explain this. A short thread below:
www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202...
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Today marks 1000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In 9 regions, people have spent over 10% of this time under air alerts. Please support Ukraine by spreading the word, donating (savelife.in.ua/en/donate-en/), and advocating for aid.
#UkrainianView
#UkrainianView
November 19, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Today marks 1000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In 9 regions, people have spent over 10% of this time under air alerts. Please support Ukraine by spreading the word, donating (savelife.in.ua/en/donate-en/), and advocating for aid.
#UkrainianView
#UkrainianView
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The boss has arrived
👋 Hello, Bluesky! go.bsky.app/VP5EvGW
November 18, 2024 at 2:46 PM
The boss has arrived
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During the 1990/91 Gulf War, Germany spent 0.6% of its GDP supporting the international alliance under US leadership !
So 0.1% now for a war in Europe vs 0.6% the for a war in the Gulf.
So 0.1% now for a war in Europe vs 0.6% the for a war in the Gulf.
November 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM
During the 1990/91 Gulf War, Germany spent 0.6% of its GDP supporting the international alliance under US leadership !
So 0.1% now for a war in Europe vs 0.6% the for a war in the Gulf.
So 0.1% now for a war in Europe vs 0.6% the for a war in the Gulf.
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Credit conditions in russia now are similar to conditions during the Global Financial Crisis.
russia is desperate... for a break
#UkrainianView #Ukraine
russia is desperate... for a break
#UkrainianView #Ukraine
November 13, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Credit conditions in russia now are similar to conditions during the Global Financial Crisis.
russia is desperate... for a break
#UkrainianView #Ukraine
russia is desperate... for a break
#UkrainianView #Ukraine
November 12, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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The OPEC cartel saved $4 trillion in climate damages and potentially was the single biggest contributor to meeting the Paris targets. www.nber.org/papers/w33115
Two Wrongs Can Sometimes Make a Right: The Environmental Benefits of Market Power in Oil
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 4, 2024 at 1:05 PM
The OPEC cartel saved $4 trillion in climate damages and potentially was the single biggest contributor to meeting the Paris targets. www.nber.org/papers/w33115
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Spent yesterday grieving, angry, afraid and writing this:
Earth Will Exceed 1.5 Degrees Celsius of Warming This Year
This year won’t just be the hottest on record—it could be the first to surpass the 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold laid out in the Paris climate accord
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Spent yesterday grieving, angry, afraid and writing this:
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You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food?
Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local. Transport emissions are very small for most food products.
Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local. Transport emissions are very small for most food products.
November 6, 2024 at 2:03 PM
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food?
Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local. Transport emissions are very small for most food products.
Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local. Transport emissions are very small for most food products.
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Never again. (1945)
Again. (2024)
This is Roman Gorilyk after two years of Russian captivity. Roman is the senior controller of the checkpoint of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Russians took him and the other 168 National Guard servicemen hostage.👇
Again. (2024)
This is Roman Gorilyk after two years of Russian captivity. Roman is the senior controller of the checkpoint of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Russians took him and the other 168 National Guard servicemen hostage.👇
June 4, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Never again. (1945)
Again. (2024)
This is Roman Gorilyk after two years of Russian captivity. Roman is the senior controller of the checkpoint of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Russians took him and the other 168 National Guard servicemen hostage.👇
Again. (2024)
This is Roman Gorilyk after two years of Russian captivity. Roman is the senior controller of the checkpoint of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Russians took him and the other 168 National Guard servicemen hostage.👇
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2023 is now virtually certain (>99% chance) to be the warmest year since records began in the mid-1800s across all the different temperature records that have reported data through September. I dig into the details in a new analysis over at
@CarbonBrief
: carbonbrief.org/analysis-gre...
@CarbonBrief
: carbonbrief.org/analysis-gre...
October 16, 2023 at 4:29 PM
2023 is now virtually certain (>99% chance) to be the warmest year since records began in the mid-1800s across all the different temperature records that have reported data through September. I dig into the details in a new analysis over at
@CarbonBrief
: carbonbrief.org/analysis-gre...
@CarbonBrief
: carbonbrief.org/analysis-gre...