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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
Looking fwd to our Polit Econ Lunch Seminar tomorrow, where @aalrababah.bsky.social will present co-authored work on the Political Consequences of the Tour de France🚴‍♂️

Drop (or cycle) by, if you're in town!

Paper👉 osf.io/preprints/so...

PELS program👉 www.hertie-school.org/fileadmin/2_...
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Reposted by Christian Traxler, Miguel Á. Malo

miguelalmunia.bsky.social
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
@cunef.bsky.social is hiring Assistant Professors in Economics and related fields.

Application deadline: November 15 ⏰
More info: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Apply to join one of Europe’s most dynamic Economics departments!
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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
Congrats, @pnicolaides.bsky.social, great to see this published. Still recall when we discussed this figure for the first time;)
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itaxjournal.bsky.social @itaxjournal.bsky.social · 12d
Recently published in @itaxjournal.bsky.social "Characteristics and responses of winners in the Greek tax lottery" by Panayiotis Nicolaides

Available at: rdcu.be/eJnj8
Characteristics and responses of winners in the Greek tax lottery
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

itaxjournal.bsky.social
Recently published in @itaxjournal.bsky.social "Characteristics and responses of winners in the Greek tax lottery" by Panayiotis Nicolaides

Available at: rdcu.be/eJnj8
Characteristics and responses of winners in the Greek tax lottery
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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
This was fun👇 #twec2025
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DIW Berlin @diw.de · 19d
Here are some impressions from the 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime taking place at DIW Berlin. Thanks to all participants & the co-organizers @annabindler.bsky.social & Christian Traxler (@hertieschool.bsky.social).
🔗Event page: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Gruppenbild der Konferenzteilnehmer*innen im Innenhof Blick in den Ostrom-Saal während eines Vortrags Kaffeepause in der DIW-Lounge
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

diw.de
Here are some impressions from the 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime taking place at DIW Berlin. Thanks to all participants & the co-organizers @annabindler.bsky.social & Christian Traxler (@hertieschool.bsky.social).
🔗Event page: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Gruppenbild der Konferenzteilnehmer*innen im Innenhof Blick in den Ostrom-Saal während eines Vortrags Kaffeepause in der DIW-Lounge
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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
Exactly, no (quasi-)experiment in here.
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by Christian Traxler — Reposted by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
Later this week, @annabindler.bsky.social & I will host the 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime #TWEC2025 in Berlin @diw.de

We are very much looking forward to many exciting papers, discussions, and keynotes by Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard & Paolo Pinotti.
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

bsoeberlin.bsky.social
📯 On October 8, join our yearly Welcome Event with a lecture on the Economics of Women’s Rights✨

📍 The event will be hosted by the @hertieschool.bsky.social, one of the founding members

More details & Register👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

@humboldtuni.bsky.social
#welcome #newmembers
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Reposted by Christian Traxler, Peter Haan, Georg Weizsäcker

hertieschool.bsky.social
📢 Opening of the Berlin School of Economics Academic Year at the Hertie School!

As a founding member, we're honoured to host the opening of the BSoE's new academic year on 8 October.

👉You can find more information here: bit.ly/42s8BBC
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Reposted by Christian Traxler, Richard S.J. Tol, Colin F. Camerer , and 3 more

zliscow.bsky.social
🚨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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by Christian Traxler — Reposted by Christian Traxler, Jan Marcus, Georg Weizsäcker

chtraxler.bsky.social
We're looking forward to hosting the opening of @bsoeberlin.bsky.social' acadmic year @hertieschool.bsky.social on October 8. To join us at this event, which includes (among others) a keynote by Michèle Tertilt on 'The Economics of Women’s Rights', register via👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...
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by Christian Traxler — Reposted by Christian Traxler, Joanna Bryson, Georg Weizsäcker

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🚨CfA🚨(Associate/Full) Prof of International Economics @hertieschool.bsky.social & @kiel.institute, based in Berlin, Germany - 3 more weeks to apply #EconSky
👉 apply.interfolio.com/169770

Pls share @bsoeberlin.bsky.social @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @mdoepke.bsky.social
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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
If you watch closely, you'll also see Wallace & Gromit harvesting cheese #Mondfinsternis #eclipselunar
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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to the Public Economics workshop @cunef.bsky.social in Madrid #MadPub2025

Many thx @cmtneztt.bsky.social @miguelalmunia.bsky.social @dforemny.bsky.social for putting together a great program 👉 madpub.eu
2025
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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
Excellent performance by the inimitable Felix Gall 🚴‍♂️& strong 4th in this surprisingly explosive stage. Looking fwd to week 2+3 of #LaVuelta25 and hoping for Top3 GC🤞
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La Vuelta @lavuelta.bsky.social · Aug 31
🎬 𝐂𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐎 | #LaVuelta25
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

lavuelta.bsky.social
🎬 𝐂𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐎 | #LaVuelta25
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Reposted by Christian Traxler, Almut Balleer

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Armin Falk zieht sich zurück
„Wir danken unserem internationalen Forschungsnetzwerk ausdrücklich dafür, dass es uns mit seinem kritischen Engagement die Essenz des IZA noch einmal deutlich vor Augen geführt hat.“
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/o...
Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit: Armin Falk zieht sich zurück
700 Forscher wollten Armin Falkan der Spitze des IZA verhindern - und haben nun Erfolg. Doch die Frage ist: Wie soll es nun weitergehen?
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

bsoeberlin.bsky.social
Meet @aikoschmeisser.com 🔍

Job market candidate at BSoE. His research spans Labor Economics, Political Economy, and Behavioral Economics, with a focus on how preferences and beliefs influence labor market outcomes.

More on👉 www.aikoschmeisser.com
#econjobmarket #laboreconomics #politicaleconomics
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

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WZB offers an amazing conditions and our group is very nice as well 🙂

wzb.eu/en/research/...

You would join the great research environment of
@bseberlin.bsky.social 💡

Nice bonus: You can live in the best city in the world 🐻

Contact me if you have any questions!
People: President's Research Group Inequality, Social Mobility and Growth
Persons lists Unit Inequality, Social Mobility and Growth Head Prof. Dr. h.c. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Ph.D. fon: +49 30 25491 501mail: nicola.fuchs [at] wzb.eu Research Manager Babette Hagemann...
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Reposted by Christian Traxler, Kim Oosterlinck

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I am looking for a 6 year Postdoc in Micro, preferably Theory at Freie Universität Berlin!
fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
Please apply through the Berlin School of Economics,
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/res...
Berlin offers a vibrant, fun and super collegial community! Join us! #econsky 📈📉
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Reposted by Christian Traxler, Erik Hornung

annabindler.bsky.social
Good news - we are hiring!! 🥳

Are you an Applied Microeconomist on the job market & interested in policy-relevant research on crime, labor & inequality? Come work with us @diw.de & join our new team in a vibrant research environment - right in the center of Berlin.
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Reposted by Christian Traxler, Hannes Rusch

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I put together a quick starter pack of people working on crime! Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed!
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

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take congestion pricing. of the 3.8 million new yorkers who commute to work, a grand total of 128,000 drive a private vehicle into manhattan. of those, about 16,000 are low income workers. we are looking at .4% of working new yorkers who are poor and potentially burdened by the fee.
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

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Wie Oligarch Abramowitsch mit seinen Yachten Millionen an Steuern hinterzogen haben dürfte:
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Investigativrecherche von @sophiabaumann.bsky.social, @simonlock.bsky.social und @bastianobermayer.bsky.social
Wie Oligarch Abramowitsch mit seinen Yachten Millionen an Steuern hinterzogen haben dürfte
Leaks zeigen, wie aufwendige Offshore-Konstrukte verschleierten, wer wirklich hinter den Luxusyachten des sanktionierten Oligarchen steckt. Der Fiskus fiel offenbar darauf herein
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Reposted by Christian Traxler

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Blau-Schwarz geplatzt: FPÖ-Chef Kickl scheitert mit Regierungsbildung.
www.derstandard.at/jetzt/livebe...
FPÖ-Chef Kickl scheitert mit Koalitionsbildung, legt Regierungsbildungsauftrag zurück
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Reposted by Christian Traxler, Hannes Rusch

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📣 Attention PhD-candidates & early postdocs!

We host the 1st Freiburg PhD-Workshop on the Economics of Criminal Behavior: 30/09-02/10 at csl.mpg.de. Discuss ideas, network with leading experts, present own research.

Apply by 15/07 & spread the word!

tinyurl.com/CSL-WECB24
Home
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
CC seems like bsky didn't get your handle, @libordusekeu.bsky.social sry

by Christian Traxler — Reposted by Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Mirco Tonin, Jens Rommel , and 3 more

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[email protected] & IfW Kiel are jointly 🚨 recruiting a Professor of International Economics🚨 (Associate/Full).

👉 apply.interfolio.com/169770

Great opportunity to join Berlin's thriving econ community. No kings here.

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025

Please share widely! #EconSky
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by Christian Traxler

chtraxler.bsky.social
PS: In related work (same setting), we do NOT find clear evidence that higher #fines would amplify (specific) #deterrence effects – it’s about getting a ticket (or not), which makes drivers slow down... low/high fines seem 2nd order 👇

ideas.repec.org/a/oup/jeurec...

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Learning from Law Enforcement
This paper studies how punishment affects future compliance behavior and isolates deterrence effects mediated by learning. Using administrative data from speed cameras that capture the full driving hi
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