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Wars, Taxation, and Representation: Evidence from Five Centuries of German History: “We provide causal evidence for the role of warfare in the development of medieval constitutionalism.” academic.oup.com/jeea/articl…
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When natural disasters divert public attention from day-to-day governance, members of Congress are more likely to tilt their votes toward the preferences of their special interest donors, say researchers at @UofMaryland, @KelloggSchool, and @UQ_News. aeaweb.org/research/charts/n…
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Thanks to @HannoLustig, @Francesco_Bia and Luigi Boccola for organizing SITE's fiscal policy conference, putting together a great program and a bringing together researchers interested in government finances.
I presented an early report on a joint project with Manuel Macera @ManuelMacera The politics of social security in ageing societies. Here are our presentation slides
tinyurl.com/PoliticsPAYGSSy
In the paper we follow Paul Samuelson in thinking of PAYG social security as a Ponzi transfer scheme. We find that for current demographics, a balanced budget PAYG SS has negative value for younger generation for the benefit of older generations. The young would better off not contributing to SS and investing in financial markets. Unlike a Ponzi scheme with an insufficient number of new entrants, PAYG SS does not unravel because the median voter benefits from the transfers from the young. Thus, the tyranny of the (old) median voter exploits the young and the unborn.
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Congratulations Andrii!! This paper offers a microfoundation for the rise of Zohran M in NYC. Andrii's paper was written well before the rise of ZM. Explain and predict!!
Recently accepted to #REStud, "Homeownership, Polarization, and Inequality," from Andrii Parkhomenko:
restud.com/homeownership-pol…
#EconTwitter
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Details you missed and things you (probably) didn't know about the Sistine Chapel 🧵
1. The genius of Michelangelo
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"If you're not having fun, you're not learning. There's a pleasure in finding things out."
- Richard Feynman
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Since it is Ennio Morricone's 96th birthday today,
What's your favourite score by the legendary composer?
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Our campus is at its autumnal peak today. 🍂 🍁
ALT Statue of Ezra Cornell on a university campus with vibrant autumn foliage in the background.
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This painting by Caravaggio, Master of Light, is one of the most revolutionary in history.
Why? Notice the empty space left at the table for us.
Sit down at it, and a strange symbol reveals itself... 🧵
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🇮🇪 Irish Catholics: No, you’ll never understand. Catholicism is a weight on the spirit, a rotting guilt that eats at one’s soul. It’s to be soaked in one’s own blood forevermore…
🇮🇹 Italian Catholics: Yea you get to do bad stuff but the priest forgives you so it’s all good
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Dietro il nostro grande atleta #ItaliaTeam, c’è una famiglia meravigliosa!
Mattia Furlani ci presenta il suo straordinario team, composto dalle persone a lui più care. Un ragazzo e una famiglia eccezionale! 😍
#Paris2024 #Olympics #Ensemble #CasaItalia @atleticaitalia
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I want to thank whoever paid attention in @JoeBiden's administration and among those who advised it - for inclusion of Alexandra Skochilenko in today's exchange. Some of the Russian political prisoners that we released are opposition leaders or world-famous activists. Sasha Skochilenko is nobody - just a woman who was against the criminal war and wanted to do something. She wrote anti-war slogans on small pieces of paper and posted them in a local grocery store. Spent two years in prison, released today with six years to go. Those who thought about including her in the today's exchange, my gratitude.
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Are governments - in origin - cooperative or extractive? New🧵on government - set in Iraq, paper with @MBertazzini and Bob Allen @NYUAbuDhabi
Paper: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
Atlas of development in Iraq: drive.google.com/file/d/1VoP…
Interview with the AEA below:
Ancient states were more likely to form when large-scale irrigation projects were needed after losing access to a river, says @LeanderHeldring of @KelloggSchool. We spoke with him about how this pattern sheds light on the economic origins of government. aeaweb.org/research/economic…
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This is really neat: Community Notes work because they estimate users' political preferences and upweight notes that are liked by users of all stripes.
I wonder if other parts of our democracy could be improved with mechanisms like this.
vitalik.ca/general/2023/08/1…
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📢"Rule Breaking, Honesty and Migration" with @TommasoColussi @AndreaIchino
doi.org/10.1086/723112
In print on the Journal of Law and Economics @ChicagoJournals @Unibocconi @DondenaCentre @Unicatt_en @EUI_EU
A paper born from this birthday pattern in Italian Census data.
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On the occasion of the Prigozhin's death, if anybody wants to quote an academic paper, a game theory model, which says that a dictator who killed before is more likely to kill again if he survives the plot, here is such paper: bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/….
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I don't know who needs to hear this but these lecture notes on Information and Learning in Economic Theory are 👌
dropbox.com/s/0rvavpgm3gscvr…