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Economist, Professor, Former Musician, World Traveler, My views, RT≠Endorsement

Seoul, Korea
Joined November 2011
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We're hiring at Yonsei University, School of International Studies (one of the leading policy schools in Asia). Any rank, any field of economics. Please feel free to contact me with any questions! faculty.yonsei.ac.kr/opening…
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The supply- and demand-side effects of the unprecedented post-pandemic US immigration surge roughly canceled out, causing a muted inflation response, from Anton Cheremukhin, @sewonhur, Ronald R. Mau, Karel Mertens, Alexander W. Richter, and Xiaoqing Zhou nber.org/papers/w35168
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We have an exciting panel session on climate with speakers @UncertainLars (UChicago), @sewonhur (FRB Dallas), Kelly Shue (Yale), and moderator Yueran Ma (Booth). Many thanks to our audience for the engaging questions. #EconTwitter
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Here we go again: Even if the revenue from tariffs is used to lower existing distortionary taxes, tariffs are welfare reducing for the vast majority of Americans. @carrolldanielr and I showed this in our recent IER.
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🚨SEMINAR MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS🌿 On Friday, 12/6, we will have the pleasure of hosting Sewon Hur @sewonhur, an economist at the @DallasFed. He will present his work on the macroeconomic impacts of climate policy on income inequality. ⏲️12/6, 3 PM 🏦ULEE 303, SMU
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Looking forward to visiting SMU and discussing research!
Macro-environmental seminar🌎 Sewon Hur from the Dallas Fed will visit @SMUEconDept at 3 PM on Friday, 9/6, to present his paper. We are excited to meet with Sewon and discuss his research. @sewonhur @elisabelfiori
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#CarbonTaxes can be regressive (thus unpopular). We study a climate policy that fixes the climate externality & is neutral on the income distribution. The result? A win-win for every consumer!🌟🎖Fun and exciting joint work with @sewonhur & Dan🇳🇱🌷 @T2M_Conference @UvA_Amsterdam
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My friends over at SMU are hiring! Please consider joining the wonderful econ community in Dallas!
👇 Omer and I (and others) are excited to look at your macro/growth applications. Don't miss the November 15 deadline for full consideration! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?J…
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The International Economic Review has just published an exciting paper by Daniel Carroll and Sewon Hur on ON THE DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL TARIFFS. It is available through @WileyEconomics here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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May life always find us like this: learning, sharing ideas, and collectively pushing our field forward. But, at the end of the day, with a glass of wine in hand, a smile, and enjoying friends. Cheers, @SEDmeeting! You are quite an institution and a highlight in our lives🌟🔝🤓
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If you wonder how @SEDmeeting #Cartagena looks like, it looks like this😎🌴 Coming up 4.30pm! A session on #MacroClimate & #Inequality @sewonhur @DallasFed @mzpedroni @UvA_Amsterdam ShaneMahen @Cambridge_Uni & me @utditella Ps.Picture from the conference venue, believe it or not!
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Traveling to Buenos Aires (for first time) to present joint work w/ @elisabelfiori at Di Tella. Looking forward to the visit and hanging out w/ @elisabelfiori @andyneumeyer @ManuelMacera
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My friend and co-author @sewonhur has written this cool fed blog about sovereign defaults and banking crises. Check it out! Based on our joint work, also w/ @zeynep_yom: sosapadilla.github.io/files/…
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New Dallas fed blog discusses how sovereign debt crises can exacerbate banking crises, based on joint work with @cesarspa1 and @zeynep_yom, a short thread. (1/4) dallasfed.org/research/econo…
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Highly indebted governments, however, are susceptible to joint sovereign and banking crises, potentially leading to severe recessions. (3/4)
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And that's a WRAP on TimFest! Thank you to all who joined us this weekend, and for the many more who donated to the Tim Kehoe Fellowship! Here's to the past, present, and future scholarship inspired and supported by @TimTkehoe🥳
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Super thrilled to be in MN to attend TimFest, a conference in honor of Tim Kehoe, who has supervised over 100 PhD students. Thanks @TimTkehoe for being an amazing person, friend, and advisor. Kudos to the conference organizers @Pau_S_Pujolas, Juan Carlos Conesa, and Kim Ruhl!
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