Professor of Economics at @UniofOxford. Affiliations: @St_Catz, @INETOxford, @NatureRecovery, @compasslexecon, @cepr_org. Tweets last a week.

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A fixed-point theorem in real life: A photograph of me and George Bergman, who in 1968 photographed Alfred Tarski (né Tajtelbaum) and in 2023 photographed me with his Olympus, outside Alfred Tarski's office at @UCBerkeley. George's photo of Tarski is here: opc.mfo.de/detail?photo_id=6…
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Introducing the future of finance education: the Oxford MSc in Applied Financial Economics. Blended. Flexible. World-class. Designed for ambitious professionals ready to lead in finance. Applications open Sept 2025 Join the class of 2026: sbs.ox.ac.uk/mafe @UniofOxford
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There's still time to book a place at this year's @OUBEP #SocialMobility Workshop, the perfect opportunity to update your economics knowledge and a great excuse to visit #Oxford Details & full speaker line-up here: bit.ly/3Zg2qOT @t8el @Lem_Exeter @SocialMobilityF
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Bayesian Bullshit 🤣 #EconTwitter A great issue, by the way! Great job @t8el!! I am a big fan of @skominers's article here!
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I'm so happy the excellent EC '24 tutorials are available online: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Thanks @lauradoval for taking the lead on this (also thanks @YannaiGonch and whoever was involved from @AcmSIGecom).
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on blockchains vs. cryptocurrencies
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🚨Major new version🚨 Algorithmic Collusion by Large Language Models Joint w/@sarafish_ & @RanShorrer LLMs are automating many business decisions. Pricing might be next (or is already). What if multiple firms, in good faith, use off-the-shelf-LLMs for pricing? 1/3 #EconTwitter
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My highly scientific polls during this webinar unequivocally confirm that people working in the UK finance industry are fans of risk-dominant actions. So that's some good news for the "global games" industry.
Join us for a free webinar in partnership with @UKFtweets Hosted by Oxford University's Professor Alex Teytelboym @t8el, this 1 hour tutorial for business leaders in #finance will explore how #GameTheory can help explain banking crises. Register today: bit.ly/3YJ10vO
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Just published: 🔥 Algorithmic bias and racial inequality: A critical review🔥 maxkasy.github.io/home/files… Thoughts and comments welcome! Part of the OXREP special issue on Race, Caste, and Economic Policy: academic.oup.com/oxrep/issue…
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🚀 I'm on the job market this year! 🚀 Excited to share my JMP: "The Messenger Matters" Does it matter who communicates policies to the public? Yes! The messenger impacts both the reach and influence of communication. Using big data, an experiment, and theory, I show how. 🧵👇
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I want to briefly talk about one of my favorite papers and how it relates to the U.S. election. Short version: It's the predistribution, stupid
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Zero-sum thinking is a key mindset that shapes how we view the world. Excited to share a new paper on the roots and consequences of Zero-sum thinking with @sahilchinoy, @DrNathanNunn @SMGSequeira. A summary thread🧵1/23 scholar.harvard.edu/files/st…
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I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow for 3 years to join me at @OxfordEconDept and @Oxford_CSAE ! Continue to develop your own research, and help set up a new research group for macro-experimental development. No teaching required (but possible). Apply: econjobmarket.org/positions/…
📢 Join Oxford's Development Economics team as a Postdoctoral Fellow! Work with @EggerDennis on large-scale RCTs and economic modeling in East Africa, focusing on cash transfers and development interventions. Apply now 👉bit.ly/4ehrR82 #OxfordEconomics
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Recently some prominent people have argued that 19thcentury tariffs were beneficial for American manufacturing. In our new NBER working paper, Alex Klein (Sussex) and I argue: there is no evidence for this assertion. 1/N nber.org/papers/w33100
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Wrongly.
We ran 80,000 simulations, and you spelled 'definitely' wrong in 71,052 of them.
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If you would like to think even more about politics today
Why do voters have a zero-sum mindset when evaluating policies? We offer a strategic rationale. Even if the decision is likely positive-sum, the fear of what others know can lead a majority of voters to vote for policies contrary to their interests econometricsociety.org/publi…
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