In the April 2026 issue: ‘Unintended Consequences of Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations’ by Fabrizio Colella, Keith E Maskus, Alessandro Peri doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf086 @aleperi83.bsky.social @fabricolella.bsky.social @usiidep.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social @academic.oup.com
#EconSky
📣 Join our labor team! I am looking for three #predoc fellows to work
with me, Rafael Lalive, Josef Zweimüller, and our coauthors on applied labor economics
projects in Switzerland!
Apply here: usi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@usiidep.bsky.social @heclausanne.bsky.social
Together with Pedro Ferreira, Eliana La Ferrara, David Smerdon, and Munshi Sulaiman they study social norms in relation to female genital cutting in Somalia. They show the importance of correcting biased beliefs in order to eradicate harmful norms.
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Today @selimgulesci.bsky.social (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social) presented "Changing Harmful Norms through Information and Coordination: Experimental Evidence from Somalia".
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Today @fedebraccioli.bsky.social (@wuvienna.bsky.social) presented “Stigma and Policy Preferences in Taboo Markets: Sex Work Decriminalization”.
With Sannah Tijani, using a US survey experiment, they show that stigma shapes policy preferences: reducing it boosts support for decriminalization.
Max Brès (@riksbank.se) presented "Aging Consumers, Competition, and Growth". With Daniele Angelini (University of Vienna), they find that shifts toward middle-aged consumer weaken product-market competition, impacting prices, output and productivity. The phenomenon causes ~2% drag on US GDP at peak
@unil.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch
Last week we hosted the workshop “The Role of Firms in the Labor Markets” in beautiful Lugano. Supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no. 882), the event featured more than 20 Switzerland-based young researchers in labor economics. And it was a lot of fun.
Today Claude Raisaro (@gvagrad.bsky.social) presented “Hidden discrimination in frictional labor markets".
With Elisa Macchi (@brown.edu) they show gender gaps reflect competing frictions-trust vs harassment risk - not just bias: different constraints shift demand for women in opposite directions.
Today Matteo Grigoletto (@wyssacademy.bsky.social) presented “Virality: what makes narratives go viral, and does it matter?".
With @kaigehring.bsky.social (Wyss), using climate policy tweets, they show that narratives—featuring heroes, villains, and victims—spread far more than neutral messages.
Today Scott Baker (@uwmadison.bsky.social) presented "Anticipatory Spending", joint work with M. Gelman (@cmc.edu), L. Kueng (@usiidep.bsky.social) and S. Lee (Northwestern University).
They cluster consumers into behavioral types, showing that responses to income changes depend on these profiles.
Today @pinchofdata.bsky.social (Bocconi University) presented "Measuring Crime Reporting and Incidence: Method and Application to #MeToo".
He finds that #MeToo led to higher victim reporting and arrest probabilities, while also deterring sex crimes.
#economics
Mon 1 Jun: Maurizio Zanardi (@sussex.ac.uk)
Mon 22 Jun: Fabio Braggion (@tilburg-university.bsky.social)
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Mon 27 Apr: Tommaso Colussi (@unicatt.bsky.social)
Mon 4 May: @categennaioliqmul.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
Mon 11 May: Elena Esposito (University of Turin)
Mon 18 May: Giovanni Immordino (University of Naples Federico II)
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Mon 23 Feb: Germain Gauthier @pinchofdata.bsky.social (Bocconi University)
Mon 9 Mar: Scott Baker (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Mon 23 Mar: Claude Raisaro (@gvagrad.bsky.social)
Mon 30 Mar: Max Brès (@riksbank.se)
Mon 20 Apr: @selimgulesci.bsky.social (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social)
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📣 Happy to share that the new IdEP Econ Seminar Series is about to begin: first talk in one week!
📆 All seminars: 12:00-13:15 | Executive Center (USI Lugano Main Building). Find the full program here: idep.usi.ch/storage/app/...
If interested, please contact us here or via email: idep@usi.ch
🎓 A showcase of our remarkable graduates, now building careers in PhD programs, central banks, consulting, government agencies, and international organizations. Check their stories below!
👉Find more: www.usi.ch/en/education...
🎓 The MSc offers hands-on experience through paid internships in Swiss institutions, research at @usiidep.bsky.social, and direct exposure to policy and data work — all within Lugano’s international and vibrant setting by the lake and mountains.
🏞️ Apply: www.usi.ch/en/education...
📢 Applications are open for the MSc in Economics at USI in Lugano!
Taught fully in English, the program offers rigorous research training, double-degree options, and close interaction with professors.
👉Find more: www.usi.ch/en/education...
📢Last week to apply to #WISE2026, our workshop for junior researchers in #Economics!
Submit your research by Monday Dec. 22nd, 2025! Don't miss the chance to present your work surrounded by the Swiss Alps.
More info: drive.google.com/file/d/1eGj6OMZc3xalN3XR4dLtk72D91M-V2Aw/view?usp=sharing
#Econ
Today @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social (@heclausanne.bsky.social) presented “Unfree Wills: Inheritance Rules, Bequest Motives and Wealth Diffusion”.
W/ L. Soler (@heclausanne.bsky.social), they use unique will data and show that more freedom shifts bequests to partners and, if none, to non-relatives.
📕This week @maxfil1963.bsky.social presented his new book "Introduction to Energy Economics and Policy", in Bellinzona.
Co-authored with S. Srinivasan and published by @universitypress.cambridge.org, it offers insights into energy economics and the energy transition.
👉 doi.org/10.1017/9781...
💡Why USI IDEP
We are a young and growing department and we want to learn from and with you!
For further information, contact idep@usi.ch
Join @usiidep.bsky.social as a PhD student!
📚We offer:
- 3 fully-funded positions for 5 years
- Rigorous training: the first year is devoted to coursework at Study Center Gerzensee
- Extensive support in research activities
👉Apply by January 15th: inomics.com/job/fully-fu...
📄 We are happy to share that the #CallforPapers of the 2nd edition of WISE is now open!
📅 May 5-7, 2026 in Airolo (CH) 🏔
🎤 Keynotes: @categennaioliqmul.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social) & @pietrobiroli.bsky.social (@unibo.it)
Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1eGj6...
Deadline: 22/12/25, 23.59 CET
Today Lorenzo Incoronato (U. of Naples) presented “Hiring subsidies and female employment”.
With M. di Stefano (@cep-lse.bsky.social) and A. Raute (@qmul.bsky.social), he shows that subsidies boost hiring of non-employed women and, as firms learn from these hires, raise long-run hiring for women.
Matthias Rodemeier (Università Bocconi) presented “Positive vs. Normative Disagreement in Optimal Income Taxation”, coauthored with Gregory Sun (WashU).
The study tests views on helping low-income people: most are generous on private transfers but oppose tax-based redistribution due to gov. aversion
In his #JMP, using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (#SIPP), he constructs a tail-dependent measure of labor income #risk that interacts individuals’ earnings growth variance and skewness.
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Tai Lo’s research studies how households and retail #investors perceive and respond to risk and how those choices shape #consumption, #portfolio allocation, and #asset prices.
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