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🚨 Very excited to co-organize the 2nd PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics in Copenhagen (June 8-9, 2026)
Are you a PhD student / PostDoc? ✅
Working on Labor and/or Behavioral Economics? ✅
Do not miss the chance to apply!
📢 PhD Workshop in Labor and Behavioral Economics 2026 📢
The next edition will take place at CEBI, University of Copenhagen (June 8–9, 2026).
Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (NHH) & Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley).
Call for Papers: sites.google.com/view/behavio...
Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
Join us @unibonn.bsky.social! The finance group within the economics department is looking to hire an assistant professor (tenure track): econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Paper with Alessandro Lizzeri and @vkecht.bsky.social can be found here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3sje7...
Our explanation: they are generalists, and that skill set is in high demand given high industry uncertainty. Generalists are good at curbing volatility, but tend to be old unless they come from a consulting background. Consultant CEOs‘ young age may thus be a contributing factor to firm growth.
Trump has made clear: the EU is on its own to defend itself & support 🇺🇦. But the EU controls an important asset: foreign reserves by the 🇷🇺 Central Bank. It is imperative not to give this asset up in a lopsided deal on Trump’s & Putin’s terms but to use it for rebuilding 🇺🇦.
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One week left to apply for our PhD Workshop in June 2025 at @iza.org, but why wait?
We will bring together a group of outstanding PhD students working in applied behavioral and labor economics!
conference.iza.org/PhD_LaborBeh...
Organized together with @scordes.bsky.social @ingoisphording.bsky.social and Florian Zimmermann