#eeac Days 18 + 19: papers on one of the most impt and thorniest topics in the social sciences: peer effects. "Popularity and Student Networks: Trade-offs in Resolving Social Isolation through Deskmate Assignments" and "Leveraging Social Comparisons: The Role of Peer Assignment Policies" #econsky
Anyone seriously theorised post-scarcity currencies?
Thought experiment: All commodities can be universally printed. Limitless renewable energy. High trust/cohesion society, in global, federated, participatory democracy. Disease burden/inequality, minimal. No war.
Wither money?
🧵
#econsky #eeac
#eeac Days 15, 16, and 17: A thread on three papers that engage with Di Tella et al. (2015) as well as other papers on excuse-seeking behavior. "On Self-Serving Strategic Beliefs" "Well, Excuse Me! Replicating and Connecting Excuse-Seeking Behaviors" and "Upset but (almost) Correct" #econsky 1/4
#eeac Day 13: @tfwerner.com JMP on algorithmic vs. human collusion is of course terrific; his paper on LLMs steering consumers is also worth a look arxiv.org/pdf/2409.12143 "Using a behavioral experiment, we show that [LLMs] can indeed significantly shift consumer preferences." #econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 12: @chidiya.bsky.social JMP "Hate in the Time of Algorithms: Evidence from a Large Scale Experiment on Online Behavior” switches from algorithmic feed to random content on Indian TikTok-like platform. Great summary of findings here www.econthatmatters.com/2024/11/can-... #econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 11: @vasilisawerner.bsky.social asks when might communication have negative effects on trust in JMP "Destructive Communication" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... People who are polarized enough on an issue talk and focus on that issue, trust and trustworthiness can decrease #econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 10: @vaishnavisur.bsky.social JMP:"Weathering Climate Change: How Farmers Learn from Forecast Outcomes" How do farmers update based on rainfall forecasts and forecast outcomes when they need to mitigate climate risk? www.vaishnavisurendra.com/pdf/Weather_... #econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 9: @mallorave.bsky.social and co. "Does Artificial Intelligence Help or Hurt Gender Diversity? Evidence from Two Field Experiments on Recruitment in Tech" They find that AI recruitment tool can reduce gender gap in potential hires in two ways papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #econsky
#eeac Day 8 @jackfitzgerald.bsky.social argues in his JMP for the need to use equivalence testing for making null claims. He does a large-scale replication of estimates from more than 80 papers and provides goodies in State and R. jack-fitzgerald.github.io/files/The_Ne... #econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 6+7: @walraslaw.bsky.social and @krishnasrini.bsky.social "Who Should Get Money? Estimating Welfare Weights in the U.S." Elicited weights are more progressive than current tax/transfer policy but less progressive than those used in optimal policy lit www.cesifo.org/en/publicati... #econsky
#eeac Day 5: Instead of @zwojo.bsky.social fascinating JMP "Context and Communication" I wanted to highlight another related provocative paper from him arxiv.org/pdf/2407.14452 on mental proofs and how AI might intervene in social contexts where mental proofs are crucial. #Econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 4: @gubri.bsky.social JMP "Targeting Behavioral Change Interventions: An Experiment on Debiasing Savings for College" demonstrates the importance of theory-driven identification of behavioral barriers and subsequent personalized interventions targeting specific barriers. #econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 3: @priyomam.bsky.social JMP looks at the information aggregation within the household and the mediating effect of common knowledge of expertise. She finds poor information aggregation when expertise is uncertain in gender-neutral domain consistent with previous papers. #econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 2: I might be biased, but don't let that be an excuse to miss Pitt @beaahumada.bsky.social JMP "Excuses and Redistribution" She induces uncertainty about source of earnings diffs between self/partner by randomizing between low and high piece-rate in a real effort task. #econsky #econjmp
#eeac Day 1: @benleoecon.bsky.social JMP "No Intention to Profit, yet Still Repugnant: Experimental Evidence for Outcome-Based Repugnance" How do people feel about prediction mkts for disasters or second-hand life ins where transactions profit from misfortunes without causing them? #econsky #econjmp
