Max Lobeck
79 posts
@LobeckMax
Economist at BMWK. Former Postdoc at @EXCInequality and Doc @PSEinfo. Views are my own.
NEW paper w. @LobeckMax, @CdMeul: How do people in the United States and Norway argue for redistribution? In the U.S., pro-redistributive arguments mainly appeal to fairness. In Norway, arguments about the societal consequences of inequality are central. Thread ↓
Submissions are open for the 2nd Junior Economists Meeting @demm @LaStatale ceeds.unimi.it/unimi-jem23/ 🗓️Deadline for submission: March 19th 🗓️Date of the event: May 18-19th Keynote lecture by Professor Eleonora Patacchini @EleonoraPatacc2 (Cornell, Bocconi) #JEM23 #EconTwitter
The Econ Dept at @UniKonstanz is advertising an AP position (non-TT, 6 years fixed term) in Labor Economics, start date Oct 1, application deadline March 20. Comes with fantastic colleagues & a city with high QoL! stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/2ff… #econtwitter @eale_sbe @SOLE_Labor_Econ
Check out @LobeckMax's new paper in #ExperimentalEconomics! It studies the impact of managers' inequality attitudes on the choice of incentives. Finding: Such attitudes are a crucial determinant for incentive calibration and, thus, within-firm #Inequality link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Don't miss the deadline tomorrow 25th January for the 11th Thurgau Experimental Economics Meeting (#theem) at Lake Constance, 29-31 March 2023! Keynote speakers are Farzana Afridi (ISI Delhi) and Michael Callen (@LSEEcon). Looking forward! twi-kreuzlingen.ch/allgemein/thee…
Does income inequality reduce trust? 𝟭 @OurWorldInData says "YES." 𝟮 Two-third of Americans say "YES." 𝟯 A paper cited 10,000+ times says "YES." 𝟰 And I mean, even @BarackObama says "YES." So it must be true, right? RIGHT?! 🧵thread🧵
Very happy to share my JMP, w. @LobeckMax: “The Consequences of Inequality: Beliefs and Redistributive Preferences” bit.ly/3NxKokO We explore (i) how people think economic inequality changes society, and (ii) how such beliefs affect preferences for redistribution. 1/n
Hello Twitter. It's not ready for a full thread yet, but I'm presenting my JMP (w @LobeckMax) at the first session of the EEA Congress (Monday 2pm). So here are some preliminary statistics: 1. Between 85% and 97% of U.S. citizens think economic inequality affects society.
Hello Twitter. It's not ready for a full thread yet, but I'm presenting my JMP (w @LobeckMax) at the first session of the EEA Congress (Monday 2pm). So here are some preliminary statistics: 1. Between 85% and 97% of U.S. citizens think economic inequality affects society.
[Job alert] Looking for a postdoc for our project combining web traces, survey and experiments at @EXCInequality @UniKonstanz. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/5bb… Project team includes @SelbPeter, @nils_weidmann, Andreas Spitz & Denis Bonnay. Please share widely & contact me to know more!
Had fun watching @LobeckMax present our paper on inequality externality beliefs for @PikettyLeMonde and the Applied Economics seminar at @PSEinfo. Great crowd + comments, thanks for the feedback!
Looking forward to host 1st JUnior Economists Meeting at @DemmUnimi ! May 13th Keynote: @LibertadGonLu Presentations by: @m_dominguezp @melikekokkizil @g_caprini @LobeckMax @LudoGazze @MartaGolin @valezurla @Fra_Barilari Link to Program: ceeds.unimi.it/unimi-jem22/
