Christian Bender 🇪🇺

This figure is striking. It shows the relationship between where people think they are in the income distribution and where they actually are. Observations below the line indicate that people think they are poorer than they really are (and the reverse above the line). What do you notice?

“But guys, we don’t even trade with your country” “Shut the fuck up penguin. Did you even say thank you? We’re tired of you taking advantage of hard working American patriots”

Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach”

This paper has been in the making for so long that eight children across the co-author group were born between the time we started and now! But it is finally out, and you can check it at arxiv.org/pdf/2503.13323

How big are German fiscal multipliers? 🧵 Quite big: 1.0 for infra/defence and 0.2 for EZ spillovers, *at least* For starters, the proposed package is very large in historical context. 1/

Mehr dazu im Jahrbuch Öffentliche Finanzen 2-2024: joefin.de/2-2024_jahrbuc… #JoeFin @henrik_scheller @transform_econ @arneschneider @Bender_c

Ab heute ist die Anmeldung zum 17. Workshop zum Jahrbuch für öffentliche Finanzen unter wifa.uni-leipzig.de/joefin möglich! Der Workshop wird am 20./21.09.2024 in Leipzig stattfinden. Wir freuen uns!

@henrik_scheller @arneschneider @Bender_c @transform_econ

When the magic wears out, they are just a bunch of clueless amateurs who make unrealistic promises. Save us time, #VoteForEurope

You’re not procrastinating because you’re lazy. It’s because you’re anxious. I learned this the hard way after nearly burning out while investing in 40+ startups. If you suffer from procrastination, read this:

Habemus #epcs2024 Program! @WU_econ @Eco_Austria @theEPCS In den vier Tagen werden wir ca. 280 Vorträge zu sehr spannenden Themen hören 👇 conftool.com/epcs2024/sessi…

Good things take time, great things take a little longer.

Eurac Research invites researchers to apply for the #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship with us as your host institution. We provide comprehensive support to ensure your application stands out! Information session: 27.03.24 @92513267-03e3-401a-80d4-c58ed6674e3b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/541084fc…

The EU fiscal rules reform is sealed. The results are largely as expected. However, one important last-minute tweak to the rulebook is actually a significant improvement over the proposals that went into the negotiations. Short thread:

The January/February issue of Intereconomics is out now! ➡️intereconomics.eu/archive/year/2… #OpenAccess

#Schuldenbremse vs. #Zeitenwende?! Nächster Donnerstag Hamburger Finanztag ⁦⁦@lv_hamburg⁩ u.a. mit ⁦@jsuedekum⁩ ⁦@kathabeck⁩ ⁦@FHoppermann⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@MetinHakverdi⁩ & ehem. EU-Komm. Oettinger - Programm & Anmeldung hier: veranstaltungen.dataport.de/Hamburger/Fina… 👍

🔴The call for the #RonWattsAward 2024 is out and allows you to travel to #Antwerp🇧🇪! 👤young scholars (<35y) endorsed by an IACFS member centre 📰paper on a topic dealing with #federalism; 8000-10000 words ⏰30 April 2024 📨ronaldwattsaward@eurac.edu ℹ️ iacfs.org

Die ⁦@FHH_FB⁩ lädt am 1.2. zum #Finanztag in die ⁦@lv_hamburg⁩ nach Berlin zum Thema Haushalt in der Zeitenwende u.a. mit ⁦@jsuedekum⁩ ⁦@arneschneider⁩ ⁦@kathabeck⁩ ⁦@FHoppermann⁩ ⁦@MetinHakverdi⁩ - Anmeldung hier veranstaltungen.dataport.de/Anmeldung/Hamb…

"Germany was worst-performing major economy last year" says @FT. But beware the temptation to only blame this on the energy crisis. The cracks in Germany's economic model already started emerging in 2018/2019, and gas prices were still low for years (1/6) ft.com/content/792a1a…

Freue mich sehr über meinen Beitrag zu den Auswirkungen der #circulareconomy auf die öffentlichen Finanzen auf @MakronomMagazin , eine gekürzte Version meines Beitrags im 2. Band des #JoeFin! @henrik_scheller @Bender_c @transforming_econ makronom.de/die-auswirkung…