Eric Yde

I'm on the economics job market! The largest insurers + PBMs in the United States also operate pharmacies. How does vertical integration between payers and pharmacies affect drug prices, insurance premiums, and consumer welfare? My #EconTwitter JMP 🧵: (1/15)

The full program for the upcoming Boston IIOC is posted. This is a great chance to see some terrific papers! editorialexpress.com/conference/IIO…

Results from my Claude Code audit of six Callaway and Sant'Anna packages (two in python, two in R, two in Stata). Same specification, same dataset, same covariates, same estimator, almost never do they agree. open.substack.com/pub/causalinf/…

I have a new IO/metrics paper out, with @borusyak, Kevin Chen, and @lihua_lei_stat. We have some new results on the nonparametric identification of demand counterfactuals with recentered IV We still doing tweet threads here? Ok, here goes...

Growing up reading the Post, I didn’t realize it wasn’t like this in other cities. I didn’t know how lucky we were to enjoy giants of their craft like Kornheiser, Wilbon, Boswell, Kindred & Feinstein. George Solomon, who I am lucky to now call a friend, at the helm of an unrivaled room. Sally Jenkins and Barry Svrluga, among many, later continued the tradition that apparently ends today? It’s hard to process that notion. Everything changes, but the greatness of that newsroom isn’t something that ever becomes outdated or unnecessary.

In light of the Washington Post closing its sports department, here's the front page of the WaPo sports section from Feb. 7, 2011. A big thank you to @ScottSAllen for providing the image. He has posted a multitude of WaPo sports pages on his profile page this morning.

I'm taking requests for specific Sports pages to tweet from The Post's collection of color PDFs, which dates back to April 2002.

Sigh. According to Politico, Florida taxpayers have now burned $82 million chasing prescription drug importation from Canada. Reality check: importation is a fantasy solution. It’s costly, operationally messy, and weakens U.S. supply chain security. (Hello, DSCSA!) And drugs imported by states: ❌ Do not qualify for #Medicaid rebates ❌ Do not lower or affect Best Price ❌ Do not have an AMP or NADAC Translation: Importation likely saves $0 compared with Medicaid and #340B net prices 🙄 Full article: drugch.nl/4qg7RIO

"Trump’s flirtation with controlling markets is just getting started," @BrianCAlbrecht writes. wapo.st/49P5GpB

Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…

I'm at #ASSA2026 presenting my JMP in a session on the economics of the pharmaceutical + medical device industries. Come check it out if you are at the conference! Monday @ 1 PM.

Impending crisis over expiring ACA subsidies causing Americans to sign with the Indianapolis Colts, per reports

Nursing home effort fluctuates with the inspection cycle, affecting patient survival. Unpredictable inspection schedules may boost effort and save lives, from @ashdgandhi, @andrewolenski, and @maggieshi311 nber.org/papers/w34491

Honoring the Life and Work of Kate Ho - Princeton University - Department of Economics ⁦@Princeton⁩ ⁦@princetonian⁩ economics.princeton.edu/news/honoring-…

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kate Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor at Princeton and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Kate was a brilliant IO economist and scholar whose impact on the profession will resonate for many years to come econometricsociety.org/publications/n…

The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away. She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her. The profession and the world are poorer without her.

@JohnHolbein1 Think again, again! @MLCartledge (on the job market @UVA) evaluated an RCT that gave cash + job training to vulnerable young adults in Los Angeles and found significant reductions in felony arrests. The target population matters! Paper here: static1.squarespace.com/static/634958e…

Do you think giving folks a basic income would reduce crime? Think again. "We estimate precise zero effects [of basic income] on criminal perpetration."

This seems like a really exciting JMP - looking forward to reading it in more detail! ericnrobertson.github.io

@J2dubyas @UVAEcon Wahoowa!

Best of #econtwitter - JMPs 2025 special edition bestofecontwitter.com/p/best-of-econ…