Bennet Feld

🚨 Christmas and Chocolate: The hidden Supply Chain 🚨 Why it matters: Chocolate is central to global celebrations, especially during Christmas, driving billions in economic activity and connecting farmers, factories, and consumers worldwide. This image reveals how interconnected it all is. Public data, methods, & insights in thread 🧵

🚨 BREAKING: Biden to announce major tariff hikes on critical production components (e.g. tungsten, polysilicon, solar wafers) - @FT Our research provides a lens to study the ripple effects of this US-China trade escalation. A brief 🧵 (1/8)

🚨JMP🚨 How do digital marketplaces reshape entrepreneurship? Using 14+ datasets, I examine the impact of food apps in the UK. Takeaway: they democratize access, benefit small, independent, and minority entrepreneurs & enrich consumer diversity 🧵👇 #EconTwitter #EconJobMarket

🚨 Excited to share my job market paper! “Cash transfers and women’s labour supply: evidence from the world’s largest programme” (drive.google.com/file/d/1ksDE04…) It has been awarded the EEA/UniCredit Foundation’s Best JMP Award. A thread summarising my findings 👇(1/13)

Version 1 of the AIPNET Production Network, with all data, is available at aipnet.io. Our paper can also be found on the website, and out in preprint soon! We would love to discuss applications to all interested parties - don't hesitate to reach out.

This is exciting! We published a production network that maps 5'000 product categories. Check @pj_lambert 's thread to see how we used an LLM to link products, use our network to identify critical inputs and uncover trends in international trade. @fetzert @Prashant_Garg_

🧵 New paper uses AI to map global production networks & study recent shifts in global trade: "AI-Generated Production Networks" by @fetzert, @pjlambert, @bennetlf & @Prashant_Garg_ (1/14)

🚨 Mohamed is my exceptional mentee from Burkina Faso. He has been offered a spot at @PSEinfo for the APE program, and needs your help in being able to make it! While PSE has no tuition, he needs funds for visa, move and starting out. Please share! 1/ gofundme.com/f/help-mohamed…

Happy to present to the world our new paper on the link between austerity and climate (in)action! Thread and link to paper below 👇🏼

We're thrilled to announce the re-launch of the Applicant Mentoring Programme (AMP) for individuals applying to PhDs in Economics. Read on to find out more➡️(1/7) #EconTwitter @CamEcon @OxfordEconDept @EconUCL @warwickecon

and take a look at the statistics. rape and sexual assault numbers are huge, much greater than most think. but conviction rates are horrifically small. rapecrisis.org.uk/get-informed/s…

please read this. when are we going to acknowledge the severity of this problem? @ellieokwilson 's case shows how our institutions traumatise and systematically suppress rape victims and survivors

@MichaelGmeiner2 i am still looking for the half-blood prince’s copy of the book on regression kink discontinuity

Professor Snape made an appearance at LSE today.

Was ist sinnvoller: CO² Steuer oder Emissionshandel? Eine Diskussionsrunde dazu auf unserem YouTube 👇 youtu.be/tk90AUmOg_Y

um17.00 startet "Klimawandel oder Klimaschutz: Was birgt mehr Gefahren für die Sicherheit Deutschlands?" Mit Dr. Susanne Dröge von der Stiftung Wissenschaft & Politik, @AlexanderCarius von @adelphi_berlin und Dr. Hinrich Thölken @GERClimatEnergy vom @AuswaertigesAmt im Livestream

Heute beginnt die LCOY mit einem Livestream von 14.30-21:45 auf lcoy.de/live Wir freuen uns auf einen spannenden ersten Tag. Unsere Highlights im Livestream:

"Deutsche Industrie: Transformation zur Klimaneutralität" - Prof. Frank Best (@HTWG, @sciforfuture), Dr. Ralph Obermauer (@IGMetall), Vanessa Pinter und Dr. Bernd Weber (@b_weber_, @EPICO_online) diskutieren mit @PatrickBernau (@faznet) -> Sa 29.05. 20:00 live.lcoy.de

"Klimawandel oder Klimaschutz: Was birgt mehr Gefahren für die Sicherheit Deutschlands?" darüber diskutieren @droege_s (@SWPBerlin), @AlexanderCarius (@adelphi_berlin) & @HinrichThoelken (@GermanyDiplo); moderiert von Nana Brink -> Sa 29.05. 17:00 auf live.lcoy.de

„Nur Klimahysterie und Wissenschaftsleugnung? Hilft die Debatte dem Klimaschutz?“ darüber diskutieren @lineniedeggen (@FridayForFuture), @ulfposh (@welt) und @m_taddicken (@IfKW_TUBS) am Freitag, 28.05. um 19:00, moderiert von Johannes Büchs auf live.lcoy.de

Am 28.05 und 29.05 findet erneut die LCOY statt. Dieses mal Online! Diskutiert mit spannenden Gästen wie @DietmarBartsch, @badulrichmartha und vielen weiteren. Online Anmeldung bei lcoy.de/jetzt