@alemannoEU I'd say, great minds are the ones who see how surprising an idea, event, person can be :)
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Thibault Larger
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Thibault Larger
@frogontheroof
Piano, competition policy, and more. Opinions are mine. (Amazon. Politico alumni.)
Bruxelles, Belgique Katılım Mayıs 2018
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Great minds discuss ideas
Average minds discuss events
Small minds discuss about people
What do you discuss?
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Hey #Econtwitter, Amazon Ads is giving grants for research in digital advertising through the lens of consumer protection !
You can apply here:
amazon.science/research-award…
Up to $80k
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@Econ_Marshall Maybe they'll just cite the old papers - from 50 - 70 years ago from those universities... wait, actually some already do that :p
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@Tlacuwise I think we agree (it's a simplification, but on some issues, there are sides unfortunately).
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@frogontheroof There really should mot be “two sides” in research. If you can already identify two distinct ‘camps’ that won’t speak to each other, you’re not dealing with research, you’re dealing with politics teying to bolster itself using “research”.
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Question: should researchers, like journalists, always speak to both side of the aisle?
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@Tlacuwise I've just said "speaking to." Research is about discussion - looking at the facts, checking arguments, and discarding what's incorrect. This dialogue doesn't exist if we don't speak to both sides.
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@frogontheroof Sure. But “speaking to” doesn’t have to mean “pretend to agree and validate their every insane belief and manipulation.”
If one side of the aisle insists it’s raining when it isn’t, researchers should not start fudging studies to say “well, we just can’t tell if there’s rain.”
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Great post discussing Zelensky's support in Ukraine - with stats !
Tymofii Brik@brik_t
1/ So many people have been commenting on the "4% approval" for "dictator" Zelensky. As a sociologist, I can’t resist bringing in some polling data from Ukraine 🧵
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Amazon recap of our Paris event! 👇🏾
Int'l Ctr Law & Econ@LawEconCenter
New 🧵 recapping our "Substance Over Slogans" event in Paris last month. Our speakers explored the academic foundations of competition, and what contemporary legal/economic research can tell us about effective antitrust action. Videos & more below 👇
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Frankfurt galaxy, Rhine fire: I always knew that American football and Drags would meet one day!
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Nobel prize goes to - said it as if you were at Eurovision - Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson for their work on the role of institutions for prosperity. It echoes worries we hear from the U.S. wrt preserving democratic institutions shorturl.at/u86P7
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Dasgupta? Development? The nobel symposium this year was on microdev research. But Duflo and Banerjee in 2019?
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@Pape_econ @millo_rossi TSE fait passer une appel a contribution pour leur conférence digitale de janvier - deadline le 30 Septembre :p
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⚠️ New paper alert ⚠️
We study the Digital Markets Act Impact on Google Maps with @millo_rossi (cesifo.org/en/publication… )
A thread 1/n 🧵
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Ok...
I thought there was nothing scarier than dog robots... Boston Dynamics did something even more overwhelming (in the negative sense)... humanoids...
This is the beginning of the end, and probably the future of warfare. 😱
bostondynamics.com/atlas/
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@CompetitionProf @ctbarreausaliou @EU_Competition @Siemens @Alstom Répondre à une distorsion de marché (subsides chinoises) par autre distorsion de marché (hausse du pouvoir de marché par fusion) n'est pas une bonne politique éco. Les synergies que proposaient A&S n'auraient jamais pu permettre d'atteindre les prix. Hence FSR.
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Interesting: does this vindicate the point made by the 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 in 2019 against the @EU_Competition prohibition of the @Siemens and @Alstom merger ?
Michael Pettis@michaelxpettis
FT: "The EU has launched an unprecedented probe into a Chinese trainmaker for allegedly using subsidies to undercut European suppliers." The CRRC bid was 47.5% lower than that of the next highest bid, by Spain's Talgo. ft.com/content/6dbc82… via @ft
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Don't miss the deadline !
If you happen to have a good paper on AI and its impact on the economy, Economic Policy is expecting your submission !
CEPR@cepr_org
📢#Callforpapers Economic Policy is seeking contributions to the Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence & the Economy” to tackle its challenges & drive effective policy Submission deadline: 30 September More 👉economic-policy.org/call-for-paper… #EconomicPolicy #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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Let's not forget that Polish refinery PKN had promised to invest in renewables to obtain Brussels' clearance for the acquisition of its only competitor's Lotos...
The first investment it made was to take over most of the country's regional newspapers...
politi.co/41SnDyL
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And that's how EU commissioner for competition @vestager agreed to the 2-to-1 merger, while her staff was set to block it.
politico.eu/article/poland…
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And that's how the Polish refinery bought over media...
"a strictly business investment" PKN said at the time.
politico.eu/article/poland…
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