Eric Verhoogen

Is quality upgrading in agriculture a path to poverty reduction? Rocco Macchiavello (@LSEManagement), Josepa Miquel-Florensa (@TSEinfo), @nico_de_roux (@EconomiaUAndes), @EricVerhoogen (@columbia_econ), @BernaMario (@UniBasel_en) & Patrick Farrell: voxdev.org/topic/agricult…

We are honored to host the @UNUWIDER Development Conference on “Green Industrialization and Inclusive Growth in a Fractured World Order” on 18-20 March, 2026 in New Delhi. Participation in the Inaugural Session is by invitation only. To know more: wider.unu.edu/event/green-in…

A nice @nberpubs Digest summary of our findings on the employment impacts of the CHIPS Act is here: nber.org/digest?page=1&… Pdf of the print version here: nber.org/sites/default/… @ColumbiaSIPA interview about the project here: sipa.columbia.edu/news/new-sipa-…

Video of my talk about this chapter at the STEG 2026 Conference in Nairobi is here (from 1:56.00 to 2:52.30): youtube.com/watch?v=YEDi8S… I also discuss my new paper with @rchaurey, @Gaurav__Nayyar & Siddharth Sharma on learning spillovers in Bangladesh: columbia.edu/%7Eev2124/rese…

Read a copy of 'Quality Upgrading in Global Supply Chains: Evidence from Colombian Coffee' by Rocco Macchiavello, Josepa Miquel-Florensa, Nicolás de Roux, @EricVerhoogen, Mario Bernasconi, Patrick Farrell currently available via tinyurl.com/5y7bsajw

Looking forward to this conference/summer school in Namur, June 24-25, 2026.

A @vox_dev summary of our paper on quality upgrading in Colombian coffee (R&R at QJE!). Tl;dr: Quality premia (above minimum) are not passed through, so farmers don't make long-term investments. But a large buyer solved the problem, in part by making mills pay more for quality.

At @ColumbiaSIPA, we are hiring a Professor of Practice in Development Economics. JOE listing: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…,,. We're looking for people with both research and policy experience. Feel free to reach out via DM or email (eric.verhoogen@columbia.edu) with questions.

Learning spillovers between firms are widely seen as important but hard to estimate cleanly. We ran an experiment with energy-efficient motors in the Dhaka leather-goods sector. Links to non-technical summary and video below. With @rchaurey, @Gaurav__Nayyar, Siddharth Sharma.

📣📆 We are happy to announce our 2-day Summer school on Organizations in Developing Countries that will take place on June 24-25th. We will welcome two great keynotes: Manuel GARCÍA-SANTANA (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and @ericverhoogen (Columbia University).

[Reading group IP] A thread of threads for all the industrial policy papers covered at the reading group at @columbia_econ! Thank you to all the participants at Columbia, @EricVerhoogen, @luchi_casal, @FilMilosav for coorganizing! Long overdue🧵

"This chapter takes stock of what has been learned from the recent micro-development literature about wedges." NEW in @nberpubs by Lauren F. Bergquist, Danial Lashkari, and Eric Verhoogen: nber.org/papers/w34756

@twittwoods @YaleEconomics @nberpubs @lfbergquist @DanialLashkari Thanks! 🙏

@YaleEconomics @nberpubs @lfbergquist @EricVerhoogen @DanialLashkari Beautiful paper

New paper!

A very stimulating discussion of new thinking about industrial policy in Mexico, reflecting on Plan México and the upcoming round of negotiations of the USMCA. Many thanks to @EGobiernoyTP, @NZpolicylab, @UNAM_MX, @GDP_Center, @FuturoLabMX, and @OpenSociety for the invitation!

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! @lfbergquist, @DanialLashkari & @EricVerhoogen analyze how microeconomic frictions and wedges distort resource allocation, with implications for productivity and economic efficiency. 🔗 rfberlin.com/wp-content/upl…

Call for papers is open. The 16th #TIGN Annual Conference will take place in Santiago, Chile | May 28–29, 2026. You can submit your paper here: bit.ly/4tpgWSH Submission deadline: Feb 28, 2026. Learn more: bit.ly/4qayVJn #Trade #FDI #Growth

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20982 Employment Impacts of the CHIPS Act Bilge Erten @BilgeErten @Northeastern, Joseph Stiglitz @JosephEStiglitz @Columbia, Eric Verhoogen @EricVerhoogen @Columbia ow.ly/x1LO50XW1n4 #CEPR_DE #CEPR_IO #CEPR_LE #EconTwitter

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20981 Quality Upgrading in Global Supply Chains: Evidence from Colombian Coffee Rocco Macchiavello @LSEManagement @LSEnews, Josepa Miquel-Florensa @TSEinfo, Nicolás de Roux @nico_de_roux @EconomiaUAndes @Uniandes, Eric Verhoogen @EricVerhoogen @Columbia, Mario Bernasconi @BernaMario @UniBasel_en, Patrick Farrell @Columbia ow.ly/ouxi50XW0Et #CEPR_DE #CEPR_IO #CEPR_ITRE #CEPR_OE #EconTwitter

Dear followers, please see my article about the implications of the recent US action against Venezuela. What Now for the “Rules-Based Order”? by Daron Acemoglu @ProSyn prosyn.org/mHr3yFF