Unofficial twitter account of the Department of Economics at Rice University. Maintained by faculty and grad students.

Joined March 2021
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Thrilled to see this paper out! Was great to serve as coordinating editor for @QinyouH @RiceEcon, formerly a mentee through @econmentoring now headed to @AaltoBIZ @UTSABusiness Check out more of her fascinating work on family gender: sites.google.com/view/qinyou…
Social Status and #Marriage Markets: Evaluating a #Hukou Policy in #China by Qinyou Hu . cOORDINATING Ed was @LeightJessica buff.ly/3WK6Iga already accessed 656 times
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Here are some of our brilliant young colleagues in Econ and other social sciences!! 🎊🎉🎉🎊
Congratulations to social sciences faculty @rossella_calvi, @JingChen_Psy, @__cjdiaz, Jeremy Fiel, @docdking11, and @YunmiKongEcon, who received promotions to associate professor with tenure! #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture news.rice.edu/news/2024/prov…
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My fellow @RiceUniversity economist Flávio Cunha is helping to establish this @USDOL longitudinal study (40 years) to understand how young people are participating in the labor market and how their participation impacts their lives. bit.ly/3UCUcxS

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Rice Economics retweeted
1 May 2024
Congratulations to 2024 Diversity Scholarship recipient @SalpyKanimian, @RiceUniversity. Learn more about the Diversity Scholarship here: ashecon.org/2024-san-diego/2… Sponsored by @DalioDotOrg, @CedarsSinaiMed, @CommonwealthFnd and @Arnold_Ventures
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💥Mallesh Pai💥 (Rice) is our next guest. He will present the paper "Taxing Externalities Without Hurting the Poor, " a joint work with Philipp Strack. Our guest panelists are Scott Kominers and Zi Yang Kang. Join us on Thursday, 9/May/2024. @malleshpai @skominers @ZiYangKang
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Rice Economics retweeted
14 Apr 2024
My colleague @SShenEcon has an excellent paper exactly describing these dynamics. drive.google.com/file/d/1hQq…
Great video. In the 1980s, Steve Jobs argues that monopolies like Xerox and IBM are run by marketing people, not by product people; once you have market share, product innovation no longer generates profits Now that Apple is a monopoly, is it run by marketing people?
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He has a new publication @YingHuaHe 🎉🎊
What can we learn about agent preferences from data only on who matches with whom? A study by @YingHuaHe @SSinhaEcon & Xiaoting Sun answers this question in a two-sided matching setting (eg. college admissions) and provides a practical estimation method econometricsociety.org/publi…
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Our brilliant PhD student, Dibya Mishra, and his research!
“The School of Social Sciences has a fantastic economics department. It is small and very close-knit, which has been a big plus for me.”: socialsciences.rice.edu/news… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture @RiceEcon
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Join @SPEtweets and Rice’s MEECON program for a "Fast Five” series to learn about the five most important things in energy. On 4/5 at 12pm in KRF 110, Peter Hartley will host “What’s economics got to do with energy?” spegcs.org/events/6857/ #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture @RiceEcon
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The latest from our Professor Nina Bobkova!
Forthcoming in the AER: "Information Choice in Auctions" by Nina Bobkova. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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The School of Social Sciences will hold a Research Relay on Feb. 12 highlighting global research in social sciences. Learn more: socialsciences.rice.edu/news… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture @RiceAnthro @RiceEcon @RicePoliSci
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Rice Economics retweeted
23 Jan 2024
At the very first Friday Brown bag seminar of the semester held last week, @QinyouH of @RiceEcon presented her JMP on how social networks can be exploited to reduce bullying. These seminars are organised by the PhD students in the department.
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Congratulations to our colleague Prof @HulyaEraslan5 (and Profs Agranov and Tergiman)!
Forthcoming in AEJ: Microeconomics: "Bargaining in the Shadow of Uncertainty" by Marina Agranov, Hülya Eraslan, and Chloe Tergiman. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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Flávio Cunha, @RiceEcon, was awarded the Dennis J. Aigner Award for his paper "Maternal subjective expectations about the technology of skill formation predict investments in children one year later." Congrats, Flávio! news.rice.edu/news/2023/peop… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture
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Alright everyone, buckle up, it's time for the 2023 Rice Economics Job Market Candidate 🧵. We have 8 amazing students on the market this year. (1/n)
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Binyu Zhao's JMP is "Information Precision, Liquidity and Risk Premiums: Evidence from Stock Call Auctions in the U.S." Her fields are Financial Economics and Asset Pricing, and her advisor is Kerry Back. Learn more about her at: sites.google.com/view/binyuz…
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Finally, our placement director is @malleshpai --- reach out to him or the advisors if you need further information about these wonderful candidates!
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