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The contestants had one minute to answer their 500 euro question. (see https://mastodon.social/@JoseDeSousaEcon/109285862369066094)
Their answer was... Keynes!
They lost this opportunity and their previous earnings... 150 euros.
My guess was not better: Modigliani... Nobel in 85.
The good answer was James Tobin... Nobel in 81 👇
Kudos to @johnmclaren!
Three fun facts about this new WP "Social Distancing and Risk Taking: Evidence from a Team Game Show"
First, created in 1958, this game is the oldest French radio quiz show that is still on air.
Second , the paper has been downloaded more than 19,000 times in less than two weeks. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03792423
I don't know who manages the bot but thank you! It feels so good 😀
The third fun fact needs a bit of context. Please allow another toot. (1/2)
We examine the risky choices of pairs of contestants in a popular radio game show in France. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the show, held in person, had to switch to an all-remote format. We find that such an exogenous change in social context affected risk-taking behavior. Remotely, pairs take far fewer risks when the stakes are high than in the flesh. This behavioral difference is consistent with prosocial behavior theories, which argue that the nature of social interactions influences risky choices. Our results suggest that working from home may reduce participation in profitable but risky team projects.
3rd fun fact about "Social Distancing and Risk Taking: Evidence from a Team Game Show"
Contestants answer trivia questions. The following question was worth 500 euros:
“We need the name of a personality, an American economist who played a major role internationally in the field of investment and financial markets, in budgetary and monetary policies. He received the Nobel in Econ in the early 80s, and his name is well known around financial markets.
What would have been your answer? 🤔
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Hello JMCs of #EconTwitter: our dept at Warwick Econ has 3 AP positions this year (open fields) and a 3-year postdoc in econometrics. 👇
https://econjobmarket.org/positions/8871
https://econjobmarket.org/positions/9040
We are a very lively department, with great students from UG to PHDs, and 2nd in the UK for research.
Get in touch if you have questions about the dept/life in the UK.
We also want to emphasize that we especially welcome applications from #LGBTQ and minority applicants.
🚨* New working paper * 🚨
Question: Consider two teams that have to accomplish the same project: one from home, the other in person, which one takes more risk?
Our answer is based on a team game show that was held in person and remotely during COVID.
Remotely, pairs take far fewer risks when the stakes are high than in the flesh.
"Social Distancing and Risk Taking: Evidence from a Team Game Show", with JM Bourgeon and A. Noir-Luhalwe
We examine the risky choices of pairs of contestants in a popular radio game show in France. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the show, held in person, had to switch to an all-remote format. We find that such an exogenous change in social context affected risk-taking behavior. Remotely, pairs take far fewer risks when the stakes are high than in the flesh. This behavioral difference is consistent with prosocial behavior theories, which argue that the nature of social interactions influences risky choices. Our results suggest that working from home may reduce participation in profitable but risky team projects.
The southwest US border is under unprecedented migration pressure.
Asylum reform cannot come close to fully addressing this challenge.
In this new Policy Paper, I argue that extended labor mobility channels for Central America are an essential component of the response.
And I spell out five difficult, necessary proposals for those lawful migration channels. Download here—>
Few labor-based pathways for regular migration are available for people in Northern Central America. This paper summarizes the state of labor-based migration channels in the region and argues that extending those channels is a necessary complement to asylum reform. It offers five recommendations for long-term reform to unleash the benefits of these pathways.
There is the beginning of a list of economists on Mastodon
https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Economics
Economists: Please add yourself to the list!
** Call for Papers **
The XV COSME Workshop on Gender Economics to be held on May 25-26 in Madrid.
Keynotes by Ghazala Azmat (Sciences Po) and Manuel Bagues (Warwick)
Submissions before January 28, 2023! 👇 link
Ludovica Gazze
Michael Clemens
Kelly Jones
Luís Cabral