Antoine Germain
@ant1germain
Economics @ UPenn SP2 Public, welfare and labour econ// theory & policy
Excited to be visiting @berkeleyecon during Fall 2023. Gonna do some nice public econ with that view 😍 Hit me up for a coffee if you're around!
Nobel laureate and co-director @DAcemogluMIT reacts to the Trump tariffs. "I think we are starting uncharted experimentation now with a rapid end to the globalization episode."
I'm available for a consultation if the Great and the Patriot want to pin down what "efficiency" is supposed to mean so that they know what to do
Musk and Ramaswamy will lead the DOGE -- Department of Government Efficiency. It will provide "advice and guidance from outside of Government"
Vendre du patrimoine public (one-shot) pour financer des dépenses courantes, ça ne change rien à la trajectoire de la dette à long terme. (sauf si les dépenses de défense sont elles-mêmes temporaires).
Le gouvernement De Wever pourrait vendre 20 à 30 % de Belfius d’ici au 21 juillet lalibre.be/economie/entre…
A puzzle of the "Great Inflation" of 2021-24: Why did U.S. house prices stay so resilient while those in Sweden & Canada saw sharp corrections? 🏠🤔 We argue in our new @cepr_org DP that a huge part of the answer lies in the type of mortgages people have cepr.org/publications/d…
Guess what : on apprend que les prix de l'immobilier ont fortement augmenté en Wallonie en 2025. Mais quelle surprise ! Comme attendu, la baisse des droits d'enregistrement augmente les transactions et profite surtout aux vendeurs.
Tiens donc, c'est pas vrai, les économistes avaient ils raison? Contrairement à ce que les professionnels du secteur assuraient sur QR @RTBFinfo il y a deux mois? I repeat: la réforme augmentera les ventes et les prix. Et profitera surtout aux vendeurs rtbf.be/article/des-ap…
Les différences ne sont pas aussi extrêmes que ce que l'on entend parfois. Le système de retraite américain a deux piliers, et meme pour un revenu autour du top 15-10%, le pilier par répartition représente 40% de la pension! Et pour de plus faibles salaires, c'est plutot 60-70%.
The last week before thesis delivery be like
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JM update: it's been a while that I should have announced here that this summer I'll join @Penn as a postdoc working with @mioana . I really look forward to it and I am immensely grateful to my letter writers for support on this #econjobmarket !
I am hiring a Junior Economics Researcher at UPF Barcelona. Please apply if you are interested macro, market power, labor euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/332002 @Econ_jobs_ #econjobs #econtwitter
Interesting to see some basic demand theory applied to tariff choices. So… What’s wrong with it? Used in isolation on a single small trading partner the formula makes some sense. But if applied widely to many non trivial ones it does not. 1/2
To learn about the methodology behind President Trump's reciprocal tariff calculations, visit USTR's website. ustr.gov/issue-areas/re…
With apologies, a long tweet, about the likely macroeconomic outcomes of Liberation Day. Tariffs can be imposed for understandable if not necessarily good reasons: Protect a sector, right or wrong. Extract rents from foreign producers if there are rents to be extracted. Sure,…
Tinder’s introduction + sharply & persistently increased sexual activity with no impact on relationship formation + increased inequality in dating outcomes among male but not female students + increased sexual assaults & STDs + improved female students' mental health
Using an analysis of over 8,000 economics PhDs and their advisors to find what determines economics PhD student research success, from @metrics52 and @MarcDiederichs nber.org/papers/w33281
This is such a cool way to disseminate research
That's a wrap on another year of groundbreaking UC research. From learning how to communicate with whales (and potentially 👽), to vaporizing plastic trash, read about some of the most memorable and impactful research from across the UC system in 2024 bit.ly/3VrbI9C
Twitter exclusive : a pic used in the talk to describe the data Belgian coal mines in 1900
🎙We are very happy to have @ant1germain (who is on the Job Market @LIDAM_UCLouvain) today presenting his work on "Welfare Effects of Working Time Reductions" as part of our internal seminar series!
November 5 JM update : I'm at version (24)
Remembering this time last year. Good luck to all on the #econjobmarket