UNSW Economics Dept
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The School of Economics at the UNSW Business School.
UNSW Sydney.
UNSW Sydney.
Today in our PhD seminar Sydney Phiri presented an update on his work showing how measurement error can lead to the misclassification of demand- and supply-driven inflation, and proposed methods using disaggregated price data to improve real-time identification.
July 31, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Today in our PhD seminar Sydney Phiri presented an update on his work showing how measurement error can lead to the misclassification of demand- and supply-driven inflation, and proposed methods using disaggregated price data to improve real-time identification.
PhD student Mingkui Wen presented his research on whether Sweden's decision to avoid a strict nationwide COVID-19 lockdown led to worse health outcomes, finding that while short-run outcomes were worse, these differences largely disappeared over a longer 1,000-day horizon.
July 18, 2026 at 2:50 AM
PhD student Mingkui Wen presented his research on whether Sweden's decision to avoid a strict nationwide COVID-19 lockdown led to worse health outcomes, finding that while short-run outcomes were worse, these differences largely disappeared over a longer 1,000-day horizon.
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I'm clearly being exposed to too much cool research lately as I'm now seriously considering doing a PhD.
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July 6, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I'm clearly being exposed to too much cool research lately as I'm now seriously considering doing a PhD.
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Our PhD student Pakasa Bary has presented his research on estimating the wage Phillips curve using occupations rather than regions as the panel dimension, showing that following the pandemic, the wage-unemployment relationship steepened more in telework-intensive occupations.
July 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Our PhD student Pakasa Bary has presented his research on estimating the wage Phillips curve using occupations rather than regions as the panel dimension, showing that following the pandemic, the wage-unemployment relationship steepened more in telework-intensive occupations.
Our PhD student Takeshi Yamamoto presented his research this week on how the chair of a committee should manage open discussion to improve collective decision-making using a theoretical model.
June 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Our PhD student Takeshi Yamamoto presented his research this week on how the chair of a committee should manage open discussion to improve collective decision-making using a theoretical model.
Takeshi Yamamoto presented his research on how the chair of a committee should manage open discussion to improve collective decision-making using a theoretical model.
June 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Takeshi Yamamoto presented his research on how the chair of a committee should manage open discussion to improve collective decision-making using a theoretical model.
PhD student Zhuoran Du on how replication outcomes in economics compare with theoretical replicability identified by the meta-analytical tool “Z-curve”. Combining actual replication evidence with theoretical estimates provides a richer understanding of research credibility.
June 26, 2026 at 7:01 AM
PhD student Zhuoran Du on how replication outcomes in economics compare with theoretical replicability identified by the meta-analytical tool “Z-curve”. Combining actual replication evidence with theoretical estimates provides a richer understanding of research credibility.
Our PhD student Joanna Bleakley showing how adaptive learning in expectations formation affects the ability of standard empirical methods to recover monetary policy shocks, comparing SVAR and local projection estimates from simulated data with true model-implied responses.
June 15, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Our PhD student Joanna Bleakley showing how adaptive learning in expectations formation affects the ability of standard empirical methods to recover monetary policy shocks, comparing SVAR and local projection estimates from simulated data with true model-implied responses.
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Rafe Meager on aggregating evidence, the research process, and how to read results in economics
YouTube video by VoxDev
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June 2, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Now available wherever you get your podcasts:
- Watch on YouTube.
- Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/79k5...
- Audioboom: audioboom.com/posts/891014...
- Read on Substack: ideasindevelopment.substack.com/p/aggregatin...
- Watch on YouTube.
- Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/79k5...
- Audioboom: audioboom.com/posts/891014...
- Read on Substack: ideasindevelopment.substack.com/p/aggregatin...
We enjoyed this so much we’re going to have to break out the heart eyes emoji on the job:
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Great job @olihanney.bsky.social and our own @economeager.bsky.social !
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Great job @olihanney.bsky.social and our own @economeager.bsky.social !
🆕 Aggregating evidence, the research process, and empowering the public to understand research
All that & more in this week's episode of Ideas in Development with @economeager.bsky.social.
Really enjoyed discussing how we can improve the evidence base in economics by aggregating.
All that & more in this week's episode of Ideas in Development with @economeager.bsky.social.
Really enjoyed discussing how we can improve the evidence base in economics by aggregating.
June 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
We enjoyed this so much we’re going to have to break out the heart eyes emoji on the job:
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Great job @olihanney.bsky.social and our own @economeager.bsky.social !
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Great job @olihanney.bsky.social and our own @economeager.bsky.social !
Strong showing from many talented UNSW researchers both from economics and across the institution for this! Well done and thank you @leap-econ.bsky.social !
A lovely write-up of our last week's @leap-econ.bsky.social summit by Serena Doyle:
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LEAP towards closing the gap for LGBTQ equality
Closing the gap for LGBTQ equality requires research and data, as evidence that documents lived experience is required for policy change.
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May 27, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Strong showing from many talented UNSW researchers both from economics and across the institution for this! Well done and thank you @leap-econ.bsky.social !
A whole university can’t even write a fucking horrible tweet about AI without AI.
May 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
We are hosting a conference in honour of Emeritus Professor Alan Woodland. Join us in celebrating his remarkable and lasting contributions to economics.
Registration: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/conference...
Registration: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/conference...
May 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
We are hosting a conference in honour of Emeritus Professor Alan Woodland. Join us in celebrating his remarkable and lasting contributions to economics.
Registration: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/conference...
Registration: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/conference...
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MARKET POWER IS POWER
New working paper with @bartonelee2.bsky.social
Thread below! 1/5
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New working paper with @bartonelee2.bsky.social
Thread below! 1/5
gratton.org/papers/Marke...
May 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
MARKET POWER IS POWER
New working paper with @bartonelee2.bsky.social
Thread below! 1/5
gratton.org/papers/Marke...
New working paper with @bartonelee2.bsky.social
Thread below! 1/5
gratton.org/papers/Marke...
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The Economic Journal Editorial Board and Royal Economic Society are delighted to welcome three new Editors this spring: Esteban M. Aucejo, Pauline Grosjean, and Marta Serra-Garcia.
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April 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The Economic Journal Editorial Board and Royal Economic Society are delighted to welcome three new Editors this spring: Esteban M. Aucejo, Pauline Grosjean, and Marta Serra-Garcia.
👉 bit.ly/4daRPwv
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PhD student Daniel Robbins presented a novel framework, grounded in endogenous growth theory, used to measure firms’ age-heterogeneous responsiveness to R&D incentives.
April 15, 2026 at 7:16 AM
PhD student Daniel Robbins presented a novel framework, grounded in endogenous growth theory, used to measure firms’ age-heterogeneous responsiveness to R&D incentives.
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Great to see this finally on The Economic Journal site! “From Gridlock to Polarisation?” (with @bartonelee2.bsky.social and @marcjacob.bsky.social ).
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April 7, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Great to see this finally on The Economic Journal site! “From Gridlock to Polarisation?” (with @bartonelee2.bsky.social and @marcjacob.bsky.social ).
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This week our PhD student Danyue Liang presented her paper which examines whether exposure to a female mayor during high school affects students' college application ambition.
April 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
This week our PhD student Danyue Liang presented her paper which examines whether exposure to a female mayor during high school affects students' college application ambition.
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Delighted to see this review of @drodrik.bsky.social’s stimulating new book out in “Economic Record”, co-authored with @grattonecon.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Delighted to see this review of @drodrik.bsky.social’s stimulating new book out in “Economic Record”, co-authored with @grattonecon.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our PhD student, Jacky Hsueh, presented a New Keynesian model with job-to-job search that he developed to investigate whether the surge in remote work following the pandemic affected the steepness of the Philips Curve in the United States.
March 31, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Our PhD student, Jacky Hsueh, presented a New Keynesian model with job-to-job search that he developed to investigate whether the surge in remote work following the pandemic affected the steepness of the Philips Curve in the United States.
Sydney Phiri presented a framework linking measurement error of inflation and output to misclassification of shocks as demand-driven or supply-driven and showed how misdiagnosis weakens the benefits of responding differently to demand versus supply inflation.
March 25, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Sydney Phiri presented a framework linking measurement error of inflation and output to misclassification of shocks as demand-driven or supply-driven and showed how misdiagnosis weakens the benefits of responding differently to demand versus supply inflation.
Sharunya Gnanasubramaniam presented her results from a field experiment which show that credible coordination can stabilise infrastructure maintenance under climate stress by sustaining cooperative beliefs and counteracting the material disincentives created by scarcity.
March 19, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Sharunya Gnanasubramaniam presented her results from a field experiment which show that credible coordination can stabilise infrastructure maintenance under climate stress by sustaining cooperative beliefs and counteracting the material disincentives created by scarcity.
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BusinessThink on our paper with @bartonelee2 and Hasin Yousaf, “Bad Democracy Traps”
“Why we don’t trust politicians (and what this means for democracy)”
www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/tru...
“Why we don’t trust politicians (and what this means for democracy)”
www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/tru...
Trust in democracy and the limits of public policy
UNSW research examines how political trust and voter beliefs about institutions shape democratic performance and support for long term reform
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March 11, 2026 at 9:59 PM
BusinessThink on our paper with @bartonelee2 and Hasin Yousaf, “Bad Democracy Traps”
“Why we don’t trust politicians (and what this means for democracy)”
www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/tru...
“Why we don’t trust politicians (and what this means for democracy)”
www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/tru...
Seminar today: Laurenz Guenther exploring the role of political representation gaps in fuelling the rise of anti-immigration far-right populism in Europe.
March 4, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Seminar today: Laurenz Guenther exploring the role of political representation gaps in fuelling the rise of anti-immigration far-right populism in Europe.