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UNSW Sydney.https://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mrwihwvwlk2lToday 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.31 Jul 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwihwvwlk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mqvawnm4ks2lPhD 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.18 Jul 2026 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvawnm4ks2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mpxqa7haq22cOur 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.06 Jul 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxqa7haq22chttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mp7e3nsjus2dOur 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.26 Jun 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7e3nsjus2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mp7e2ggkk22dTakeshi Yamamoto presented his research on how the chair of a committee should manage open discussion to improve collective decision-making using a theoretical model.26 Jun 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7e2ggkk22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mp6epay6qs2zPhD 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.26 Jun 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6epay6qs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mocmv7mt6c2aOur 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.15 Jun 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocmv7mt6c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mnelql2u3k2xWe enjoyed this so much we’re going to have to break out the heart eyes emoji on the job: 😍😍😍 Great job @olihanney.bsky.social and our own @economeager.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnelql2u3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mmsqy7sktk27Strong showing from many talented UNSW researchers both from economics and across the institution for this! Well done and thank you @leap-econ.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2026 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmsqy7sktk27https://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mm57k2usrk2cWe would never do this https://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mm4phs5ids2o [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm57k2usrk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mlml4j5mek2dWe are hosting a conference in honour of Emeritus Professor Alan Woodland. Join us in celebrating his remarkable and lasting contributions to economics. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/conference-in-honour-of-emeritus-professor-alan-woodland-tickets-1983049043070?aff=ebdssbdestsearch12 May 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlml4j5mek2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mjjdxmnizc2qPhD student Daniel Robbins presented a novel framework, grounded in endogenous growth theory, used to measure firms’ age-heterogeneous responsiveness to R&D incentives.15 Apr 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjdxmnizc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mixb6vudns23This 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.08 Apr 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixb6vudns23https://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3midja2ptl22yOur 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.31 Mar 2026 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3midja2ptl22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mhu277tqyk24Sydney 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.25 Mar 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhu277tqyk24https://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mheytt2u4s2gSharunya 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.19 Mar 2026 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mheytt2u4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mg74ixitjk23Seminar today: Laurenz Guenther exploring the role of political representation gaps in fuelling the rise of anti-immigration far-right populism in Europe.04 Mar 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg74ixitjk23https://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mg6llmol6222PhD student Pakasa Bary presented his paper which documents a steepening of the Phillips Curve after the pandemic and develops a macro framework linking this shift to changes in remote working.03 Mar 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6llmol6222https://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mfkwvpqzjs24Today, our fantastic PhD student GVA Dharanan presented an early draft of his paper on efficiency in a private information multi-unit auction with externalities and the conditions under which this efficiency is achievable.24 Feb 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkwvpqzjs24https://bsky.app/profile/unswecon.bsky.social/post/3mf7enoc6tk25we are an economics department and we approve this message [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:3otfpgkgatsldsg2glb5xiof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7enoc6tk25