https://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3mae6ewpvl22j1/ My paper with @EleonoraPatacc2, @guiso_luigi, and @chiaralac, “Tax Professionals and Tax Evasion,” is finally out. https://academic.oup.com/jeea/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeea/jvaf056/8378093 If you are interested in social networks and fiscal policy, this one is for you. 🧵19 Dec 2025 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mae6ewpvl22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3lpwhvwpvf22sIn the Volunteer Dilemma, more players can reduce the chance of success—yet paradoxically, per capita utility still always rises. But inefficiency per person vanishes slower than 1/n, so aggregate inefficiency grows without bound! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 May 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwhvwpvf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3lmii3kgxzs2sI definitely agree: do not insult the referees before you submit, wait after the reports! 😈 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2025 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmii3kgxzs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3lmiefybotr27🧵 New paper drop! 1/ Free access to our new article: "Welfare in the Volunteer's Dilemma" Joint with T. Palfrey. 📖 Free access: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktgWAlw9~p6510 Apr 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmiefybotr27https://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3lkbf5ek4hk2hConflict of interest? You don’t say... 😬 https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-family-has-held-deal-talks-with-binance-following-crypto-exchanges-guilty-plea-05b029fa?mod=hp_lead_pos113 Mar 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbf5ek4hk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3letvuamjxh2wPost muto, post festivo.03 Jan 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3letvuamjxh2whttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3lbs5cwhwc227Then, my friend, you should read the paper instead of writing an ignorant opinion. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2024 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbs5cwhwc227https://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3lbrqyme7ol2cLooking for a great political economy model? George Saunders offers you five, complete with reading comprehension questions and problem sets. Check it out: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/dispatches/five-thought-experiments-concerning-the-underlying-disease25 Nov 2024 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrqyme7ol2chttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3lavyk4mdug2pRT @m_battaglini: So Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency has… *wait for it* Two co-chairs. Yup, the satires write themselves.14 Nov 2024 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavyk4mdug2phttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3kfv47ebmat2qFT book award winner Edmondson referring to the Gino debacle: "...lays out some possible paths for improvement, such as reducing pressure for academics to publish more studies." A masterclass on how to draw the wrong conclusions from the case. https://ft.com/content/01072b62-29d6-4758-81af-8b14dacdd65306 Dec 2023 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfv47ebmat2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3kd5ezufoe42tToday, snow. Yes, it is Ithaca.01 Nov 2023 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd5ezufoe42thttps://bsky.app/profile/battaglini.bsky.social/post/3jyomvwvybs25“I followed what I understood to be standard practice” says Alito, and you can see the lawyer in the “I understood “. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/21/alito-wsj-propublica-fishing-trip/21 Jun 2023 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:h76f3l6bdigfmbtqpg7ns2pb/app.bsky.feed.post/3jyomvwvybs25