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Assistant Professor @NUEconomics - @LBS PhD - tweets about macro research, climate&energy, inequality and monetary policy
May 13, 2024 19 tweets 5 min read
Thrilled to share our latest work with @AdrienBilal! Check out our new working paper:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝘀. 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

Read here:

Thread below👇 bit.ly/4bsxvU0
Image 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Climate change is often portrayed as an existential threat, posing significant risks to our lives, livelihoods and the global economy.

Yet, empirical estimates using historical temperature variation imply small damages, ~1-3% GDP loss per 1°C.
Dec 29, 2021 10 tweets 5 min read
Super excited to share that our paper "Capital and income inequality: an aggregate-demand complementarity", with @FlorinBilbiie and Paolo Surico, has been accepted at the 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀!

Accepted version via dkaenzig.github.io/diegokaenzig.c… I posted about the paper before but given that the contents changed quite a bit, let me briefly emphasize our main results in a short thread🙂
Nov 12, 2021 27 tweets 7 min read
As the COP26 summit heads into overtime, let me take this opportunity to tell you a bit more about my job market paper:

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴"

JMP link: dkaenzig.github.io/diegokaenzig.c…

#EconTwitter 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The looming climate crisis put climate change at the top of the global policy agenda. Several countries around the world started to implement carbon pricing policies to mitigate climate change, either via carbon taxes or cap and trade systems.
Dec 18, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
PAPER ALERT: New and very interesting paper by my friend and co-author @FlorinBilbiie, joint with 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇! Building on the endogenous-entry business-cycle models that they developed together with @FabioGhironi, they study how supply disruptions can be amplified through aggregate demand - a very important question not only but especially in times of Covid-19
Dec 16, 2020 22 tweets 8 min read
Very happy to announce that my paper “The macroeconomic effects of oil supply news: Evidence from OPEC announcements” has been accepted at the 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬. To celebrate, let me briefly summarize the main insights and conclusions (Thread). MOTIVATION: A long literature studied the macroeconomic effects of oil price shocks. This question could not be more topical given the current situation on oil markets. Just last week, OPEC+ met but failed to agree to extend the significant production cuts made earlier this year.