Washington PECO this year will have *both* the 2024 Nobel Laureate @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and the 2025 Clark Medal @s-stantcheva.bsky.social. When I say it’s the best political economy conference around, I’m not being presumptuous — just stating facts… 😉
Extrapolating from this paper www.mbattaglini.com/top-donors, the effect may actually not have been that small. @battaglini.bsky.social
Imagine a movie based on that story called “The Prestige”..
1/ A thread on the madness of Dem fundraising and why it needs to change 🧵
📈 Look at this chart of political fundraising emails I received in 2024:
- 3,212 fundraising emails in total.
- 48 in a single day!
Badgering your supporters is disrespectful, annoying, and, frankly, counterproductive.
What I take from the paper is that the effect of the super-rich may well be large. Exactly because there are various channels of influence beyond the money they contribute to the campaigns. How large exactly for presidential elections? The paper doesn’t say.
This new paper by @battaglini.bsky.social V. Leone-Sciabolazza and E. Patacchini suggests a large effect of big donors: www.mbattaglini.com/top-donors
Everytime I launch a fire at home I wonder how wildfires start spontaneously..
It’s a great day to have our DCPEC Research Workshop! And here’s our distinguished visitor Pietro Ortoleva, talking about behavioral political economy. @laurenbouton.bsky.social @juanfeliperiano.bsky.social
8:59am. I connect to the NBER PE zoom session. Not started. Are they running late? Nope. It is just taking place in California this fall. See you in 3 hours.
Thanks
Me too please!
Thanks!
Yet another opinion piece in favor of Ranked-choice voting (www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...) If you want to form your own opinion based on the scientific research, read this: effectivegov.uchicago.edu/primers/ranked…
The recording of the Trust in Elections Panel is on: global.georgetown.edu/events/trust.... Must watch! An event co-sponsored by DCPEC/UPPER. @filipecampante.bsky.social
Must read: UPPER Co-director in today's @washingtonpost telling us why bad things happen when you hide your capital city!
