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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)

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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)

@TradeDiversion

Trade Diversion is a blog about trade & globalization by economist Jonathan Dingel, associate professor @columbia_econ.

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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Jun 25, 2025
📣 Fresh "Spatial Economics for Granular Settings" at jdingel.com w/ new results: - Analytical results about overfitting and idiosyncrasies in special cases - SVD approximation is better than we realized - Code for main-text exhibits at github.com/jdingel/Dingel…
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Apr 3, 2025
USTR: "The elasticity of import prices with respect to tariffs, φ, is 0.25. The recent experience with U.S. tariffs on China has demonstrated that tariff passthrough to retail prices was low (Cavallo et al, 2021)." Cavallo et al: φ is 0.945. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Apr 3, 2025
I stand corrected. The formula is not deficit/imports. The formula is surplus/(imports * ε * φ), where ε = -4 and φ = 0.25. That happens to equal deficits/imports. ustr.gov/issue-areas/re… via @ericadyork
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Oct 18, 2024
In January 2025, I will join Columbia University as a tenured Associate Professor of Economics. I’m happy to return to my alma mater.
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Luck along the way
In January 2025, I will join Columbia University as a tenured Associate Professor of Economics. I’m happy to return to my alma mater. Since folks tend to underestimate the role luck plays in …
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Jul 9, 2020
Now forthcoming in @JPubEcon: "How many jobs can be done at home?" with @BrentNeiman. Manuscript: authors.elsevier.com/a/1bNBaAlw9itl0 Replication package: github.com/jdingel/Dingel… Brent and I wrote this paper entirely from our homes.
Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Sep 15, 2022
Why do economists talk about "infinitely-lived" agents? Are they afraid to say "immortal"?
Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Nov 28, 2023
I have seen the phrase "I structurally estimate the model" in too many job-market papers this month. JMCs, please read @PhilHaile: "Models, Measurement, and the Language of Empirical Economics" sites.google.com/view/philhaile… At least graduate from confusion and abuse 201 to 202...
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Sep 28, 2025
PhD students underestimate the value of writing well. Faculty skim dozens of JMPs in a short time. If your contribution is unclear, you will get fewer interviews. Editing improves economics papers (RCT): doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo… I am happy to recommend amyedits.net
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
May 29, 2020
A complete course in urban economics taught by the world's best is being offered online across 8 Thursdays this summer: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/lectu… Advanced PhD students should apply to present their research in a September workshop: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/works… #UEA
Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Oct 1, 2023
editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/confer… Keeping an eye on this developing story…
Daniel Bunn
@danieldbunn
Sep 30, 2023
Replying to @jenniferdoleac
There's a draft from Feb. linked on this page: editorialexpress.com/conference/MWI…
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Aug 17, 2024
Job-market candidates: - Download 10 JMPs in your field, read them in ≤5 hours, and rank them from best to worst. Now you know why recruiting committees value readability. - Editing improves paper quality. See RCT: doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo… (More at jdingel.com/teaching/advic…)
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Aug 22, 2023
I am excited to be visiting @columbia_econ for the fall 2023 semester. PhD students: I will be teaching a class in trade and spatial economics. See github.com/jdingel/econ69….
GitHub - jdingel/econ6905: Econ 6905 "Topics in Trade" PhD class at Columbia University
From github.com
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Sep 20, 2021
My PhD trade class starts next Monday. Course materials (very similar to previous years) are online at github.com/jdingel/econ35…. We’re back in the classroom this fall.
GitHub - jdingel/econ35101: Public repository for UChicago's Econ 35101 "International Macroecono...
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
@TradeDiversion
Nov 17, 2024
Grad students: Read everything Jesse Shapiro posts at scholar.harvard.edu/shapiro/notes-…. Office meetings and student talks are often just me reciting "write an aspirational intro", "Your audience does not care about your topic", or "No one wants to see your underwear".
shapiro.scholars.harvard.edu
Notes and Lectures | Jesse M. Shapiro
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