I'm hiring a #predoc to work with me at Harvard finance/macro/behavioral, and/or on Machine Learning (also with my great coauthors @rkoijen @motoyogo @rrichmond), starting in the summer 2024! Apply here: rb.gy/s2zwo3
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Xavier Gabaix
15 posts
Xavier Gabaix
@xgabaix
Prof. of economics, Harvard
- Thanks Richard! This paper couldn't have been written without the wonderful Emmanuel FarhiWhen non-economists define behavioral economics they leave out foundational papers like this one which has the admirable goal of making economic theory more behavioral. NB: not written for lay readers.
- Hello #econtwitter and broader world. Please help research. @rkoijen and I would like your help on a 2 min finance survey. tinyurl.com/yc2ej8re Thanks!
- Thank you Cass! Those words would have cheered Emmanuel Farhi, who was so passionate about the economics as a guide to policy (and became a keen, if part time, behavioral economist).Optimal Taxation With Behavioral Agents - a magnificent 2020 paper by the late Emmanuel Farhi and Xavier Gabaix (one of the most important behavioral economics papers in recent years, I think). @jasonfurman @R_Thaler pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.125…
- Fantastic thread by @arpitrage. Also bonus methodological discussion at the end, by Arpit, @PaulGP and @wdiamond_econ. @rkoijen and I hope to post the paper soon.Thread on "In Search of the Origins of Financial Fluctuations" by @xgabaix and @rkoijen. One of the most exciting agendas in asset pricing. See video (youtube.com/watch?v=OQnHos…). They estimate $1b investment in market -> $10b increase in price. How? 1/
GIF - Tomorrow 12.30pm EST, talk on "In search of the origins of financial fluctuations" with @rkoijen: virtualfinance.orgTomorrow on virtualfinance.org, Xavier Gabaix @xgabaix takes us along on his search for the origins of financial fluctuations.
- I’m presenting tomorrow May 14, 12pm EST “In search of the origins of aggregate fluctuations” at @virtualmacrosem, with @rkoijen Sign up at sites.google.com/view/virtualma… More macro than last week
- Replying to @FpjPortier and @rkoijenWill do -- the paper should be online in a few weeks. The survey has been very useful, thanks a lot!
