@hrahmanNET

Professor of Economics at Durham University striving to generate ideas, data and policy insights to shed lights on perplexing current issues

 Durham, UK
hrahman.net
Joined November 2012
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We are pleased to announce that the deadline for the Special Issue on "Gender and Climate Change" @AJAREJournal has been extended to 31 January 2025. We welcome your submissions. @WileyEconomics @AARES_Inc @sterndavidi see Call for Papers: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page…
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The @DUBusSchool offers PhD studentships for exceptional postgraduate researchers. Application Deadline: 15 February. We have several Research Centres, check the research topics that have been proposed in the link below. durham.ac.uk/business/progra…
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Professor Habib Rahman was interviewed by Grist, on the topic of climate change and authoritarianism. grist.org/politics/authorita…
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Eren Arbatli@earbatli27 Jun 2024
We are kicking off the 1st Development Economics Workshop at @durham_uni @DUBusSchool ! #EconTwitter
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📢 Exciting News! Join us for the first in-person Development Economics Workshop (DEW) 2024 at Durham University on June 27-28! 🌍🤝 sites.google.com/view/dew202…
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Call for Submissions of Special Section on "Gender and Climate Change" @AJAREJournal, edited by Prof. Astghik Mavisakaly (Curtin Uni.) and Prof. Habib Rahman (Durham Uni). Read more details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page… Deadline: 27 December 2024 @WileyEconomics @sterndavidi
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#DFAT hosted the Canberra diplomatic corps for a quarterly emissions and clean energy update with @CERegulator & @DCCEEW There are growing opportunities in #trade & #investment for businesses as #Australia targets 82% renewable energy by 2030 #ClimateAction #RenewablEenergy
Mark Williamson, @CERegulator (renewables progress)

ALT Mark Williamson, @CERegulator (renewables progress)

Emissions down 21% since 2005

ALT Emissions down 21% since 2005

Mark Hunstone, @DCCEEW (all gases)

ALT Mark Hunstone, @DCCEEW (all gases)

Investment in large-scale solar and wind on the rise in Australia

ALT Investment in large-scale solar and wind on the rise in Australia

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ADPC@ADPCnet1 Jun 2022
ADPC held a workshop in Indonesia to review the implementation of its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and climate change targets in key economic sectors. @univ_indonesia @BNPB_Indonesia @dfat @CurtinUni @rcccui @KementerianLHK @UGMYogyakarta.
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ADPC@ADPCnet12 Mar 2022
ADPC held a workshop to review #NDC implementation and climate change targets in #Bangladesh. Discussions will help develop a framework to understand key challenges and capacity needs across the Indo-Pacific region. @dfat @CurtinUni #MOWR #MOEFCC @BIDS74455379 @BRACUniversity
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Douglas Irwin
@D_A_Irwin24 Dec 2021
To understand the political power of sugar producers, consider this passage from John Boehner's book "On the House":
John G. Murphy@JGodiasMurphy23 Dec 2021
“We are only getting a fraction of what we need” — the US tariff-and-quota system for sugar at work.
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Arthur Lewbel@lewbel18 Dec 2021
No, natural experiments are still experiments. This is Da Vinci believing in structural models - one doesn’t always need an RCT. Cool. #EconTwitter
Andy Grieve @[email protected]@AndrewPGrieve17 Dec 2021
Replying to @stephensenn @soboleffspaces @yudapearl @PavlosMsaouel @f2harrell @smueller @ChristosArgyrop
Perhaps Leonard Da Vinci in his Notebooks was leaning towards a natural experiment? "There is no result in nature without a cause; understand the cause and you will have no need of the experiment."
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Don’t miss out! Applications for the Grid Integration of #RenewableEnergy course, open to 🇧🇩🇧🇹🇧🇳🇰🇭🇮🇳🇮🇩🇯🇵🇱🇦🇲🇾🇲🇻🇲🇳🇳🇵🇵🇰🇵🇭🇸🇬🇰🇷🇱🇰🇹🇭🇹🇱🇻🇳 close on Monday 21 June 2021. More info and apply 👇 cce.anu.edu.au/all-subjects/…
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Floods do not have to turn into disaster. Unlike most disaster types, there are affordable methods of prevention. bit.ly/2VPwMr8
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You are more likely to die in a mass shooting than by the #JohnsonandJohnson vaccine.
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More women on central bank boards results in a higher interest rate at any given rate of price inflation. Consistent with other evidence that women tend to be more risk averse.| VOX, CEPR Policy Portal voxeu.org/article/why-women-…
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Please share! Are you an exceptional researcher that wants to make a difference? We are currently seeking two Research Fellows to join the Bankwest Curtin Economics team! Applications close 11 April. More information: bit.ly/3d6jL4D
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Are sports enough to unite a divided country? @EmilioDepetrisC, @FilipeCampante, and @Ruben_Durante78 examine whether the success of a national team is useful for nation building in today's #ResearchHighlight aeaweb.org/research/nation-b…

Nation building through sports

Could the success of a national team be enough to unite a divided country?

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Could Pandemic Lead to Famine? prosyn.org/w8F3B1R
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#News @BankwestCurtin Economics Centre Research Brief: JobKeeper Scheme #ausecon buff.ly/2Xf560I
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"There are no iron laws of economics keeping us from building a more human world." - Abhijit Banerjee in a talk about his new book, "Good Economics for Hard Times." buff.ly/2Shw3yc
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