Economist at Columbia, studying firms & development (@ColumbiaSIPA, @columbia_econ).
New York, NY
Joined August 2011
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Eric Verhoogen retweeted
A fantastic summary of the 2026 IGC/Yale-EGC Firms, Trade, and Development Conference by Rahul Shukla (IGC) and Zeynep Bayram (Yale PhD student)
@The_IGC @YaleEGC
egc.yale.edu/news/261008/whe…
I sat with Tim Phillips for a STEG/@cepr_org podcast on our forthcoming Handbook of Dev Econ chapter on wedges/misallocation (link below). Lots of work to be done on empirical micro-foundations! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Vt…, CEPR/GRP: grp.cepr.org/steg/resources/…
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
Planning an RCT to learn about spillover effects?
@instrumenthull, @_evan_munro and I have new toys for you 🧵
Our new paper, "Robust Signal Maximization in Spillover Experiments", proposes an experimental design with large and robust power gains
arxiv.org/abs/2607.18601
Call for papers! 4th New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference @Columbia, Nov. 6, 2026.
Conference page: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/conte….
Submit here (deadline Sept. 14): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F….
Hosts: @Columbia_CDEP,
@Policy_Dialogue, Columbia Center for Pol Econ.
A great new (and, importantly, inclusive) global network for development economics.
Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon ... Open to every development economist, everywhere.
Join the community: idea.devecon.org
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Eric Verhoogen retweeted
Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon ... Open to every development economist, everywhere.
Join the community: idea.devecon.org
Please share 🌍
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
The preliminary programme for the next Firms, Labour Markets and Development Workshop is now available. Looking forward to meeting all presenters and discussants in Napoli!
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
How many dev papers are RCTs, really? Years ago I did a relatively small-sample manual coding exercise; now with the aid of Claude code, I pulled published dev papers in top general-interest journals + JDE 2020-2025. The punchline: about 30% + stable #econtwitter #econsky
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
I weighed in on the recent argument about whether development economists are ignoring the Big Questions.
noahpinion.blog/p/could-deve…
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
📣📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 📣📣
EGC/IGC Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development
@YaleEGC & @The_IGC invite paper submissions for a two-day in-person conference at @Yale September 10-11, 2026
Submit papers by June 1 here: lse.tfaforms.net/f/FTDConfer…
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
🎓Early-career researchers: PEDL is hosting a workshop on 10 Sept 2026, on firms, trade & dev.
We welcome work-in-progress & full papers for 25-min presentations, with feedback from leading academics.
Travel funded
🗓 Deadline: 1 June 2026
👉 Apply: theigc.org/call-papers-early…
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: IGC/EGC Conf on Firms, Trade & Dev @ Yale (Sept 10-11). Focus: climate, energy & environment. Deadline June 1: lse.tfaforms.net/f/FTDConfer…
🎓 PEDL Early-Career Workshop (postdocs/junior faculty): egc.yale.edu/events/2026/ped…
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
Is quality upgrading in agriculture a path to poverty reduction?
Rocco Macchiavello (@LSEManagement), Josepa Miquel-Florensa (@TSEinfo), @nico_de_roux (@EconomiaUAndes), @EricVerhoogen (@columbia_econ), @BernaMario (@UniBasel_en) & Patrick Farrell: voxdev.org/topic/agriculture…
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
We are honored to host the @UNUWIDER Development Conference on “Green Industrialization and Inclusive Growth in a Fractured World Order” on 18-20 March, 2026 in New Delhi.
Participation in the Inaugural Session is by invitation only.
To know more: wider.unu.edu/event/green-in…
A nice @nberpubs Digest summary of our findings on the employment impacts of the CHIPS Act is here: nber.org/digest?page=1&perPa…
Pdf of the print version here: nber.org/sites/default/files…
@ColumbiaSIPA interview about the project here: sipa.columbia.edu/news/new-s…
Shedding early light on the effects of the CHIPS and Science Act on short-term employment, from @BilgeErten, @JosephEStiglitz, and @EricVerhoogen nber.org/papers/w34625
Video of my talk about this chapter at the STEG 2026 Conference in Nairobi is here (from 1:56.00 to 2:52.30): youtube.com/watch?v=YEDi8S4e…
I also discuss my new paper with @rchaurey, @Gaurav__Nayyar & Siddharth Sharma on learning spillovers in Bangladesh: columbia.edu/%7Eev2124/resea…
Eric Verhoogen retweeted
Read a copy of 'Quality Upgrading in Global Supply Chains: Evidence from Colombian Coffee' by Rocco Macchiavello, Josepa Miquel-Florensa, Nicolás de Roux, @EricVerhoogen, Mario Bernasconi, Patrick Farrell currently available via tinyurl.com/5y7bsajw
Looking forward to this conference/summer school in Namur, June 24-25, 2026.
📢 Organizations in Developing Countries Conference 2026 – Call for Papers
This conference invites PhD students and postdocs working on firms and organizations in developing countries to present their research.
Invited Speakers:
Manuel García-Santana, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Eric Verhoogen @EricVerhoogen, Columbia University @Columbia
Submission deadline: April 15, 2026
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/0…
A @vox_dev summary of our paper on quality upgrading in Colombian coffee (R&R at QJE!). Tl;dr: Quality premia (above minimum) are not passed through, so farmers don't make long-term investments. But a large buyer solved the problem, in part by making mills pay more for quality.
🆕 Is quality upgrading in agriculture a path to poverty reduction?
Rocco Macchiavello (@LSEManagement), Josepa Miquel-Florensa (@TSEinfo), @nico_de_roux (@EconomiaUAndes), @EricVerhoogen (@columbia_econ), @BernaMario (@UniBasel_en) & Patrick Farrell: voxdev.org/topic/agriculture…
At @ColumbiaSIPA, we are hiring a Professor of Practice in Development Economics. JOE listing: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?J…,,. We're looking for people with both research and policy experience. Feel free to reach out via DM or email ([email protected]) with questions.