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Joaquin Blaum

@joaquinblaum

Macroeconomics, International Economics @ Boston University

 Cambridge, MA
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Joined March 2012
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We construct a new measure of input sourcing risk based on the volatility of ocean shipping times associated with weather shocks and show that firms diversify this weather risk. New paper by Blaum, Esposito, and Heise: restud.com/input-sourcing-un… #REStud #EconX #EconTwitter
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QJE@QJEHarvard7 Jun 2024
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Global Firms in Large Devaluations,” by Joaquin Blaum (@joaquinblaum): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjae017
Global Firms in Large Devaluations

Global Firms in Large Devaluations

Abstract. I investigate the consequences of firms’ joint import and export decisions in the context of large devaluations. I provide empirical evidence tha

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Foreign market power is rife in determining Argentina’s import prices, as revealed by firm level responses to widespread import licenses, from @davidgatkin, @joaquinblaum, Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, and @aospital nber.org/papers/w32037
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Today we had our first in person BU Trade Day!!! Many thanks to our fantastic speakers @a_kerem_cosar @MathildeMunoz George Alessandria and David Nagy for visiting us!! Some pics of the event below.
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Ana Fiszbein@anafiszbein18 Sep 2022
Excited to share our latest work on Splicing-dependent transcriptional activation! Ever wondered how to activate expression of a gene? Here is one strategy 🙌 biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… 1/12
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Esto es una genialidad.
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Ana Fiszbein@anafiszbein28 Nov 2019
Check out our new work @CellCellPress on how exon splicing activates cryptic promoters and controls gene expression cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
Exon-Mediated Activation of Transcription Starts

Exon-Mediated Activation of Transcription Starts

Fiszbein et al. show that splicing of internal exons activates transcription from nearby upstream promoters, especially those that are weak or even cryptic, suggesting that regulation of splicing can...

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Ana Fiszbein@anafiszbein30 Nov 2018
RNA splicing is the rock-start of season 2019 GLiMPSE Podcast
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Here's a snippet from our 2019 season! @anafiszbein of @daSpliceIsRight chats about how RNA splicing is a big driver of evolution and speciation. Stay tuned!! soundcloud.com/glimpsepodcas…
2019 Season preview: RNAs

2019 Season preview: RNAs

Preview of our upcoming season all about research around MIT! Stay tuned.

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Seinfeld Quotes (@seinlanguage) profile pictureSeinfeld Quotes@seinlanguage6 Sep 2017
George: “Yeah, yeah. She’s seeing this guy, Art Vandelay.” Susan: “So what does he do?” George: “He’s an importer-exporter.”
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Salsa Golf: la curiosa historia del invento gastronómico de un Premio Nobel argentino infob.ae/2wDtKss
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Call for Papers: 2017 #Ridge Forum on#Macroeconomics and Development. Deadline: September 15, 2017 ow.ly/7Nep30egV0g
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Aca link a paper mipeters.weebly.com/uploads/…
Flujo de 12 millones de refugiados post Segunda Guerra contribuyó a productividad y desarrollo económico en Alemania, según M. Peters. xitter.gq/Noahpinion/status/8971…
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Evidence in favor of my hypothesis that immigration can give economies a boost via agglomeration. xitter.gq/straightedge/status/89…
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Heroes! @MIT Postdocs Ana Fiszbein & María E. Inda named to the 2017 class of @pewtrusts Fellows. #WomenInSTEM science.mit.edu/news/pew-rec…
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Cancelaron un reality, pero nadie le avisó a los participantes: están aislados hace 8 meses en la montaña bit.ly/2ogBYS5
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Validez externa para Duflo (2000) sobre pensiones en Sudáfrica cobradas por hombres vs mujeres! xitter.gq/LANACION/status/834142…
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Para que los hombres no malgasten el sueldo en asados y apuestas, la comuna les paga a las mujeres bit.ly/2kIVeKq
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A U.S.-born NASA engineer was required to unlock his phone at the border. @kavehwaddell reports: theatln.tc/2kk91aa
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Venezuela’s Nemesis Is a Hardware Salesman at Home Depot in Alabama - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/AKsk0h9EERZSb7zw7…

Venezuela’s Nemesis Is a Hardware Salesman at Home Depot in Alabama

Gustavo Díaz also runs the DolarToday website, which tracks the black-market exchange of the bolivar and sways prices of everything from rice to cars in his native country.

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From @NateSilver538: What a difference 2 percentage points makes:53eig.ht/2fEixhK
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