New paper with Shuhei Nishitateno investigating impacts of low emission zones for trucks and buses in Japan: link.springer.com/article/10… #economics #openaccess @ANUCrawford @ANU_ICEDS

Agree 100% with @_HannahRitchie. It's mad to be in the middle of an energy crisis and the transformation of the energy system, and not have free access to taxpayer-funded data and models. All of it. #FreeTheModels substack.com/inbox/post/2232…

The ANU Research School of Economics is seeking highly qualified candidates for the position of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Economics specialising in econometrics or empirical economic research, however any field of specialisation will be considered. econjobmarket.org/positions/…

What an absolute honour. To have so many friends and close colleagues with me for such a special occasion. I'm still pinching myself. Thank you, @JPEmbassyAU

THE SIMPLEST TAX CHANGE OF ALL – SIMPLIFICATION Australia’s personal tax and transfer system is like my grandparents’ farmhouse: it’s had many additions over the years, lots of them for reasons that no longer make any sense. If you were looking for the simplest change of all to our tax and transfer system, you’d look for a way for it to do what it’s already doing, but with way less complication along the way. So what if we could deliver much the same money to the same people, and provide them with the same incentives to work, but do all that with far fewer moving parts than the same system? Luckily, there’s already a proposal on the table to do exactly that – one prepared by @BenPhillips_ANU and team at the ANU. That particular proposal would, among other things, do away with the Medicare levy and the Low Income Tax Offset, combine elements of Family Tax Benefits and Single Parenting Payments, and rationalise the taper rates for JobSeeker and Youth Allowance. And yes, it’d do all that with only very limited impacts on individuals – leaving them with pretty much the same dollars and the same incentives they currently have. No, the above isn’t some of the bigger changes that our personal tax system arguably needs – I’ll cover them later. But it’s smart, and it’s simple, and people could readily understand it. That makes it a change which is harder to demonise in our hyper partisan world. Is it an idea whose time has come? Simples …

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️ x33 rise in Algeria🇩🇿 solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths. x8 in Zambia🇿🇲 x7 in Botswana🇧🇼 x6 in Sudan🇸🇩 x3 in each of Liberia🇱🇷, DRC🇨🇩, Benin🇧🇯, Angola🇦🇴, Ethiopia🇪🇹 🧵

Economics might seem -- from the outside -- like it's about competition. But really it's about creating the miracle of cooperation, where folks from all around the world enrich your day in a million tiny ways. It's that beauty that I'm worried about losing.

All the key factors making IKN inadvisable, from the 2019 Indonesia Update by Professor @burke_ec @ANUCrawford @ANUIndonesia & Martin Siyaranamual @unpad. youtu.be/sIKKtpuR3Zc?si=Gbl5…

Some of our first ACDE seminars for the year are looking pretty great, in case you want to pop them in your calendar! 25 Feb. Leveraging Edutainment and Social Networks to Foster Interethnic Harmony, with @absidd (joint with the RSE, in person only) crawford.anu.edu.au/event/le…

U.S. international assistance saves lives and strengthens America by stopping the spread of infectious diseases like Polio and Ebola before they reach our borders, preventing children from starvation, and keeping millions healthy by providing access to HIV treatments. As a critical first responder, U.S. assistance delivers food, water, and medicine during humanitarian crises. No matter where these vital health and development programs are housed, it is essential that the Administration have a plan to ensure that this work to protect the world’s most vulnerable, and to preserve America’s health and security, is not compromised. washingtonpost.com/national-…

Excited to share that I’ve joined @CrawfordSchool as of Jan 2025 to lead the Australia South Asia Research Centre (@ASARC_ANU). Looking forward to engaging with colleagues and partners on South Asia’s economic and policy challenges! #ANU #ASARC

Meanwhile, solar, wind & storage projects are lining up to enter Australia's grid reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-gets… #nem

Australia's unhappy record with infrastructure cost blowouts ... a short history (for those thinking building a fleet of nuclear power plants will come in on-budget and on-time)... a 🧵

HECS debt reductions almost entirely benefit those persons in the top 40% (income) but repayments (HELP) are very small relative to other effective tax rate sources.

The energy transition has moved quickly in South Australia's electricity sector reneweconomy.com.au/from-zer… @renew_economy

👀 malaysia will introduce a carbon tax for iron, steel & energy industries by 2026. proceeds from the tax will be utilised to finance green technology programmes and research — and protect the country for carbon border taxes. theedgemalaysia.com/node/730…

My colleagues at @ANUCrawford just gave me a warm welcome home by participating 1.5-hour seminar and giving me many insightful questions that greatly improved my paper. I absolutely love that, and I’m grateful to be an economist.

I'll be presenting on clean energy opportunities at the CIEMB Conference in Hanoi: ciemb.neu.edu.vn

If we believe revealed preferences, you can trust me when I say this is a wonderful place for your graduate study in economics. Wonderful students, faculty, location. Small groups. Completely hybrid and we are good at it, so you can study, well, from anywhere.

Applications are open for Crawford economics programs for next year: acde.crawford.anu.edu.au/cou…

Missed the ANU Energy Update this week? In this thread 🧵catch up on event recordings to hear from: @Matt_KeanMP, Chair of the Climate Change Authority 📺youtube.com/watch?v=U92HSPFs… @frankjotzo, ICEDS Head of Energy & Professor @ANUCrawford 📺youtube.com/watch?v=xvQppnAY…