Namrata Narain @nummoose

Incoming AP at BU Questrom. PhD in Economics from Harvard. Interested in innovation, finance, economic growth, and macroeconomics. sites.google.com/view/namrata-n… Cambridge, MA Joined September 2015

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Laura Veldkamp @laura_veldkamp

2 weeks ago

Claudia Goldin at Jackson Hole says: You want more children, then promote gender equality. When men help out at home, women have more babies. #JacksonHole #econtwitter

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Namrata Narain @nummoose

2 months ago

Q for scientist friends. I downloaded data on scientific publications from OpenAlex. Seems like a journal called FASEB is a really popular destination for NIH-funded science. FASEB seems to have more than tripled in size in the last 10ish years. Any leads on why FASEB is special?

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Namrata Narain @nummoose

3 months ago

Wow, this team of people continues to be amazingly innovative in reorganizing and identifying innovation research!

Matt Clancy @mattsclancy

3 months ago

Wow, this team of people continues to be amazingly innovative in reorganizing and identifying innovation research!

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Gabriel Chodorow-Reich @gchodorowreich

3 months ago

I was quoted in the WaPo saying that a new @nberpubs WP by @Jon_Hartley_ , Kevin Hassett, and @joshrauh incorrectly concludes that they find a user cost elasticity "larger than prior estimates." This thread explains. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

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Nicholas Decker 🏳️‍🌈🌐🇺🇦 @captgouda24

3 months ago

"Floods", by @dev_a_patel, is one of the more astounding Big Data econ papers I have ever seen. Machine learning can be used on satellite data to essentially do magic. How damaging are floods? How much do they affect human capital attainment? A thread on the paper 1/

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Max Roser @MaxCRoser

6 months ago

In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.

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Namrata Narain @nummoose

6 months ago

I find the word ``abundance'' to be an incredible clarion call. The economics of innovation and economic growth has always been about this generally (which is what attracted me to study it), but somehow this phrase helps orient my thoughts much better.

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Namrata Narain @nummoose

6 months ago

I am excited to join the Boston University Questrom School of Business as an AP this fall! Grateful to stay in Boston, thrilled about working with the wonderful people in the Strategy and Innovation group, and eager to continue working on the important open Qs in Matt's thread

Matt Clancy @mattsclancy

7 months ago

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Matt Blackwell @matt_blackwell

6 months ago

I completely missed that Republicans introduced a bill to increase the endowment tax from 1.4% to 21%. If passed, Harvard would go from paying ~$35m to $525m/yr in federal taxes (that’s 8.2% of its current operating expenses)

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Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv

6 months ago

imagine you’re having a great time. what’s the first detail that comes to mind?

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Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers

7 months ago

Delighted to see my former student @NatashaRSarin's tremendously important work recognized in the @washingtonpost's new Post Next 50 list. Natasha is making public policy better. wapo.st/NatashaSarin

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Hanno Lustig @HannoLustig

7 months ago

To reduce my bilateral trade deficit with Trader Joe's, I am now going to shop at Whole Foods, which is more expensive and a bit further way. Thanks all for your advice.

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Pierfrancesco Mei @PierfrancescMei

9 months ago

The job market is behind me, and my great time at Harvard is soon coming to an end. I’m excited to move to New York, where I will join @GoldmanSachs as a US economist in the summer of 2025!

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Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer

9 months ago

based on a conversation with @paulnovosad: a philanthropic fund I would really like to exist is one that focuses on improved administrative data. (You can't improve state capacity without understanding the state of the world!) Does this exist anywhere?

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy

9 months ago

25. How Patient is Venture Capital? Link: tinyurl.com/narain-jmp

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Namrata Narain @nummoose

9 months ago

Thanks for the shout out, @marxmatt! We plan to release this data publicly next year. Please reach out if you’re interested in learning more.

Matt Marx @marxmatt

9 months ago

Thanks for the shout out, @marxmatt! We plan to release this data publicly next year. Please reach out if you’re interested in learning more.

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Parker Rogers @parker_rog

11 months ago

🚨 What happens when the gov't cuts prices on medical technologies? New research (w/ @YunanJi) finds a 61% price cut led to: 75% drop in innovation (may fully offset savings) 49% fewer new firms 28% more production moved overseas 3x repair/replacement rate 🧵(1/n)

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The New Yorker @NewYorker

11 months ago

In @newyorkerhumor, from 2016: “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Bess Kalb. The cause of death was botulism from a homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam that was prepared by one of her housemates.” nyer.cm/2Czuh6J

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Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

11 months ago

Degrowthers hate this one weird trick (innovation)

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus

11 months ago

In the 1980s-90s debate on the role of trade in the Industrial Revolution, Harley (& McCloskey) implicitly assumed domestic resources were fully employed, thus export activity had a domestic opportunity cost. That always seemed unrealistic. Reminded of that whilst reading this: