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Conducting Qualitative Interviews with AI Felix Chopra and Ingar Haaland Artificial intelligence (AI) offers the opportunity to integrate qualitative interviews into large-scale surveys by delegating the task of interviewing people to an AI interviewer. But can an AI interviewer conduct high-quality interviews? And can these AI-led interviews uncover new findings of interest to economists and yield valid responses? According to this paper – the most frequently downloaded over the past few months –, the answer to both questions is yes.

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Monetary Policy Stabilization in a New Keynesian Model Under Climate Change George Economides and Anastasios Xepapadeas The Dark Side of Social Media: Recommender Algorithms and Mental Health Simona Mandile Politicized Scientists: Credibility Cost of Political Expression on Twitter Eleonora Alabrese, Francesco Capozza, and Prashant Garg Almost Fare Free: Impact of a Cheap Public Transport Ticket on Mobility Patterns and Train Delays Mario Liebensteiner, Jakob Losert, Sarah Necker, Florian Neumeier, Jörg Paetzold, and Sebastian Wichert → Other CESifo Working Papers → Working Paper Submission Form

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Upcoming Events

Munich Economic Debates 2026 Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria, Munich

“Move Fast and Break Things? What Innovation Changes – and What It Preserves” by Sebastian Pfotenhauer 7 December 2026 | 18:00 – 19:30 CET/CEST Innovation cultures are never purely technological: technologies and social structures emerge together, shaping our ideas of what kind of progress is desirable. Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Professor of Innovation Research at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and spokesperson for the TransforM Cluster of Excellence, will explore how national, regional and institutional innovation strategies shape these ideas. The event (held in German) will be streamed live on our website.

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Christmas Lecture by Clemens Fuest 14 December 2026 | 18:00 – 19:30 CET/CEST More information about the lecture will be available soon on our website.

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CES Munich Lectures in Economics 2026: "Turning Abundance into Scarcity: Regulation, Housing Costs and Infrastructure Failures" by Edward Glaeser LMU Munich (Große Aula) | 19 November 2026 | 18:00 – 20:00 CET/CEST Can our governments deliver more services without spending more money? This year’s Distinguished CES Fellow Edward Glaeser will focus on three areas of public sector dysfunction: the regulation of new housing, public sector procurement, and maintenance of existing infrastructure.

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Upcoming Conferences and Workshops

CESifo Workshop on Cities, Housing and Infrastructure Munich | 20 – 21 November 2026   Scientific organizers: Davide Cantoni (LMU Munich), Oliver Falck (ifo Institute and LMU Munich), and Ed Glaeser (Harvard University). The workshop is held in conjunction with the 2026 Munich Lectures in Economics.

20th Workshop on Political Economy Dresden | 20 – 21 November 2026   Scientific organizers: Christian Lessmann (TU Dresden), Gunther Markwardt (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg), and Niklas Potrafke (ifo Institute). Keynote Speakers: Tommaso Nannicini (EUI Florence) and Raphaël Franck (Tel-Hai University).

cemmap Masterclass on Microeconometrics and Policy Analysis with Richard Blundell Munich | 30 November – 1 December 2026   Scientific organizer: Daniel Wilhelm (LMU Munich).

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CESifo-TransforM Workshop on the Economic and Societal Impacts of AI Munich | 3 – 4 December 2026   Scientific organizers: Oliver Falck, Ludger Woessmann (ifo Institute and LMU Munich), and Hanna Hottenrott (TUM).   Keynote speaker: Joshua Gans (University of Toronto).

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Call for Papers

CESifo Junior Workshop on Climate and Energy Economics 2027 Munich | 22 March 2027 Submit your paper by 14 December 2026 23:59 CET/CEST.

CESifo Area Conference on Climate and Energy Economics 2027 Munich | 23 – 24 March 2027 Submit your paper by 14 December 2026 23:59 CET/CEST.

International Seminar on Trade (ISoT) Munich | 20 – 21 May 2027 Submit your paper by 10 January 2027 23:59 CET/CEST.

CESifo Junior Workshop on Public Economics 2027 Munich | 21 April 2027   In 2027, for the first time, the CESifo Area Conference on Public Economics will be preceded by a Junior Workshop. Junior researchers whose papers are selected for the workshop are welcome to attend the entire Area Conference. The scientific organizers of the workshop are Claus Thustrup Kreiner (University of Copenhagen) and Andreas Peichl (ifo Institute and LMU Munich). Submit your paper by 11 January 2027 23:59 CET/CEST.

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CESifo Area Conference on Public Economics 2027 Munich | 22 – 24 April 2027 Submit your paper by 11 January 2027 23:59 CET/CEST.

CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy 2027 Munich | 3 – 4 May 2027 Submit your paper by 11 January 2027 23:59 CET/CEST.

CESifo Venice Summer Institute 2027 Venice | 28 June – 1 July 2027 Submit your paper by 18 January 2027 23:59 CET/CEST.

CESifo Junior Workshop on Labor Economics 2027 Munich | 13 May 2027 Submit your paper by 25 January 2027 23:59 CET/CEST.

CESifo Area Conference on Labor Economics 2027 Munich | 14 – 15 May 2027 Submit your paper by 25 January 2027 23:59 CET/CEST.

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EconPol Annual Conference: “Navigating Change: Demographics, Technology, and the Future of Work in Europe”   Successfully adopting AI in the workplace and bringing more people to work will take more than just governance. The EconPol Annual Conference, which took place in Brussels on November 9, provided an outstanding platform to understand and act on Europe's technological and demographic changes. Recordings of the event will soon be available on EconPol's website. Meanwhile, two Policy Reports recently published and presented at the conference offer insights into some of the main discussion points.

AI and the Labor Market: Productivity Driver or Job Killer? Estimates of long-term productivity gains from AI vary widely, but the first signs of its impact on the labor market are already evident. Using administrative data from Germany and the EU, this new study finds that, contrary to fears of a “job apocalypse,” employment in sectors exposed to AI has remained stable or has even grown since the advent of large language models. Young workers, however, are an exception: employment among workers aged 20 to 24 has declined relative to that of older workers, especially in occupations highly exposed to AI.

Mobilizing Underutilized Labor Resources in Aging Societies Demographic shifts toward an aging population are reducing the number of working-age people in European economies. How can this trend be countered? This report details measures needed to mobilize the untapped labor supply by focusing on three critical groups and areas of intervention: increasing women’s labor force participation, extending the working lives of older adults, and improving the integration of migrants into the labor market.

EconPol Forum 04/2026: “Managing the State: A New Look at Bureaucrats and Public Administration” Administrative capacity is just as relevant as policy design, as administrative quality mediates policy impact. This is particularly true of municipalities, which account for a vast portion of public investment aimed at achieving the EU’s strategic objectives. For this reason, the October issue of EconPol Forum focuses on implementation rather than policymaking, examining how administrative capacity can be expanded to facilitate access to grants and improve the awarding of tenders for infrastructure projects.

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Awards

Michael Woodford, a CESifo Research Network Fellow, and Robert E. Hall won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics, in recognition of their contributions to the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization. Clemens Fuest, president of the ifo Institute and executive director of CESifo, celebrated the award and praised both economists’ work on behalf of both institutions. This recognition marks a major milestone for the CESifo Network, which now counts 17 Nobel laureates in Economics among its members.

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Guests

Each month, CESifo and CES host guest researchers from different parts of the world.

Simon Scheidegger, HEC Lausanne, is visiting CES 9 – 20 Nov 2026 Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University – Hoover Institution, is visiting CESifo 15 – 21 Nov 2026 Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto, is visiting CESifo 15 – 21 Nov 2026 Mathias Klein, Sveriges Riksbank, is visiting CES 23 – 27 Nov 2026 Riley Wilson, Brigham Young University, is visiting CESifo 23 – 27 Nov 2026 Ekkehard Köhler, University of Siegen, is visiting CESifo 23 – 27 Nov 2026 Richard Blundell, University College London, is visiting CESifo 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2026 Ana Costa-Ramón, University of Zurich, is visiting CESifo 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026 Daniel James Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin-Madison, is visiting CESifo 6 – 12 Dec 2026 Devaki Ghose, World Bank, is visiting CES 23 Nov – 18 Dec 2026 Fabrizio Leone, Banca d'Italia, is visiting CESifo 14 – 18 Dec 2026 Johan Sæverud, University of Copenhagen, is visiting CESifo 14 – 20 Dec 2026 Seda Ertaç, Koç University, is visiting CESifo 11 – 15 Jan 2027 Eckhard Janeba, University of Mannheim, is visiting CESifo 18 – 22 Jan 2027

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Call for Papers

Ludwig Erhard ifo Conference on Understanding Economic Policy 2027 Fürth (Germany) | 18 – 19 March 2027   Keynote speakers: Ingar Haaland (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and David Seim (Stockholm University). Submit your (preliminary) paper by November 15, 2026.

Seventh Interdisciplinary REAL Symposium on Language Economics and Policy University of Jyväskylä (Finland) | 20 – 21 May 2027   Keynote speakers: François Grin (Université de Genève), Johan Häggman (Federal Union of European Nationalities), and Maarit Koponen (University of Eastern Finland). Submit your abstract by December 1, 2026.

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