How can we design institutions to establish the rule of law in society? Political Econ & Development; some econ history. Prof. @NES_Moscow.
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Sultan Mehmood retweeted
🇵🇰 #Pakistan: I urge the @GovtofPakistan to immediately release human rights lawyers Adv @ImaanZHazir & @AdvHadiali and drop the unfounded criminal and terrorism charges against them. Anti-terrorism laws must not be used to punish legitimate human rights work or intimidate lawyers.
Read the full press release from me, @profbensaul, @AndreaBV_SR_HRD and @Ginitastar: ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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Reacting to the re-arrest of human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha just hours after they had been granted bail by the Supreme Court yesterday, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said:
"Imaan and Hadi's re-arrest dispels any pretence that the charges against them are anything other than a politically motivated attempt to punish them for their human rights work. Their case demonstrates once again the authorities’ willingness to weaponize the legal system against critical voices.
“These latest charges, brought against them for simply attending a peaceful protest, are not only absurd but an insult to their lifelong commitment to human rights.
“The Pakistani authorities must stop misusing the justice system to target Imaan and Hadi. They must be released immediately and unconditionally, with no further charges to prolong their detention. Imaan and Hadi should be free to meet their friends and family and to do the work they love – representing victims of human rights violations."
Read here: amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
🇵🇰#Pakistan: Concerning news that human rights lawyers Adv @ImaanZHazir & @AdvHadiali were detained again only hours after the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended their sentences and ordered their release on bail after nearly eight months of incarceration. 1/4
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
Can foreign attacks strengthen the regime they seek to weaken? Presenting empirical evidence that the 2026 US–Israeli strikes reduced anti-regime protest and boosted pro-regime mobilization, from @ProfSultanEcon, @lwantchekon, and Yaroslav Prokhorskoy nber.org/papers/w35734
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
🆕 Can digitising courts speed up justice without cutting corners?
Today on VoxDev, Sultan Mehmood (@NES_Moscow), @resuf_ahmed (@StanfordKingCtr) & Aleksandra Filimonova (@Unibocconi) discuss research on Indonesia: voxdev.org/topic/institution…
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Important new empirical study of Gen AI use in Pakistan’s courts—by @ellliottt and @ProfSultanEcon
What happens when you roll out custom generative AI to half a country's judges?
New paper on Pakistan's courts with @ProfSultanEcon and @gochristoph.
In line with wemustactnow.ai -- we provide early empirical evidence on the impacts of transformative generative AI.
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
🆕 The birth of Bangladesh: How the Bhola cyclone fostered revolution 📢
Today on Economics Unpacked, Mushfiq Mobarak (@YaleSOM @YaleEconomics) explores the role of the 1970 Bhola cyclone in shaping Bangladesh's independence: youtube.com/watch?v=r03MPtwo…
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21783
Courts of Tomorrow: Evidence from a Nationwide Rollout of Generative AI
Sultan Mehmood @ProfSultanEcon @NES_Moscow, Christoph Goessmann @gochristoph @imperialcollege, Elliott Ash @ellliottt @ETH @ETH_en @eth_cle
ow.ly/jh8n50ZsiKc
#CEPR_DE #CEPR_LE #CEPR_OE #CEPR_PE #EconTwitter
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
@nberpubs presentation of our paper "Courts of Tomorrow: Evidence from a Nationwide Rollout of Generative AI" by @ProfSultanEcon!
What happens when you roll out custom generative AI to half a country's judges?
New paper on Pakistan's courts with @ProfSultanEcon and @gochristoph.
In line with wemustactnow.ai -- we provide early empirical evidence on the impacts of transformative generative AI.
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
What happens when you roll out custom generative AI to half a country's judges?
New paper on Pakistan's courts with @ProfSultanEcon and @gochristoph.
In line with wemustactnow.ai -- we provide early empirical evidence on the impacts of transformative generative AI.
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
1/ Our draft is finally ready to share: “Courts of Tomorrow”
With @ellliottt and @gochristoph, we study a nationwide rollout of generative AI in Pakistan’s judiciary: how judges adopt and use it, and whether it changes productivity and decision quality.
conference.nber.org/conf_pap…
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21625
Transmitting Terror: Radio and Repression in Stalin’s Soviet Union
@ProfSultanEcon @NES_Moscow, Yaroslav Prokhorskoy @essec, @joachim_voth @UZH_en @econ_uzh
ow.ly/zNYz50ZcbeZ
#CEPR_EH #CEPR_PoE #EconTwitter
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Can climate disasters spark rebellion? How the 1970 Bhola Cyclone helped transform grievance into mobilization, fueling Bangladesh’s war of independence, from @ProfSultanEcon and @mushfiq_econ nber.org/papers/w35360
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🎓 Big news from NES!
HSE–NES BAE students Margarita Kudaeva and Georgii Marinichev co-authored a paper (forthcoming in Journal of Development Economics) with @ProfSultanEcon and secured top placements: MIT PhD and UChicago predoc. More: bit.ly/3QscdR1
#econtwitter
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Around 10 years ago, I finished my PhD. The main paper was published in 2022.
🧵 "The real effects of monetary expansions: evidence from a large‑scale historical experiment"
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Do monetary expansions affect the real economy—or just prices?
ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ gives us a rare experiment 👇
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
I'm looking to hire an RA in Lahore for a project with Muhammad Yasir Khan and Bakhtawar Ali. Please see details below.
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
At the CEPR Annual Symposium, @timsvengali caught up with the exciting research of three talented economists at the start of their careers. In today’s episode, hear from Alishuba Philips @UZH_en on slum redevelopment, Lucie Giorgi @amseaixmars on the end of single sex education in France, and @bakhtawar_a @amseaixmars on lawfare in Pakistan.
Find out more: cepr.org/voxeu/voxtalks
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This article is an overview of a very interesting paper by Sultan Mehmood @ProfSultanEcon, Yaroslav Prokhorskoy, and Hosny Zoabi on the harms generated by Stalin's efforts to raise Soviet fertility via an abortion ban. It is a nice example of the growing body of economic history research on Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union that has emerged through the emergence of new data sets.
Beneath the ban of abortion: Evidence from the USSR
Sultan Mehmood @mrsultan713 @NES_Moscow, Yaroslav Prokhorskoy @essec, Hosny Zoabi @NES_Moscow
ow.ly/39B650XX9qv
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
Beneath the ban of abortion: Evidence from the USSR
Sultan Mehmood @mrsultan713 @NES_Moscow, Yaroslav Prokhorskoy @essec, Hosny Zoabi @NES_Moscow
ow.ly/39B650XX9qv
Sultan Mehmood retweeted
🎓 Congrats! @ProfSultanEcon has been promoted to Tenured Associate Professor at NES, effective January 1, 2026.
Looking forward to his further contributions to the School and the academic community! #econtwitter
More: bit.ly/4ql7DBd
