no sorry, when I said 'really looking forward to your feedback' I meant I was looking forward to you telling me this was the best presentation you'd ever seen
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no sorry, when I said 'really looking forward to your feedback' I meant I was looking forward to you telling me this was the best presentation you'd ever seen
you: I don't buy your identification strategy
me (I took core micro): ok but what if I lower the price
A father and son are both economists. They work at separate universities. When the son comes up for tenure, the chair says 'I cannot evaluate this case because this is my son.' How is this possible?
Hot take: You would not be able to publish AJR 2001 in an econ journal today
(that would be plagiarism which is REALLY frowned upon)
advisor: the worst thing you can do is get defensive when answering questions
me (taking notes): get offensive when answering questions
Lord grant me the courage of an undergrad who never came to class, got a B-, and now wants to be bumped to an A to reflect all the effort they put over the semester
quote with an economics Christmas movie synopsis, I'll start:
A researcher's meddlesome dad misinterprets an "exciting proposal" as the romantic kind. Rather than disappoint him, she ropes her coauthor into playing fiancé for Christmas. Can modeling love lead these economists to the real thing?
we need to talk about what the "credibility revolution" is doing to our kids
starting to like it here but it won't feel like home until:
- there is a fight about pre-docs in the profession
- there's moral outrage about randomization that involves economists
- there's a rapid takedown of a popular empirical method driven by the spread of critiques on here
no sorry i'm just tired, had to rush my paper to the ER last night for an emergency appendectomy (section H somehow ruptured and formed H.1, H.2, and H.3)
my first thought every time I hear someone is "presenting in labor"
And on the third day, God gave the economist exogenous variation
in the time it takes me to produce one tweet @draliceevans.bsky.social will just fire off 9 newsletters with analysis so thoughtful that it remembered my mother's birthday and bought her flowers
The European Committee for LGBTQ+ Economists is on Bluesky and #EconSky 🏳️🌈
Please repost and subscribe!
(I am the manager of the account)
"Cate that's such a pretty name, is it short for catherine?"
My daughter: "No, it's conditional average treatment effect"
jealously guarding my vault of special treasures (it's a folder on my macbook with all of the praise my advisor has ever given me)
has anyone ever opened an Edgeworth box? to see what's inside?
you want natasha lyonne to help you with the crossword, i want