Some tips for robustness checks and empirical analysis in general
One of the wisest things my PhD advisor said to me was “You need to think more and do less,” and this is probably good
The short- and long-run economic impacts of Hurricane Katrina: some implications for COVID-19
COVID-19 has created a public health crisis. The measures taken to slow its spread are also grinding a lot of economic activity down to a
Fun things I found in old research notes
I like to periodically clean/organize my Dropbox folders and documents (it’s a never-ending job). Here’s a fun sampling of what I found in the latest
How to set up and run a virtual machine on Amazon Web Services
I got tired of constantly overloading my computer to the point where I couldn’t even use Word. And while I have access to a few
Are adults actually worse at learning languages?
This might seem like a strange topic for a blog post by an economist, but it relates to the “correlation is not causation” theme that
On early-career mentorship
Today, I bring you some unsolicited practical advice on mentorship for junior professors. I was originally going to post this as a Twitter thread, but
A post-mortem analysis of abandoned research projects, part 1
We’re often told that for every published paper there are many other projects that never saw the light of day, and I’ve always thought that
Academic Sequitur for graduate students
If you’re a graduate student who signed up for Academic Sequitur(or thinking about signing up), but aren’t quite sure who or what to follow, here
About me
Associate Professor of Finance