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When you bring your pup to the office everyday, these are always close by

easy when papers are full of asymptotic proofs and don’t translate the work to a broader audience. Obviously this is a generalization, but one founded in reality.

and reliability of the research we produce. The fault comes from both sides. I continue to believe that most applied researchers don’t particularly like econometrics — it’s a means to an end. So, investing time in learning new estimators or inference is not fun. However, theorists don’t make this

As Marc says and Paul’s work shows, the chasm between applied and theoretical econometrics seems wider than ever to me. This is not just a gripe about my publishing experiences (I am realistic about the quality of my own work), but a much larger issue for the future of our profession and the quality

Yup. It’s not enough that so many applied papers are DID, but referees have repeatedly tried to turn this and other papers of mine into DID papers. So frustrating.

2. The beauty of simulations is not just showing how a method performs when the required assumptions hold, but also exploring how bad things get (if they do) when the assumptions do not hold to varying degrees.

While I am a big fan of simulations, two points are important to stress IMHO.

1. Results are specific to the DGPs used to simulate the data. Beware of generalizing. So-called “empirical Monte Carlo” is one way to at least tailor it to the data at hand if you have an application.

The correlated RE logit offers a compromise allowing for marginal effects

Trade misreporting: exchange rate movements and tariff evasion by firms Abstract. This study examines misreporting behaviour of firms engaged in international trade. Using detailed administrative data covering the universe of i

And yet even more coming out today!

academic.oup.com/oep/advance-...

Cuz then you don’t get to see Michigan play!

The Associated Press @apnews.com writes a eulogy for the invaluable CIA World Factbook, unaccountably & unceremoniously killed by the Trump regime as part of its war on public & reliable information.

apnews.com/article/cia-...

And then there is this as well! It’s a good day to be interested in measurement error at least. Who knew there is one-sided measurement error in *gender* of all things?

docs.iza.org/dp18436.pdf

It’s also a reminder that interesting and important papers can focus on the measurement error itself, not just the impact on empirical analyses.

Discrepancies in Trade Statistics in 2003–2024: The Impact of Sanctions This paper is aimed at quantitatively assessing changes in the quality of international trade statistics over the last 22 years and the impact of trade sanctions on the discrepancies between direct a...

On this Easter, with all that’s wrong in the world, here’s another reminder that measurement exists and *is* nonclassical.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Strategies for achieving healthy, sustainable, and equitable dietary transitions The industrialization of global food systems has led to dietary changes that harm both health and the environment. If global food systems are to meet the needs of a growing population for healthy, env...

Yi Yang, @cbb2cornell.bsky.social, many others, and I have a new article out today in Science titled "Strategies for achieving healthy, sustainable, and equitable dietary transitions," in which we emphasize the role of actors in the "mid-stream" of value chains.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We have been screaming about this for years. It doesn’t change. It hasn’t changed the publication process. Editors have to want to publish papers that connect the dots between theory and applied. Referees won’t do it for them since they are specialized in one camp or the other.

Masters Programs

Our masters programs at SMU in applied economics are entirely evening classes. Mostly professional types, some preparing for PhD programs. www.smu.edu/dedman/acade...

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This … only “same thing we do on every paper, Pinky, try to argue for parallel trends!”

No! Not measurement error! And one-sided at that! There’s a cure for that…

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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A perfect surname for one who studies how things change.

www.jstor.org/stable/2340499

On the (Mis) Use of the Fixed Effects Estimator Data that span multiple units and time periods allow controlling for time-invariant heterogeneity correlated with the covariates. While researchers can do this in different ways, the fixed effects es....

"On the (Mis) Use of the Fixed Effects Estimator"

(by @dlmillimet.bsky.social and Marc F. Bellemare)

published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thanks for publicizing! 🙏

A copy of "Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business: An Introduction Using R" by Jason Abrevaya on a plain background.

Designed for an introductory course in probability and statistics for economics and business undergraduates, Jason @abrevaya.bsky.social's textbook "Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business" introduces students to the R statistical programming language: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255336...

Agree and applaud you. Unfortunately you’re a rare bird.

I wholly agree. Most wouldn’t bother, but it’s brilliant and extremely useful.

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It’s amazing what you can learn from history. Probably why certain people are so adamant about controlling the curriculum starting in kindergarten.

That sounds like so much effort 😂