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Posts by Econ Grad Student

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

1 year ago 7 0 0 0

you: I don't buy your identification strategy

me (I took core micro): ok but what if I lower the price

1 year ago 9 0 0 0

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?

1 year ago 4 0 1 0

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)

1 year ago 2 0 0 0

advisor: the worst thing you can do is get defensive when answering questions

me (taking notes): get offensive when answering questions

1 year ago 6 0 1 0

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

1 year ago 7 0 0 0

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?

1 year ago 3 0 0 0
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we need to talk about what the "credibility revolution" is doing to our kids

1 year ago 47 9 3 0
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1 year ago 8 0 0 0

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

1 year ago 42 4 2 2

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)

1 year ago 8 0 0 0
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my first thought every time I hear someone is "presenting in labor"

2 years ago 17 1 0 0
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And on the third day, God gave the economist exogenous variation

2 years ago 90 21 0 1

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

2 years ago 27 4 2 1

The European Committee for LGBTQ+ Economists is on Bluesky and #EconSky 🏳️‍🌈

Please repost and subscribe!

(I am the manager of the account)

2 years ago 32 12 0 0

"Cate that's such a pretty name, is it short for catherine?"

My daughter: "No, it's conditional average treatment effect"

2 years ago 8 0 0 0

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)

2 years ago 7 0 0 1
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has anyone ever opened an Edgeworth box? to see what's inside?

2 years ago 24 2 5 4
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you want natasha lyonne to help you with the crossword, i want

2 years ago 31 5 0 0