Michelle Tao

PhD candidate @emoryeconomics, @nyuniversity alum, household finance, urban, real estate

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Google Photos reminded me that I accepted my PhD offer 2 years ago! Here’s a short piece I wrote, titled 'Lemons, peaches, and Econ PhD programs,' while deciding which offer to accept (aka my unsolicited advice for those still deciding) https://t.co/B8se4m73vw

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

Excellent reading (in 🧵) for younger researchers—two papers with near-identical core results, framed in very different ways.

Kudos to @jasonmfletcher for the thoughtful discussion, it would be cheap, easy (and viral) to say "prestige is the only thing that matters in econ."

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Had a great experience at PFMAP last year - can’t recommend it enough for PhD students with research overlap with Philly Fed economists!

[Makoto Nakajima @makotonkjm]

(1/3) Philly Fed is hosting advanced PhD students through our PFMAP (Phila Fed Mentoring & Advancing PhDs) initiative for the fourth year in a row. This year, we invite up to 6 PhD students, and each student comes around the time of one of the conferences related to their field.

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

“Good things take time,” I tell myself as I descend deeper into the JMP cave (pls send help)

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Must have been a rough tenure track.

[Eni Iljazi @eni_iljazi]

apparently, “the 2007 Jackson Hole conference on ‘Housing and the Business Cycle’” is Not considered a fun answer to “if you could time-travel, where would you go?”

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

My sleep-tracking app often thinks I’m asleep when I genuinely reach flow state while working

[Hadas Weiss @weiss_hadas]

a phd

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

How life is going right now:

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Of course I had to stop by Franklin Mortgage & Investment Company on my last night in Philly

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Watch me roll up in my Stata swag in 2026

[Stata @Stata]

Congratulations to @TaoMichelle for winning our #StataGiveaway. Michelle, please email [email protected] to claim your #Stata gift bundle!

Thank you to everyone who entered and happy holidays!

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

@Stata Making nice figures and running regressions!

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

A student came to my office hours wearing a hoodie with the word “inflation” on it

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Semester recap:
Your right eye twitched almost daily since mid-September!
You took melatonin every night!
No gym progress (1 injury and 0 bench PRs)!
You made 3 jokes in class but your students didn’t laugh!
But we made it!

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

@VincentGeloso Thanks, and will do!

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Taught the tariff diagram in my tariff shirt ✅
ft. the vest I kept on until the tariff slides appeared

[AEA Information @AEAInformation]

The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. https://t.co/0gFom2D53p

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

The only celebrity sighting I’m capable of is the Atlanta Fed president on my Sunday afternoon run

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Not to brag but this YouTube ad asked which mortgage lenders I’ve heard of, and I study this stuff, so unfortunately the answer is all of them

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Seeing this on the HUD website was a jump scare https://t.co/WirmRzlXpK

[Ben Grodeck🔸 @benleo_econ]

Hits different at night.