William Branch

Economist, Professor at U.C. Irvine, Winner of several awards for funniest tweets.

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@usgraphics https://t.co/GE7x2LCgZx

[Antonio Rodriguez @4ntonioR]

What do diff-in-diff event-study designs really tell us about the employment effects of min wages?

My new paper with @NeumarkEcon tackles this using the stacked design of Cengiz-@arindube-@attilalindner-@benzipperer and the related LP-DiD design in Dube-Lindner’s HLE chapter. 🧵

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

Forthcoming in AEJ: Macroeconomics: "Identifying the Impact of Inflation Expectations" by William A. Branch. https://t.co/3rxfcvqllj

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@James_Tierney I’m thinking you should move to Vegas…

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@James_Tierney Didn’t we have a fountain view room that first trip with @enz_mike ?

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@Bellmanequation Boo

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@farmerrf The natural next step: https://t.co/j46l9srXUh

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@James_Tierney Not me

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@James_Tierney @enz_mike Why won’t they let you remove your carry-ons? Seems weird

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@enz_mike @James_Tierney @BillGoffe I can just rent a car. And BWI is perfect.

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@James_Tierney Boo

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@enz_mike @James_Tierney Boulder City

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Sure, Highway 1 is the classic California road trip. But ask a local which stretch of blacktop really shows off the state’s frontier spirit and scenic diversity, and you’re liable to hear a different number: 395. https://t.co/oFBidsRaDo

[Ben Golub @ben_golub]

Crowdsourcing info:

Are there AI tools to search databases of data (e.g., data released by the government) to help users find what variables exist, which can be linked, etc.?

[William Branch @WilliamABranch]

@Bellmanequation Irvine graduated >900, I think IPEDS does funny things.

[International and Monetary Economics Network @int_mon_econ]

Food for thought!

"When Money Dies: The Dynamics of Speculative Hyperinflations" by Guillaume Rocheteau, American Economic Review (Forthcoming)

AER: https://t.co/dHnZbXXx6I

Working paper: https://t.co/I9WtJeW1Ry

[Steven N. Durlauf @sndurlauf]

Bhaskar Mazumder has profoundly changed our understanding of the empirics of intergenerational mobility. Delighted to post this conversation with him.

[San Francisco 49ers @49ers]

5 more years in the red and gold 🙌

RT for the chance to win a football signed by @Dmo_lenoir

No purchase necessary. Official rules: https://t.co/4Wp1h7H4mi

[NBER @nberpubs]

The collapse of Freedman’s Savings Bank induced a persistent, race-specific increase in demand for banking alternatives; behavioral change driven by psychological and cultural scarring, from Vellore Arthi, Gary Richardson, and Mark Van Orden https://t.co/9fHFwDL8I5

[International and Monetary Economics Network @int_mon_econ]

What an important topic! "The Euro Area Government Spending Multiplier in Demand- and Supply-Driven Recessions"

by M. Di Serio, M. Fragetta, E. Gasteiger, G. Melina in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
https://t.co/TNZUBDR4D4
Ungated version
https://t.co/zw55K6MPYk