Jude Bashto

Economist and data scientist. Views are my own and don’t represent my employer.

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

Given issues with nightlights, what are some other geospatial proxies for GDP?

One new solution has been developed—the critical infrastructure spatial index (CISI).

Here's everything you need to know about it:

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

Soon we won't be able to use nightlights as a proxy for economic growth.

Why?

It's due to limitations of its spectral bands.

Here's the breakdown in simple terms:

[Josh Merfeld @Josh_Merfeld]

I taught a new advanced masters/intro Ph.D. course on applied microeconometrics in R this semester. Everything is on GitHub, which means it's freely available for all! I spent a lot of time talking about coding, which might not be clear from the slides.

https://t.co/NQlNZhISdB

[Sheldon Axler @AxlerLinear]

I am delighted to announce publication of the 4th edition of Linear Algebra Done Right as an Open Access book. The electronic version is legally free to the world at https://t.co/ii1ovMFKvH.
That website also has links to pre-order the print version of the book.
#linearalgebra

[Giuseppe Cavaliere @CavaliereGiu]

Happy Monday #EconTwitter!

Curious about 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 economic time series data?

Dive into this very nice, free online book by @robjhyndman & George Athanasopoulos (@MonashUni).💡

It presents essential/advanced topics, with applications in #Rstats!

Give it a read!🔗

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@ryancbriggs The Cage always wins

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@littmath The monkey might not write a shakespeare play at all. 40 outcomes. 1/40. 😆

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@pressFToTweet Thats fair. I liked visiting montreal personally so im not sure about everything in this thread, but i dont want to discount others’ lived experiences. I’m sure there’s a degree of “sampling bias” in the experiences you hear, so go in with an open mind 😄

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@pressFToTweet Tab whats wrong with ottawa 🥺

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@ccanonne_ Companies these days make job offers in the most creative ways.

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@JiaqiLi_Yes @econ_ra @QianxueZhang @cepr_org Before I forward this, what about compensation?

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@emetselchlover This song please no

[Jon Mellon @jon_mellon]

Situations when another study using the same instrument (W) as you *doesn't* imply an exclusion restriction violation

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@data_question @Mh_Ckent Actually brilliant response🤣🤣

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@pressFToTweet I just saw a bedroom for rent in ottawa for $1750. Thats more than i pay for my two bedroom apartment. Over leveraged Homeowners are not doing well st all😔

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@ryancbriggs My parents have been waiting for a visa since September. It took 2ish years for my citizenship process to finish. IRCC is a hot mess right now 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@itaisher @jedshug Let the child vote if it can pass the turing test🤣 (or a version of it)

[Jude Bashto @Bashtoes]

@pressFToTweet Den$ity? DN-City? DN%>%City?

Dj <- Dn %>% filter(city==dense)

Not sure where i was going with that 💃

[The Review of Economic Studies (unofficial) @RevEconStud]

A More Credible Approach to Parallel Trends

https://t.co/2soSfAaxhQ

Ashesh Rambachan, Microsoft Research and MIT and Jonathan Roth, Brown University

#economics

[Giuseppe Cavaliere @CavaliereGiu]

Hi #EconTwitter!

Interested in the #econometrics of 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 and 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

Check out this provoking paper by James Heckman @heckmanequation (@UChicago) and Rodrigo Pinto (@UCLA) on their "econometric causal model" approach!