Francis DiTraglia

Applied Econometrician, Associate Prof. of Econ @OxfordEconDept and @lmhoxford, visiting scholar Chicago FRB

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

📣 Announcing SQARE FAQ! We've compiled answers to your most pressing questions about our proposed quality assessment system for econometrics research. Visit https://t.co/lac8vACfpV for the full details. #EconTwitter #AcademicPublishing #Econometrics @WeidnerEcon

[Martin Weidner @WeidnerEcon]

🚀Exciting news! We’ve been awarded a UKRI Metascience grant to modernize research practices in Econometrics! Our project will develop innovative platforms—including https://t.co/TLf0Tttwzw—to enhance research evaluation & collaboration.
https://t.co/foFC8FjDOX
@economictricks

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

So apparently I somehow missed that yesterday was the 150th birthday of #GustavHolst, a scandalously underrated composer in my view. If you want to listen to something interesting today, check out his one-act opera Savitri:

https://t.co/VlsvwClT62

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

"Summer of Bayes 2024" continues into fall! 🍂📊

Join us on zoom: Friday Sept 27 @ 2pm UK time

Topics: #Bayesian Structural Time Series / High Dimensional Forecasting

Special Guest: Anna Simoni.

All are welcome: email [email protected] to sign up

#EconTwitter @mcmc_stan

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

@alex_andorra @rmkubinec @rlmcelreath @charlesm993 @JesseOPiburn @LearnBayesStats Can't wait to hear this episode :)

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

Here's a simple DAG: X --> Y

X = getting a beer with @rlmcelreath, @alex_andorra, @charlesm993 and @JesseOPiburn at #stancon2024

Y = new bedtime reading

@rmkubinec

[Berliner Philharmoniker @BerlinPhil]

🎂🎹 Happy Birthday Clara Schumann! » https://t.co/nDKYYlCsox Schumann toured Europe as a pianist at age eleven and premiered her own Piano Concerto in 1835. Enjoy this performance from last season, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Beatrice Rana as soloist.

[Robert Kubinec @rmkubinec]

@economictricks @rlmcelreath @alex_andorra @charlesm993 @JesseOPiburn Look, I don't want to be the guy who criticizes your DAG when you're reading my book, but it would seem that even if X=0 (you didn't you have a beer) Y=1 (you should still read my book) 😆.

[Jesse Piburn @JesseOPiburn]

They take fútbol just as seriously as their Bayesian statistics. Nice end to a great conference #StanCon2024 @mcmc_stan

[Department of Economics, Oxford @OxfordEconDept]

Despite dangers of lead exposure, the UK has no programme to address child lead poisoning. With UKRI funding, @economictricks will co-lead the development of a test to monitor blood-lead levels in kids, paving the way for nationwide screening.
Learn more: https://t.co/r5QegN4XML

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

@creditquant Very nice! Hadn't seen that one before.

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

Hey #EconTwitter: ever wondered by the James-Stein estimator takes the form that it does? My new post answers all of your burning questions with nothing more than first-year calculus and introductory statistics!
https://t.co/t1wGsp3EgP
#Econometrics

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

@maqartan Sounds like I need a new favorite package in that case ;)

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

Happy Friday #Econtwitter! To make sure you have something meaty to read this weekend, here's my longest post yet at https://t.co/4PdUsWLSgl, a deep dive into regression adjustment for causal inference #Econometrics
https://t.co/FANoxnbxWV

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

@Apoorva__Lal Yes you're totally right. So if we want the standard error for the ATE computed for these particular X-values in our sample, then we don't need to propagate uncertainty in X-bar. If we want them in the population of X-values we need to use GMM as you suggested. Thanks!

[Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac]

Told someone recently about @callisto & am still amazed that not everyone knows about this cool tech. I think it's a game changer. Will increase reporting of & consequences for sexual assault/harassment/stalking etc, which will in turn deter those crimes.

https://t.co/6qbqwuKZMc

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

@jenniferdoleac Senior professors who have stopped doing research and phone in all their teaching, on the other hand, are safe in academia. This definitely seems like a problem we need to think harder about.

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

@jenniferdoleac Research departments at the Fed may be a good comparison case: no tenure but relatively good job security and no chilling effect on research that I can discern. My impression is that you would totally be fired if you didn't actually produce the labor memo!

[Steven Isserlis @StevenIsserlis]

Franz/Ferenc Liszt d otd 1886. What an icon! His playing still venerated, even though we can't hear it; his influence on, and generosity to, other composers extraordinary; and a fascinating composer.
“Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought."

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

@ajordannafa Just like "as n goes to infinity this test statistic approaches a standard normal distribution" 😜

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

Preach brother. And profs: never even hint that you think a question is "stupid." One of my grad school classmates was castigated for asking a question about the MV normal distribution: "you should know that!" We stopped asking questions in that class and learned very little.

[Francis DiTraglia @economictricks]

This was a great recommendation. Got any more? Not that I'm procrastinating on these revisions or anything...