Michael Sinkinson

Economist at Northwestern Kellogg, former CEA, Researching Industrial Organization (IO). 'A watched optimizer never converges.' Views are my own.

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@conlon_chris @LeistenEcon You have brought more than one problem to me over the past few years.

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@femonomics @KamalaHQ I personally agree with the economist quoted about 10 paragraphs in here:
https://t.co/ez8sGLL7zv

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

Subscribed to @peacock for the Olympics. Commercials? flawlessly delivered. Events? Absolutely not. @nbc should be ashamed.

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@Simon_Mongey @LeistenEcon @matthewstoller @Chris_arnade @mattyglesias @EpsilonTheory @FTC Thanks Simon! Here's the FTC's video of the talk in case anyone is interested:
https://t.co/QrXB5CXm6b

[Neale Mahoney @nealemahoney]

@MSinkinson and I wrote a piece on new Biden Admin guidance on accounting for competitive effects in regulatory review (that we worked on).

The guidance is firmly grounded in economics.

And should welcomed by champions of competition from both parties.

https://t.co/5GJM3OzH07

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

Life goal complete - got to meet Yale's Handsome Dan! A story in three acts

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@JoshGoodman_BU Yeah this is evergreen:
https://t.co/h1ystWmgX1

[Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics @DICEHHU]

A "Must Read" for every competition fan.
With articles by Paul #Heidhues, @MonikaSchnitzer @ameliafletecon @GregorySCrawfor @jcremer @DavidDinielli @mike_luca @TobiasSalz @ProfFionasm @MSinkinson and many more

[David S. Bernstein @dbernstein]

A little weird tho that a private business CAN choose to DENY a customer because he/she is a member of a protected class, but a private university CANNOT choose to ACCEPT a customer because he/she is a member of a protected class.

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@molly0xFFF Excellent piece.

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@ZLiscow @POTUS @dannyyagan Welcome to DC! 🎉

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@robseamans Oh god it is hot in DC in August

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

Some professional news... I'm on leave from Yale for the year and serving on the Council of Economic Advisers down in DC. All opinions on here are my own.

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

Junior researcher interested in the media industry? @queensu has a blockbuster lineup for this conference and are looking for poster presenters! Great opportunity if you’re researching media markets!

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@hilmoss @YaleSOM It was so great to see you cross that stage today!

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@florianederer @uclaanderson Oof this is gutting. So sorry to hear.

[Hunt Allcott @HuntAllcott]

I'm hiring pre-doctoral research assistants for a new Sustainable Economy Lab starting summer 2022!

Rigorous economics with a social mission.

Want to do an econ PhD? Have background in econ/stats/CS? Please apply!

Info: https://t.co/Vbj0bywnd5

@econ_ra

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@paulgp @causalinf Guido showed up to my defense *on crutches* and is one of the most kind people in the profession. (My entire committee was phenomenal!)

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@BarbaraBiasi Hot (uncaffeinated) beverage, microphone, throat lozenges, and vocal coach if it gets to that point. I make a point for pauses to give me a chance to sip tea!

[Michael Sinkinson @MSinkinson]

@TDeryugina We pca the ingredients of cereal and use those as product characteristics: https://t.co/eGyfJtJRrZ