Best of #econtwitter - Week of January 29, 2023: interesting tweets
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Public goods
Sebastian Kranz@sean_ulm
DATABASE WITH AUTOMATIC STATA REPRODUCTIONS IN ECONOMICS
Here you can find economic articles with data and many automatically performed reproductions of the Stata code:
ejd.econ.mathematik.uni-ulm.de
More info on my blog post:
skranz.github.io/r/2023/01/23/F…
@AeaData #EconTwitter
11:35 AM · Jan 23, 2023
343 Reposts · 1.16K Likes
Jeff Gortmaker@jeff_gortmaker
Excited about this new package! To give a sense of the growing Python IO ecosystem, pyRVtest depends on PyBLP, which in turn depends on PyHDFE (github.com/jeffgortmaker/…), a package for high dimensional fixed effect absorption, also created by @anya_tarascina and me. 1/3
Lorenzo Magnolfi @lore_magno
*Package Launch*
One of my favorite trends in empirical IO is the increasing availability of portable code to estimate structural models – see PyBLP @conlon_chris @jeff_gortmaker, several packages by @jamesbrandecon. This is key to make IO tools accessible (also outside IO) [1/5]
5:36 PM · Jan 27, 2023
1 Repost · 39 Likes
Jimbo Brand@jamesbrandecon
Already a fan of this paper, and the package looks awesome. If I didn't hate Python with such a passion I would be stacking everything onto PyBLP like this. What excites me about this type of work, and why I'm trying to make lots of small packages, is that /
Lorenzo Magnolfi @lore_magno
*Package Launch*
One of my favorite trends in empirical IO is the increasing availability of portable code to estimate structural models – see PyBLP @conlon_chris @jeff_gortmaker, several packages by @jamesbrandecon. This is key to make IO tools accessible (also outside IO) [1/5]
5:32 PM · Jan 27, 2023
4 Reposts · 36 Likes
Nick Hagerty@hagertynw
Here are the full materials for my data-science-in-economics course, for anyone who might benefit
The idea is to explicitly teach skills/tools that otherwise are only gained through RA experiences. Help level the playing field for research/PhDs/predocs
github.com
GitHub - msu-econ-data-analytics/course-materials
7:50 PM · Jan 23, 2023
424 Reposts · 1.86K Likes
Interesting discussions
Ricardo Perez-Truglia@pereztruglia
🚨 Tips for writing a POSITIVE referee report.
As an author and an editor, I’ve noticed some reviewers are better than others at writing a positive referee report. So, I decided to share 3 simple tips in the thread below. 👇
#EconTwitter
9:10 PM · Jan 25, 2023
213 Reposts · 895 Likes
Pinar Yildirim Honold@Prof_Yildirim
A busy month of refereeing, luckily with papers that I am really enjoying reading.
Inspired by @pereztruglia’s thoughtful notes, here are some heuristics I use while refereeing.
12:57 PM · Jan 29, 2023
31 Reposts · 199 Likes
aedmans@aedmans
Over 7 years as (Managing) Editor of the Review of Finance, I had to reject 1,000 papers given our increase in standards. "Lessons From 1,000 Rejections" aims to use them constructively by distilling common reasons for rejection to guide future research.
papers.ssrn.com
Learnings From 1,000 Rejections
8:01 AM · Jan 25, 2023
139 Reposts · 530 Likes
Andrey Fradkin 🇺🇦@AndreyFradkin
@aedmans Interesting and useful article. I am glad that you try to edit out misleading, pointless, and irrelevant citations. Sadly most editors are not like that and authors jam articles with citations to please everyone. Is there any hope for a better equilibrium?
4:42 PM · Jan 25, 2023
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Ben Golub 🇺🇦@ben_golub
A lot of yesses here.
In academia, the now standard balance advice (that overworking isn't worth it) risks misleading the naive.
For most, giving up some balance for a time is *necessary* for big successes. Balance conversations are dishonest if they don't acknowledge this.
Amanda Goetz @AmandaMGoetz
Anyone saying they had zero balance in their 20s to be successful in their 30s and 40s…..
was it worth it?
2:08 PM · Jan 26, 2023
11 Reposts · 157 Likes
marina azzimonti@mazzimon77
What is your favorite quote about macroeconomics? (pls mention author)
3:52 PM · Jan 27, 2023
35 Reposts · 228 Likes
Hariharan Jayashankar@harijayashankar
I can't help but feel it's a huge loss to the economics profession that we now have a high bar for the PhD stage.
Bob Lucas did a BA in History and became an econ grad student partly due to his interest in history. Can't imagine a grad student taking that path today
5:04 PM · Jan 27, 2023
32 Reposts · 775 Likes
ChatGPT
Nick HK@nickchk
I gave ChatGPT my upcoming principles of micro midterm and it got 63% (typical actual-student score around 80% or a touch lower)
9:54 PM · Jan 25, 2023
8 Reposts · 71 Likes
^thread
David Smerdon@dsmerdon
Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers?
By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image).
But why? And how does it make them? A THREAD (1/n) 🧵
3:42 AM · Jan 27, 2023
1.59K Reposts · 6.37K Likes
Fin
Brad Chattergoon@bradchattergoon
I'm taking "Real Analysis, Convexity, and Optimization" through Harvard's Extension School this semester and in the first lecture the prof says that the course used to be called "Convexity and Optimization w/ Applications" but Econ grad adcoms want to see a course with ... 1/
6:40 PM · Jan 24, 2023
4 Reposts · 44 Likes
Brad Chattergoon@bradchattergoon
"Real Analysis" in the title so some students used to take another course with that in the title after already taking the Optimization course even though the content was mostly the same, so they decided to add "Real Analysis" to the title of the Optimization course. 🤔 2/2
6:40 PM · Jan 24, 2023
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Joe Vavra@JoeVavra
Nailed it
12:31 AM · Jan 25, 2023
33 Reposts · 499 Likes