Karthik Tadepalli
@karthiktadepalli.bsky.social
econ phd @ Berkeley, contractor @ GiveWell. market access rules everything around me. former homes: Philadelphia, Bangalore.
Next on the chopping block: climate-GDP regressions.
Thrilled that my article has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 The article argues that low statistical power is a major impediment to acquiring cumulative knowledge on questions concerning cross-national differences: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What Can We Learn about the Effects of Democracy Using Cross-National Data? | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
What Can We Learn about the Effects of Democracy Using Cross-National Data?
www.cambridge.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Next on the chopping block: climate-GDP regressions.
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This is my Roman empire
November 29, 2024 at 11:24 AM
This is my Roman empire
Most of us couldn't DREAM of being this vindicated
I remember seeing these forecasts in a working paper in 2020 and thinking they were too pessimistic on both timelines and efficacy.
I wrote up my forecast here, which turned out quite well.
I wrote up my forecast here, which turned out quite well.
When will the Covid-19 vaccine arrive?
Thanks to the most skilled forecasters, we now have a pretty good idea of when the nightmare will end
unherd.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Most of us couldn't DREAM of being this vindicated
There's a deep point here that I had never thought about. Technological change fosters interdependence because it allows the production process to be split into more parts, and thus more countries.
We are in a world where trade barriers are rising rapidly, yet technological change is insisting on making production ever more complex and interdependent. We hope our (public) data product can provide policy makers, Statistical Authorities, and Researchers with a new lens to study this tension.
November 18, 2024 at 5:23 PM
There's a deep point here that I had never thought about. Technological change fosters interdependence because it allows the production process to be split into more parts, and thus more countries.
Sunset photos are pointless, I keep telling myself as I take more
November 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Sunset photos are pointless, I keep telling myself as I take more
Every PhD student has to develop a taste in research; research they would like to do, as something separate from "good research" overall. In that spirit, here are the econ job market papers from this year that I would be happy to have written: 🧵
November 17, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Every PhD student has to develop a taste in research; research they would like to do, as something separate from "good research" overall. In that spirit, here are the econ job market papers from this year that I would be happy to have written: 🧵
Reposted by Karthik Tadepalli
I often say there's lots of low-hanging fruit where research could answer important qs with well-designed studies, but they don't happen bc of poor incentives, neglected areas, etc.
@ruben.the100.ci suggested writing a thread of 'studies I would fund in a heartbeat'. So here is an ongoing thread.
@ruben.the100.ci suggested writing a thread of 'studies I would fund in a heartbeat'. So here is an ongoing thread.
November 13, 2024 at 10:59 AM
I often say there's lots of low-hanging fruit where research could answer important qs with well-designed studies, but they don't happen bc of poor incentives, neglected areas, etc.
@ruben.the100.ci suggested writing a thread of 'studies I would fund in a heartbeat'. So here is an ongoing thread.
@ruben.the100.ci suggested writing a thread of 'studies I would fund in a heartbeat'. So here is an ongoing thread.
Me to ChatGPT: "fill in the blank in a funny way: 'oh, you're a development economist? ____'"
ChatGPT: "oh, you're a development economist? So do you, like, go around telling countries 'have you tried turning it off and on again?'"
ChatGPT: "oh, you're a development economist? So do you, like, go around telling countries 'have you tried turning it off and on again?'"
November 11, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Me to ChatGPT: "fill in the blank in a funny way: 'oh, you're a development economist? ____'"
ChatGPT: "oh, you're a development economist? So do you, like, go around telling countries 'have you tried turning it off and on again?'"
ChatGPT: "oh, you're a development economist? So do you, like, go around telling countries 'have you tried turning it off and on again?'"
On the other site I have carved a niche of posting academic macro-dev stuff; here I plan to be much more freeform/"after dark". Serious people beware :)
November 11, 2024 at 8:15 AM
On the other site I have carved a niche of posting academic macro-dev stuff; here I plan to be much more freeform/"after dark". Serious people beware :)