The solution to this is using open-source/weights models, which will remain available indefinitely. I feel like there should be a norm that researchers need to use open models at least as a robustness check, but I am wondering what others think about that. (2/2) #EconSky

31.10.2025 08:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I recently realised that using proprietary LLMs like OpenAIs GPT models to analyse text data is a disaster for replication. OpenAI discontinues its models after 2-3 years, after which replication will be impossible. This is less than what it takes to publish a paper. (1/2) #EconSky

31.10.2025 08:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If they still manage to be admitted despite optimizing less, they were stronger candidates to begin with. The way to get a perfect score on the GRE verbal is to memorize around 1000 obscure English words. There are no additional skills required, and I doubt this correlates with writing ability.

06.10.2025 07:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My intuition would be that the only reason GRE verbal predicts anything is that everyone who knows how the admission process is supposed to work ignores verbal. Therefore, the candidates with the high verbal scores are those who optimize less. (I/II)

06.10.2025 07:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Great to hear that you had a good time. I went to the middle school equivalent of a "Schhülerakademie" (Juniorakademie) more than 15 years ago, and it was a life-changing experience. I have not found the time to teach at a Schülerakademie yet, but it is on my bucket list.

19.08.2025 13:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Lasse Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School) gave a keynote lecture at the CFF conference on Asset Pricing and Machine Learning. The conference is organized by @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social and funded by Andra AP-fonden and Handelsbanken.

04.06.2025 05:41 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

oTree Workshop 29 April 2025 & 6 May 2025 Prerequisites: none Fee: €200, fee reduction / waiver possible if needed Time: 09:00 to 18:00 CET (UTC+1) including breaks The time from 09:00 to 11:00 on the 29 th will be used for a Python / HTML...

I will run a workshop on how to code experiments with oTree on April 29th & May 6th, 2025. The suggested workshop fee is 200€, but you can pay less or attend for free. Signup: forms.gle/6oe5qXmHTK1M... More information: jonasfrey.net/workshops #EconSky

24.03.2025 08:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Three job market candidates at the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

We're very excited to introduce three candidates on the #econjobmarket this year! Meet Vorada Limjaroenrat, Jimmy Karlsson, and Jens Ewald, and read their job market papers here: gu.se/en/school-bu...
#econsky #econjmp #econ #jmp
@jensewald.bsky.social @jimmykarlsson.bsky.social

20.11.2024 11:26 — 👍 20    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

Do you know if candididates with a background in finance would be considered for these positions?

05.10.2023 12:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0