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Francis J. DiTraglia

@economictricks.bsky.social

Applied Econometrician Associate Professor at University of Oxford Fellow and Tutor of Lady Margaret Hall ditraglia.com econometrics.blog sqare.org

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My first thought was "basketball court" for some reason!

03.04.2025 16:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
FINALEN: KAJ - Bara bada bastu
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The world is a mess but rejoice for this Eurovision 2025 entry from Sweden is fantastic eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2...

11.03.2025 07:54 — 👍 66    🔁 17    💬 7    📌 3

Leamer's book "Specification Searches" was, in my opinion, way ahead of its time in thinking about what my colleague @maxkasy.bsky.social aptly calls "statistics in a social context". Well worth a read, and freely available online:

www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty_page...

04.03.2025 12:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
In memoriam: Edward Leamer, 80, professor and director of UCLA Anderson Forecast Leamer’s contributions to economic research spanned more than five decades and multiple areas. “It is impossible to overstate his impact,” UCLA Anderson Dean Antonio Bernardo said.

RIP Ed Leamer

newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-m...

04.03.2025 12:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Oh boy! SQARE.org was officially *not* endorsed by the ad-hoc joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee (page 79)

www.econometricsociety.org/uploads/docu...

There's no such thing as bad press ;)

#AEA #SQARE @weidnerecon.bsky.social

25.02.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fellowships launched to explore how AI could change the way scientists drive new discoveries New government-funded fellowships will see researchers explore how AI can change the way we conduct research while 23 projects have been awarded funding to explore wider research and innovation.

Exciting news! We’ve been awarded a UKRI Metascience grant to modernize research practices in Econometrics! Our project will develop innovative platforms — including SQARE.org — to enhance research evaluation & collaboration. Stay tuned!

www.gov.uk/government/n...

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#UKRI

18.02.2025 17:03 — 👍 25    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 1

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