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Robert H. & Nancy Dedman Trustee Prof of Econ at @SMU, husband, son, proud papa, baseball junkie, animal enthusiast, proudly woke. http://people.smu.edu/dmillimet/ https://dlm-econometrics.blogspot.com/
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Happiness is other people asking measurement error questions so I don’t always have to be the one to bring it up

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“Don't use "They started it!" as your first line of defense. Justify the choices made based on their own merits. Explain why the choice was made in prior studies and why it is useful and appropriate in your context. This should be your first line of defense.”

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

We had an interesting seminar today in the department by a very young prof from another school. Without throwing anyone under the bus, a reminder of what is and is not a good seminar answer, which happened many times today. dlm-econometrics.blogspot.com/2023/05/mob-...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

i don't understand the words, but i know it's funny! 😂

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There is so much bad shit, but this is not it. IMHO we dilute the news and numb people by focusing on everything instead of the few worst things. the fact is, his criticism entailed violent rhetoric even though it was (probably) not meant to be literal. it's always been illegal to threaten the pres.

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"It is not that I take exception to the general points made by you but that every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to…the philosophy and practice of fascism." Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley, 22 January 1962 lettersofnote.com/2016/02/02/e...

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Mabel’s not a fan of her cold weather outfit… although she seems to love the cold. ⛄️ ❄️

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Good morning! It's no longer a good day.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Genius! They blow up without the need of even being struck by anything!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Now it's a coup

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

happiness (in these trying times) is adding a new cartoon to one's lecture notes

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The bad part of this is *not* that our elections may be compromised, but that the current administration will use the inability to guarantee fair elections as a pretext for delaying *indefinitely* such elections. Then what?

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Ok today it’s sinking in how bad it is. I recall many years ago when there was a newly formed democratic nation (no idea what) and it had to draft a constitution to protect the new democracy. So people discussed what makes our constitution so great. The answer? Nothing. It has endured solely

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Out Costco is out of eggs today. Price 🟰 ∞

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

😭😭 this is all true and people voted for this knowing it was coming. which is worse? they are getting exactly what they wanted or they didn't actually know what was coming.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Year 2 for Asher!

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

We are so screwed

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

submitted 21 days ago • 209 comments

Not a knock on the post, but TIL that "G-estimation" means "OLS"

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS The 7th Baltic Economic Association Conference will be held in Vilnius on June 26-27, 2025, hosted by ISM University of Management and Economics & Lietuvos Bankas. 👨‍🏫 Keynote: Luigi Guiso (Einaudi) 📅 Deadline: March 15, 2025 ➡️ Submit: conf2025.balticecon.org #EconSky #BEC2025

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This:

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“Climate change” and “greenhouse gases” are apparently now banned words in the US government.

submitted 22 days ago • 14 comments

#econsky Our job search has not yet concluded this year, but one thing that has become very apparent is that the timing is unraveling, leading to deadlines on offers that are all over the place. There is nothing to be done for coordination, and I am not suggesting a return to the past, but ...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment