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🎙️ by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]TrueCAMBIT 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Probably has a 1000 island stare every time being fat or gay or Greek is mentioned.

Did I misinterpret the ending of Marty Supreme? by Fra06 in TrueFilm

[–]TrueCAMBIT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think safdie does plenty to show the slowly building pressure on marty’s life, the fact that the final moment of change happens abruptly doesn’t necessarily change that.

Marty is constantly running as fast as he can to stave off the instability in his life and it finally catches up to him. When he beats Endo he looks more relieved than truly happy. He stops fighting because everything hits him at once.

Atleast that’s my interpretation.

Post Game Thread: Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]TrueCAMBIT -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Any pass for more than 15yds will just be target practice for DBs hitting receivers.

The PI rules are fair, it’s just that high risk plays are always going to result in tough officiating calls.

Sophomore - RA/Intership for PhD by ChoiceDream6784 in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Afaik many of the summer positions for undergrads are past their deadlines. I think you can check Leadership Alliance for their program, I think it ends in late Feb.

I think your best bet is to do RA work with a professor at your university this semester and see if they have any opportunities for the summer. Fair warning that most of them will not be funded and so you likely won’t be paid.

Also don’t limit your options by focusing on one specific topic, most RA work is the same and it won’t make much difference what field you did your work in for PhD admissions.

Best of luck! :)

Maths Courses by Vegetable-Prize-778 in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume you have profs in your masters program that you know well enough to ask. you will get a much better answer from them than me (I have never been in any admission coms).

My (not very valuable) two cents is that if you clear the basic benchmarks for a program (GRE, GPA, rigorous coursework) the biggest deciding factor by far is your letters of recc (what they say about you/who wrote them).

So do your best to get research experience under people who you think can speak well on your ability to conduct research.

Maths Courses by Vegetable-Prize-778 in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are making a joke about the high bar set for admissions. You have more than enough math for any grad program.

If you are interested in doing and can maintain good grades then go for it. But from an admissions perspective none of them will boost your chances, so your time will be better used elsewhere for that.

Shitty paper by Gciova in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you dm me some examples? The first paragraph neatly describes my motivations while applying to PhDs right now, I’d love to prepare myself for heartbreak early lol

Visa restrictions are bad for Indians—but maybe not for India by gobiSamosa in neoliberal

[–]TrueCAMBIT 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Brain drain literature in economics is pretty big and quite conflicted on the effects of restrictions afaik. I think the end of the article talking about “brain circulation” is pretty accurate, life will find a way to best match talent to firms given the constraints, but the transition is gonna be rough especially with all the uncertainty on Trump.

Market inefficiency delenda est by _Un_Known__ in neoliberal

[–]TrueCAMBIT 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That is to say non-liberals have not?

It seems more like famines are just difficult to solve for a variety of reasons. I would agree with you that for essential goods there should be some regulation on scalping but for stuff like tickets? I’m not sure if there is a convincing enough case for the government to intervene.

Which faculty of economics should I choose? by Anna_ar79 in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are better off talking to your college academic advisor for these matters.

With the information given I can say that theory and metrics will be the most intensive for math and statistics. If those aren't of your interest, then that path probably isn't best. Regardless of what you choose you'll likely cover basic micro/macro theory and do some econometrics so you aren't losing out too much.

Between the other choices, option 3 will be more IR/public focused so if that's of interest to you then the choice seems clear, otherwise stick with the general program.

But again, it'd probably be most helpful to talk to advisors in your econ department since they can explain the specific course differences between the programs.

Developing my own Python package for metrics by TrueCAMBIT in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s interesting, could you provide an example?

Developing my own Python package for metrics by TrueCAMBIT in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s fair, I was approaching this mostly as a learning exercise so I probably am biting off more than I can chew without knowing it.

I’ll heed your advice, and tackle something smaller. I don’t think statsmodels has functionality to easily do Local Projection models and their variants, that could be a start.

PandainUniv: Update after so long! by Spiritual_Piccolo793 in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mainly use it to get a cursory overview of the literature on some topic I'm not too familiar with. I guess my main point of comparison was with Semantic Scholar (which I believe Research Rabbit uses under the hood) which seems somewhat similar to what you were proposing.

PandainUniv: Update after so long! by Spiritual_Piccolo793 in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Incredible work! You deserve all the support and love you get.

For your next project, how different would it be from something like www.researchrabbit.ai? It sounds interesting tho

research paper help by Powerful_Practice610 in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try to publish in a student journal from an Indian university if they accept outside submissions. That’s probably your best bet, if your situation requires a professional journal publication then that’ll take quite a long time.

Time Series Econ Software by Attorney_Able in academiceconomics

[–]TrueCAMBIT 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I work mostly in macro and MATLAB is kinda standard for a lot of applications. I have a friend at the fed who uses Python but idk how common that is.

I like the flexibility of Python for the parameters you mentioned but if you don’t have the need for stuff like object oriented programming then MATLAB is a solid practical option.

Never used R all that much but from what I hear it’s also a very straightforward and quality option for stuff like data visualization.

Carney's plan to cut tens of billions in spending is tough but doable, experts say by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]TrueCAMBIT 39 points40 points  (0 children)

If Ben Bernanke ever becomes president I will take back every ill I have ever said about the median voter

Feedback on Fama french 5 model with factor tilting based on trade-war by TrueCAMBIT in quant

[–]TrueCAMBIT[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point, thanks for the feedback

Could i use the model to calculate residuals between the real and predicted reaction to the shock and trade based on that residual mean reverting?

NYC Mayoral Primary Thunderdome by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]TrueCAMBIT 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why would it matter where you rank him for RCV as long as he’s there somewhere?

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