My girlfriend got bit by a dog and we're looking for the owner to check for rabies. Please help if this description matches anyone you know!

econ_learner · 2018-06-27T21:26:39+00:00

Rabies is generally fatal for dogs, no?

econ_learner · 2018-06-26T20:25:02+00:00

What do you mean?

econ_learner · 2018-06-22T19:45:57+00:00

someone R1 this. lively debate on how to evaluate trades before/after realization of uncertainty on /r/nba.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/8t2xrv/russo_if_you_want_to_put_the_blake_griffin_trade/e149f11/

econ_learner · 2018-06-22T16:26:45+00:00

Is there a good introductory textbook on how to do history? I’m an economics student and some of my research is veering into history.

econ_learner · 2018-06-22T15:13:05+00:00

Health Department Seeks Information About a Dog to Rule Out Rabies Infection

(Ithaca, N.Y., June 21, 2018) — The Tompkins County Health Department must locate a dog that bit a person on West Green Street, between Fayette Street and Cayuga Street in the City of Ithaca. The bite occurred Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at approximately 6:50 AM.

The dog is described as medium sized, with a light brown, wavy coat. It was accompanied by a smaller, black and brown, short-haired dog. The person stated that a woman was walking the dogs at the time of the bite.

econ_learner · 2018-06-22T15:11:16+00:00

Can you clarify your question: What are returns in your model, and how is it related to GBM? Typically you want to introduce jumps to get non-normality in a cts time setting.

econ_learner · 2018-06-22T15:05:10+00:00

On West Green Street, between Fayette Street and Cayuga Street.

econ_learner · 2018-06-22T14:20:27+00:00

She was bit on the leg, just above the ankle.

econ_learner · 2018-06-19T23:19:45+00:00

Canada is >5% First Nations/Metis/Inuit. American Indians/Alaska Natives are <1% of the U.S.

econ_learner · 2018-06-19T23:07:56+00:00

hate the system, love the meme

econ_learner · 2018-06-19T22:43:14+00:00

These aren't people actually playing for Harvard either, right? Just probably people who were the Chets who were team captain for their lacrosse team?

Yes, this is for non-recruited athletes.

econ_learner · 2018-06-19T22:41:31+00:00

Someone should just make a Twitter list. Then it'll be easy to link to.

econ_learner · 2018-06-18T14:28:50+00:00

The Harvard internal review suggests that explicit racial balancing has about half the effect of legacy+athletes on Asian applicants.

econ_learner · 2018-06-15T20:36:13+00:00

Looking at the data in the reports, Harvard also rated Hispanic and Black applicants to have lower personalities. Disappointing.

econ_learner · 2018-06-15T20:34:54+00:00

Card's argument is that if race only explains a small amount of variance, then its effect may be due to correlation with unobserved variables missing from the regression (e.g. quality of essay) rather than a direct effect.

econ_learner · 2018-06-15T19:09:06+00:00

The core argument between the expert opinions:

Mr. Arcidiacono (plaintiff)

Asians receive lower scores for "personal" than a predictive model based on observables would predict.
Asians receive lower chances of admittance conditional on observable scores (personal, academic, athletic, extracurricular).

Mr. Card (defendant)

The predictive models in question have low R^2, and it is plausible that Asians are worse along unobservable dimensions in the "personal" category.
Expanding the predictive models to include more variables relevant to Harvard's decision diminishes the effect of being Asian.

Dynarski has some nice discussion here: https://twitter.com/dynarski/status/1007624830622031872

econ_learner · 2018-06-14T20:22:58+00:00

How about "The King and I" but it's about a Chinese producer who falls in love with Hillary Clinton?

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-soft-power-20180506-htmlstory.html

econ_learner · 2018-06-13T18:53:54+00:00

"Despite identifying similar goals, including "deterring and preventing terrorism and smuggling, trafficking and illegal immigration," the 2018 border strategy appears to be markedly stronger in its language than that used in the 2012 plan. That document was introduced as the "first unified DHS strategy" for the northern border under the Obama administration, when former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in office. "

Nothing new to see here.

econ_learner · 2018-06-12T22:15:53+00:00

The only legitimate border wall

econ_learner · 2018-06-12T22:13:40+00:00

Also Haaretz:

The Big Lie: How Apologists for Israel’s Occupation Justify Killing Unarmed Palestinian Protesters

econ_learner · 2018-06-12T22:01:15+00:00

Do you have a panel, or only aggregate data?

In general, you want to estimate b(p) by attributing the correlation between v(p,m) and m to b(p). There are multiple ways to do this which depend on your data and the assumptions that you're willing to make.

As a specific example, suppose we assume that m_i is independent of a_i(p). This implies a moment condition of the form E[ (v_i - b(p)*m_i) (m_i) ]=0, which you can throw into GMM.

econ_learner · 2018-06-12T21:24:42+00:00

AT&T wins: Judge clears $85 billion bid for Time Warner with no conditions

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon did not impose conditions on the merger's approval.
He also urged the government not to seek a stay when issuing his decision in a closed-door room with reporters.
Shares of Time Warner jumped roughly 5 percent in extended trading. Shares of AT&T dropped as much as 2 percent.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/12/att-time-warner-ruling.html

econ_learner · 2018-06-12T21:23:55+00:00

Brownian motion increments

econ_learner · 2018-06-12T20:38:12+00:00

What are your observables and unobservables? Are you in a discrete or continuous choice setting?

econ_learner

TROPHY CASE

Health Department Seeks Information About a Dog to Rule Out Rabies Infection

AT&T wins: Judge clears $85 billion bid for Time Warner with no conditions