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    Mohit Agrawal
    … Institute. His research interests involve studies of peer effects, networks, and information in different … Mohit has active research on information costs and school choice, medical technology diffusion and reputation, and on political polarization. He works with Jason Abaluck, Joe Altonji, Steve Berry, Costas Meghir, Yusuke …
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    Neural Networks Solve a Fifty Year Old Problem in Economics
    Neural Networks Solve a Fifty Year Old Problem in Economics … December 11, 2025 | Research Brief Neural Networks Solve a Fifty Year Old Problem in Economics A new method borrows the mathematical engine of AI—the ReLU function—to make complex economic …
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    The Limits of Artificial Intelligence in Ethical Decision Making
    … vs. System 1). Slow decisions resemble classical rational choice: gather information, weigh probabilities, and choose … Professional work is uniquely challenging because no choice guarantees the correct outcome: a patient may not …
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    Choice, Contracts and Computation
    … Choice, Contracts and Computation … Choice, Contracts and Computation June 9-10, 2008 Organizers: … Williams (University of Illinois) Muhamet Yildiz (MIT)   … Choice, Contracts and Computation …
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    2020-21 Arvid Anderson Fellows Announced
    … economimcs), Masaki Miyashita (decision theory and social choice), Vitor Possebom (econometrics and applied … economimcs), Masaki Miyashita (decision theory and social choice), Vitor Possebom (econometrics and applied … economimcs), Masaki Miyashita (decision theory and social choice), Vitor Possebom (econometrics and applied …
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    Congratulations to the Economics PhD Class of 2022!
    … in what comes next! Julian Aramburu Julian studies the effects of labor market policies on workers from … countries. Nathan’s job market paper, titled “ The Effects of Female Land Inheritance on Economic Productivity … children outcomes. Paula’s job market paper, titled “ The Effects of Institutional Gaps Between Marriage and …
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    Steve Berry on his path to Yale and the origins of the BLP model
    … and supply components of the system, you can predict the effects of policies that have not yet been tried, like … products at the time was the McFadden “discrete choice” model, which did not address how prices were … greatly affects how an economist would evaluate the effects of different policies. Their new model came to be …
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    Cowles Foundation Hosts 15th Annual Summer Conferences
    … the interplay between GPA restrictions on the major choice of US college students, and a trend for … of compliance, identification of average marginal effects in fixed effect logit models, maximum score-type … multi-indices, estimation in panels with interactive fixed effects with a low rank structure, randomization inference …
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    Ed Vytlacil
    … data. A theme in his work has been in allowing for the effects of a treatment to vary across people, and allowing … data. A theme in his work has been in allowing for the effects of a treatment to vary across people, and allowing … data. A theme in his work has been in allowing for the effects of a treatment to vary across people, and allowing …
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    The Cowles 2024 Summer Conferences Welcome Over 350 Economists to Yale
    … regional water scarcity , the environmental and economic effects of China’s ban on plastic waste imports , the welfare … long-run consequences of losing a low-wage job, including effects on employment, hours, and wage rates. Day one also … University) presented ‘ A Dynamic Framework of School Choice: Effects of Middle Schools on High School Choice, …
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    Jamie Tucker-Foltz
    … He works on a range of topics in fair division, social choice, and algorithmic game theory, drawing on mathematical … He works on a range of topics in fair division, social choice, and algorithmic game theory, drawing on mathematical … He works on a range of topics in fair division, social choice, and algorithmic game theory, drawing on mathematical …
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