Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. Research: Fiscal Federalism in Indonesia. Teaching: Quasi-Experimental Methods.
Economics
57%
Political science
33%
stephen a smith "leaving all doors open" to a presidential bid. me too!
also, this just in: chuck schumer is very concerned with developments, more evidence that democrats are fighting the good fight
i’ve lost 15% of my retirement savings so far but at least cory booker broke the record for the longest senate speech ever
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Interested in political economy of local elections? We find that Indonesia's local democratic transition had a mostly negative impact on key public spending and service outcomes, especially in districts where clientelistic practices were pronounced.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Now instead of a thesis ‘stretching out over 100 pages’ we have three chapters each ‘stretching out over 100 pages’.
a "potential outcome" (although a very unlikely one)
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Confounder and Collider
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Oct 25
As good as random
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Allman Brother Band
two things:
1. Stict focus on the identification of causal effects.
2. Do something on the US since apparently journal editors and reviewers will automatically consider such research of "general interest:"
1. Stict focus on the identification of causal effects.
2. Do something on the US since apparently journal editors and reviewers will automatically consider such research of "general interest:"
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 26
How many of you find this set of exchanges totally unintelligible?
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 26
impending death that's a fun topic
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Schrödinger's welfare gains
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 23
people don't really seem thrilled to announce anything over here...
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Not all year maybe but recently it's a tie:
Goldsmith-Pinkham et al, 2020. Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How. AER
Borusyak et al. 2022. Quasi-experimental shift-share research designs. RevEconStud
I am evaluating a Aus govt policy to increase school funding. Looks like a Bartik thing
Goldsmith-Pinkham et al, 2020. Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How. AER
Borusyak et al. 2022. Quasi-experimental shift-share research designs. RevEconStud
I am evaluating a Aus govt policy to increase school funding. Looks like a Bartik thing
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 23
did he head off to the market or just stay at home?
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 23
For sure. More good news: you get to keep using that excuse as your kids get older too.
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 23
sorry *Vitor
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Personally I am not a fan of the matching approach because: (non-random) loss of observations, potential regression to the mean, and it performs no better than conditioning on covariates (in my experience). I'm with Victor on using Callaway and Sant-Anna doubly robust procedures.
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 23
I am one of those.
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 22
He’s a dick obviously. But is it possible that after that second (or third) drink he was just trying to make a joke? Wait that’s stupid never mind.
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 21
Lumayan. Kamu?
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 21
#Econsky
I see people asking for intros for the newly arrived.
I am a professor of economics at Crawford School, Australian National University. I study fiscal federalism and teach quasi experimental methods.
Long time US expat with > 30 years living in: Indonesia, Singapore and (now) Australia
I see people asking for intros for the newly arrived.
I am a professor of economics at Crawford School, Australian National University. I study fiscal federalism and teach quasi experimental methods.
Long time US expat with > 30 years living in: Indonesia, Singapore and (now) Australia
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 21
So liven things up a bit. But no dunking on Australians (or more importantly US citizens living in Australia)
Blane Lewis
@blanedavidlewis.bsky.social
· Sep 20
Only LATE if covariates enter non-parametrically. (Sorry I think I used that same joke on that other site.)