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Standard estimators in info experiments are often attenuated; a simple new estimator is not. Just Accepted new paper by Dylan Balla-Elliott zurl.co/guRE3

CARLOS ALCARAZ HAS COMPLETED THE CAREER GRAND SLAM AT 22 YEARS OLD 🏆 He becomes the youngest men's player in tennis history to complete the feat ✨

ICE is sexually abusing males in their custody by grabbing and bursting their testicles according to the ACLU and the guardian.

Thousands of people have been arrested during ICE operations in Minnesota over the past two weeks. Multiple attorneys allege that for some of those detained, including at least one U.S. citizen, DHS is denying their constitutional right to see an attorney. abcnews.link/DkI8rEI

These Cal helmets for the Hawai’i Bowl are magnificent.

Shoutout to the 1 Cal football donor from North Korea

@EPIC_India's @suyashnand pens an op-ed in @the_hindu on a hidden climate risk: methane from India’s landfills. Using satellite data, the piece shows emissions at key dump sites can be up to 10x higher than official estimates. Full story: epic.uchicago.in/are-methane-em…

“To get a sense of how little electricity people use in sub-Saharan Africa, imagine each person there turning on a 50-watt light bulb. That alone would instantly double consumption. Nigeria, with 240m people, generates less electricity than Wyoming, with 0.6m” —@TheEconomist

had the great opportunity today to share some preliminary findings with important SME stakeholders here in Kampala — always wonderful to get feedback and insights from context experts!

Forthcoming in the AER: "The Value of Clean Water: Experimental Evidence from Rural India" by Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, and Anant Sudarshan. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Do poverty traps exist? @ed_jee's study of 27 RCTs finds they're real but rare. Though fixed costs make traps common, forward-looking behavior & productivity differences mean they only affect 25% of households. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/directory/edwa… #UChicago #EconJobMarket

@haruka__uchida studies labor & education. Her JMP runs 2 field experiments to measure & disentangle forms of discrimination. She finds that hiding applicant names changes representation without reducing quality. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/directory/haru… #UChicago #EconJobMarket

Through 2 field experiments, @RebeccaWuRX shows that correcting misbeliefs about demand elasticity and their abilities helps workers in LMICs secure jobs and overcome reputation barriers in online labor markets. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/directory/ruox… #UChicago #EconJobMarket

@AshtonPEcon is an environmental economist. His JMP shows that enhancing the visibility of environmental goods boosts WTP by up to 87% due to social rewards. These social rewards decrease rapidly in good commonness. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/directory/asht… #UChicago #EconJobMarket

- No Mike Evans - No Chris Godwin - No Emeka Egbuka - No Bucky Irving This may just be the Baker Mayfield MVP game

Actors, by Carlos Almaraz, 1987, 📸 by Robert Deutsch

Guessing The CW never imagined it would get a game like this when it picked up the ACC’s D package a couple years ago. No. 18 USF at No. 5 Miami next week.

hell yeah I can

Not trying to be an annoying resistance lib. Not trying to vote shame anyone. But