Brigitte Roth Tran
brothtran.bsky.social
Brigitte Roth Tran
@brothtran.bsky.social
Senior Economist at SF Fed
Primarily studying extreme weather effects
Views are my own, she/her
www.rothtran.com
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"The Local Economic Impact of Natural Disasters" by Brigitte Roth Tran ( @brothtran.bsky.social ) and Daniel J. Wilson was just accepted at #JAERE.
Read more here: buff.ly/17d9yEe
September 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🌪️Can communities really "build back better" after a natural disaster?
📈A new #JAERE study finds they can. Eight years after disasters triggering federal aid, per capita income in U.S. counties is 0.5% higher, driven by rebuilding that lifts local wages and home prices.
📊#JaereFigureFriday
🌎#EconSky
September 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.
August 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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📢Call for Nominations📢

The SF Fed and its Center for Monetary Research are launching the new Janet Yellen Award!

This award will be given annually to an exceptional early-career researcher who has made significant and policy-relevant contributions to macro-finance and/or monetary economics.
May 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics!

🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school

📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley

w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...
summer school — Maximilian Auffhammer
www.auffhammer.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just in time for #EarthDay, a dark-eyed JUNKO has made her nest UNDER the parsley in my raised-bed vegetable garden.

The eggs are very small, ~ 3/4" long.

The nest is beautifully constructed from fine strands.

She flies off when I approach.

I REALLY hope she likes slugs.

Nature is amazing!
April 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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🌪️ Just accepted 🌪️ in JAERE:

"The Local Economic Impact of Natural Disasters" by Brigitte Roth Tran (@brothtran.bsky.social) and Daniel J. Wilson

Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

#EconSky 📈 📉
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Our practical guide to shift-share IV is now out in the JEP!

www.aeaweb.org/issues/793

(Ungated version: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el9yn...)
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Vol. 39 No. 1 Winter 2025
www.aeaweb.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very informative webinar on making claims after fires in CA. Helpful too for unaffected property owners concerned about their coverage.

Communicate w/insurance in writing for records
Keep receipts
Be careful accepting FEMA funds if insured
Know your rights
Etc

www.youtube.com/live/rABJ4mn...
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January 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This Thursday the Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics kicks off the year with Catherine Wolfram, who will present on:

The Economics of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms for Lower Income Countries

8 AM PST/11 AM EST

Sign up to attend here: www.frbsf.org/news-and-med...
January 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Short piece on a study determining how to clean a home that has survived a wildfire but was close enough to be affected by the smoke. #wildfire #smoke

theconversation.com/wildfire-smo...
Wildfire smoke leaves harmful gases in floors and walls − air purifiers aren’t enough, new study shows, but you can clean it up
Wildfire smoke, even from fires far away, carries potentially harmful gases that, once inside, tend to stick around. An air quality specialist offers an easy, cheap, effective way to deal with it.
theconversation.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The National Weather Service has *once again* issued an elevated "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Red Flag Warning for large portions of Los Angeles & Ventura Counties early Tue though Wed due to return of very strong offshore winds and extremely dry air. #CAwx #CAfire
January 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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For those who want to jump to the frontier in select areas of economics, the AEA has posted the webcasts of this year’s continuing lectures. Thanks much to @lawrencekatz.bsky.social for his leadership and vision in assembling these lectures.
www.aeaweb.org/conference/w...
2025 AEA Recent Developments Lectures
www.aeaweb.org
January 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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As I am now handling papers at AEJ:Policy again, I want to encourage authors of papers that identify partial equilibrium effects to consider (in a rigorous manner) how they relate to policy effects or general equilibrium effects.
January 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Here's a schematic I published in this 2021 piece to illustrate how even a modest delay in onset of rainy season in Southern California can dramatically amplify wildfire risk by lengthening seasonal overlap between dry vegetation and strong offshore winds during Oct-Jan. #CAfire
January 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Walked past this today and it looks like a great opportunity for people wanting professional looking headshots. Open tomorrow only. #assa
Free Headshots - Photo Booth sponsored by the AEA available on Friday and Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM #econsky
January 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Did everything feel a bit more mathematical this morning? That's because 2025 is a perfect square ✅!

Yes, 2025 is 45² = (1+2+...+9)².

It's the first square year since 1936, and the next one is 2116.

But that's not all… read on ⬇️👀
a penguin is holding a pink flag that says i 'm so excited 2025
ALT: a penguin is holding a pink flag that says i 'm so excited 2025
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January 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Any recommendations for good primers on Bayesian methods?

Looking for something that can be consumed within about an hour.

#econsky #bayesian
December 31, 2024 at 2:22 AM
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Here are the first five sets of slides:

01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...

02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b...

03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust...

04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct...

05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...
December 30, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Powerful article on #drought and #hydroelectricity.

"By harnessing water, not burning oil or gas, to produce electricity, this new energy matrix was supposed to help mitigate the effects of global climate change — not make Ecuador a victim of it."

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/w...
Hydropower Was Ecuador’s Answer to Climate Change. Until the Drought Hit.
An extraordinary drought has drained Ecuador’s rivers and reservoirs, leading to power outages of up to 14 hours. Some fear this is the beginning of a larger global crisis.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:46 PM
This seems like a big deal for insurance in California. I wonder what the experts on here think of the new rules?

@kellyhereid.bsky.social @michaelwara.bsky.social @stevebowen.bsky.social
@jacobgellman.com

www.latimes.com/business/sto...
California issues landmark rules to improve home insurance market
California's Department of Insurance released rules meant to encourage insurers to write more policies in high-fire-risk areas by using computer modeling.
www.latimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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📣 Starting the years with the ASSA's? Join us next week the AERE’s Graduate Student Engagement committee's networking event!

✨ What: AERE Scholar’s Social, organized by the GSE
✨ When: Jan 3,  5:00pm
✨ Where: Lobby of the Parc 55 Hotel

Register: bit.ly/aereGSESocial
December 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM