King's QPE
@kingsqpe.bsky.social
Quantitative Political Economy Research Group at King's College London (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social).
A hybrid of econ and polisci (polisci topics, econ methods/theories).
https://sites.google.com/view/kingsqpe/home
A hybrid of econ and polisci (polisci topics, econ methods/theories).
https://sites.google.com/view/kingsqpe/home
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King's QPE
@kingsqpe.bsky.social
· Aug 21
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sandra Sequeira (LSE) on "Financial Security, Climate Shocks, and Social Cohesion".
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Sandra Sequeira (LSE) on "Financial Security, Climate Shocks, and Social Cohesion".
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) earlier this week, organized by our own Cevat Aksoy, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and @clpennec.bsky.social.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) earlier this week, organized by our own Cevat Aksoy, @nicolasajz.bsky.social and @clpennec.bsky.social.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
Thanks to all speakers, discussants and attendees, and special thanks to Elias Papaioannou for his keynote.
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Working from home expands the ability of people in rural areas, with family and outside commitments to work. This should increase employment for potentially millions globally, from Cevat Giray Aksoy, @nickbloom.bsky.social, Steven J. Davis, Victoria Marino, and ... https://www.nber.org/papers/w33851
May 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Working from home expands the ability of people in rural areas, with family and outside commitments to work. This should increase employment for potentially millions globally, from Cevat Giray Aksoy, @nickbloom.bsky.social, Steven J. Davis, Victoria Marino, and ... https://www.nber.org/papers/w33851
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NEW -
Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values: Evidence from the Bologna Process - https://cup.org/3LG3lVj
- @mgiani.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values: Evidence from the Bologna Process - https://cup.org/3LG3lVj
- @mgiani.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
NEW -
Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values: Evidence from the Bologna Process - https://cup.org/3LG3lVj
- @mgiani.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values: Evidence from the Bologna Process - https://cup.org/3LG3lVj
- @mgiani.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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Are university still a left-wing thing in Europe?
Unsure: HE is a hierarchical institution with egalitarian employees
I find that universities increasingly inculcate selfish career concerns for status while leaving universalist concerns for global justice unchanged
Unsure: HE is a hierarchical institution with egalitarian employees
I find that universities increasingly inculcate selfish career concerns for status while leaving universalist concerns for global justice unchanged
NEW -
Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values: Evidence from the Bologna Process - https://cup.org/3LG3lVj
- @mgiani.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values: Evidence from the Bologna Process - https://cup.org/3LG3lVj
- @mgiani.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Are university still a left-wing thing in Europe?
Unsure: HE is a hierarchical institution with egalitarian employees
I find that universities increasingly inculcate selfish career concerns for status while leaving universalist concerns for global justice unchanged
Unsure: HE is a hierarchical institution with egalitarian employees
I find that universities increasingly inculcate selfish career concerns for status while leaving universalist concerns for global justice unchanged
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📢 Event Announcement!
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
12th London Inequality Workshop
The London Inequality Workshop brings together researchers studying economic inequality, based in and around London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📢 Event Announcement!
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
Join us on December 3rd afternoon at King’s College London for our upcoming London Inequality Workshop.
We’ll have three excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby!
✅ Planning to attend? Please register here: tinyurl.com/LINWorkshop12
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🆕 Enemies of the people: How Stalin’s Gulags shaped Russia
Gerhard Toews (New Economic School) & Pierre-Louis Vézina (King's College London) discuss how Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns: https://ow.ly/Eceb50Xch32
Gerhard Toews (New Economic School) & Pierre-Louis Vézina (King's College London) discuss how Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns: https://ow.ly/Eceb50Xch32
Enemies of the people: How Stalin’s Gulags shaped Russia
Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns, fostering inter-generational prosperity and long-term development despite the destructive intent of the repression.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🆕 Enemies of the people: How Stalin’s Gulags shaped Russia
Gerhard Toews (New Economic School) & Pierre-Louis Vézina (King's College London) discuss how Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns: https://ow.ly/Eceb50Xch32
Gerhard Toews (New Economic School) & Pierre-Louis Vézina (King's College London) discuss how Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns: https://ow.ly/Eceb50Xch32
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Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns, fostering inter-generational prosperity and long-term development despite the destructive intent of the repression.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Stalin’s forced deportation of educated ‘enemies of the people’ inadvertently concentrated human capital in Gulag towns, fostering inter-generational prosperity and long-term development despite the destructive intent of the repression.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
Congrats to Joel Mokyr on winning the Economics Nobel Prize!
Throwback to two years ago, when he visited King's College London and gave a talk on his upcoming book about Europe and China's divergent economic and political paths over the past millennium
youtu.be/Ti8JkeXrDqs?...
@kcl-spe.bsky.social
Throwback to two years ago, when he visited King's College London and gave a talk on his upcoming book about Europe and China's divergent economic and political paths over the past millennium
youtu.be/Ti8JkeXrDqs?...
@kcl-spe.bsky.social
Lecture: Great Divergence or Great Reversal? Two Paths to the Twentieth Century - Prof Joel Mokyr
YouTube video by Centre for the Study of Governance and Society
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Congrats to Joel Mokyr on winning the Economics Nobel Prize!
Throwback to two years ago, when he visited King's College London and gave a talk on his upcoming book about Europe and China's divergent economic and political paths over the past millennium
youtu.be/Ti8JkeXrDqs?...
@kcl-spe.bsky.social
Throwback to two years ago, when he visited King's College London and gave a talk on his upcoming book about Europe and China's divergent economic and political paths over the past millennium
youtu.be/Ti8JkeXrDqs?...
@kcl-spe.bsky.social
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This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe"
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe"
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe"
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This Wednesday we are very happy to be hosting Massimo Morelli (Bocconi) on "The Financial Drivers of Populism in Europe"
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
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Today is the deadline for submission!
📢Call for Abstracts:
PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King’s College London
📅 Date: 26th Nov 2025
✍️ CfA: 400 words (by 29th Sep)
➡️ Details & Application Form:
tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
📢Call for Abstracts:
PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King’s College London
📅 Date: 26th Nov 2025
✍️ CfA: 400 words (by 29th Sep)
➡️ Details & Application Form:
tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
KCL PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference 2025
We are pleased to announce the PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference, taking place on November 26th, 2025, at the Department of Political Economy (DPE), King’s College London (KCL). The conf...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Today is the deadline for submission!
📢Call for Abstracts:
PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King’s College London
📅 Date: 26th Nov 2025
✍️ CfA: 400 words (by 29th Sep)
➡️ Details & Application Form:
tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
📢Call for Abstracts:
PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King’s College London
📅 Date: 26th Nov 2025
✍️ CfA: 400 words (by 29th Sep)
➡️ Details & Application Form:
tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
Kicking off this year's seminar series with Lucy Barnes (@lucy-barnes.bsky.social) on "Economic Orientations and Preferences Over Redistributive Taxation."
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
September 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Kicking off this year's seminar series with Lucy Barnes (@lucy-barnes.bsky.social) on "Economic Orientations and Preferences Over Redistributive Taxation."
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
Feel free to contact us (see details at sites.google.com/view/kingsqp...) if you're interested in attending.
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🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
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New WP thread! 🤓 Vietnam's solar panel exports boomed between 2018 and 2022. With my PhD student Meng Yu Ngov, Trang Thu Tran, and Gaurav Nayyar we look at how this industry success can be attributed to attracting FDI and importing parts and components, as well to Chinese subsidy spillovers.👇
September 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
New WP thread! 🤓 Vietnam's solar panel exports boomed between 2018 and 2022. With my PhD student Meng Yu Ngov, Trang Thu Tran, and Gaurav Nayyar we look at how this industry success can be attributed to attracting FDI and importing parts and components, as well to Chinese subsidy spillovers.👇
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Apply to our (virtual) seminar series to discuss your research in French Economic History ! Deadline 29th August
📢 New initiative: we are launching a monthly virtual seminar in French Economic History to share and discuss the latest research in the field!
🌍 Open to all interested in #econhist.
👉 Info & updates: sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...
🌍 Open to all interested in #econhist.
👉 Info & updates: sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...
VWFHE
sites.google.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Apply to our (virtual) seminar series to discuss your research in French Economic History ! Deadline 29th August
📣Conference announcement:
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.
Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London
Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.
Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London
Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
KCL PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference 2025
We are pleased to announce the PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference, taking place on November 26th, 2025, at the Department of Political Economy (DPE), King’s College London (KCL). The conf...
tinyurl.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
📣Conference announcement:
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.
Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London
Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
Our PhD students are organizing a graduate conference. See call below.
Call for abstracts: PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference at King's College London
Conference date: 26 Nov 2025
Abstract submission deadline: 29 Sep
Apply here (+ details): tinyurl.com/5n7xv5cr
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Join us at King's College London for a great seminar series in Quantitative Political Economy!
If you're in London and would like to join, let me know
If you're in London and would like to join, let me know
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
August 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Join us at King's College London for a great seminar series in Quantitative Political Economy!
If you're in London and would like to join, let me know
If you're in London and would like to join, let me know
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
August 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
🚨Publication alert!🚨
Thread below👇
Thread below👇
🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
Thread 🧵1/n
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
Thread 🧵1/n
August 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚨Publication alert!🚨
Thread below👇
Thread below👇
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🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
Thread 🧵1/n
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
Thread 🧵1/n
July 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
Thread 🧵1/n
Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?
T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments
Thread 🧵1/n
🚨Publication alert!🚨
Thread below👇
Thread below👇
Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
[1/4]
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
[1/4]
July 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨Publication alert!🚨
Thread below👇
Thread below👇
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Very pleased that our local projections dif-in-dif paper is now out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. Joint with @dgirardi.bsky.social, Jorda, and Taylor.
It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have).
🧵
It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have).
🧵
July 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Very pleased that our local projections dif-in-dif paper is now out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. Joint with @dgirardi.bsky.social, Jorda, and Taylor.
It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have).
🧵
It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have).
🧵
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Link to the paper:
doi.org/10.1002/jae....
Slides deck:
danielegirardi.github.io/posts/docume...
lpdid STATA command:
github.com/danielegirar...
[or just type "ssc install lpdid, replace" in STATA]
[4/4]
doi.org/10.1002/jae....
Slides deck:
danielegirardi.github.io/posts/docume...
lpdid STATA command:
github.com/danielegirar...
[or just type "ssc install lpdid, replace" in STATA]
[4/4]
A Local Projections Approach to Difference‐in‐Differences
We propose a local projections (LPs)-based difference-in-differences (DiD) approach that subsumes many of the recent solutions proposed in the literature to address possible biases arising from negat...
doi.org
July 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Link to the paper:
doi.org/10.1002/jae....
Slides deck:
danielegirardi.github.io/posts/docume...
lpdid STATA command:
github.com/danielegirar...
[or just type "ssc install lpdid, replace" in STATA]
[4/4]
doi.org/10.1002/jae....
Slides deck:
danielegirardi.github.io/posts/docume...
lpdid STATA command:
github.com/danielegirar...
[or just type "ssc install lpdid, replace" in STATA]
[4/4]
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Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
[1/4]
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
[1/4]
July 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
[1/4]
LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....
[1/4]