Bora Özaltun
@ozaltun.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Berkeley ARE and Graduate Student Affiliate at Energy Institute at Haas.
Reposted by Bora Özaltun
Four charts showing the extent of cuts to NASA in the FY26 budget:
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
May 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Four charts showing the extent of cuts to NASA in the FY26 budget:
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
- Cuts to every science division
- Smallest science funding since 1984
- 19 active, inflight missions cancelled
- Smallest NASA budget since FY 1961
Reposted by Bora Özaltun
This has been a major puzzle for energy/dev: Electrification is essential for a modern economy, but WTP in developing contexts (and impacts) seem quite low.
There's a JMP this year from Abdou Cisse @ Berkeley ARE that helps explain why: ⬇️ reliability, ⬇️ WTP. Impressive paper.
www.acisse.com
There's a JMP this year from Abdou Cisse @ Berkeley ARE that helps explain why: ⬇️ reliability, ⬇️ WTP. Impressive paper.
www.acisse.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:35 PM
This has been a major puzzle for energy/dev: Electrification is essential for a modern economy, but WTP in developing contexts (and impacts) seem quite low.
There's a JMP this year from Abdou Cisse @ Berkeley ARE that helps explain why: ⬇️ reliability, ⬇️ WTP. Impressive paper.
www.acisse.com
There's a JMP this year from Abdou Cisse @ Berkeley ARE that helps explain why: ⬇️ reliability, ⬇️ WTP. Impressive paper.
www.acisse.com
Reposted by Bora Özaltun
Second, can minor interventions help?
Increasing the font size of ratings reduced cancellations by 71.7%, effectively eliminating racial bias.
Displaying names upfront? Less effective. While there was a 30% reduction, it wasn’t statistically significant.
Increasing the font size of ratings reduced cancellations by 71.7%, effectively eliminating racial bias.
Displaying names upfront? Less effective. While there was a 30% reduction, it wasn’t statistically significant.
November 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Second, can minor interventions help?
Increasing the font size of ratings reduced cancellations by 71.7%, effectively eliminating racial bias.
Displaying names upfront? Less effective. While there was a 30% reduction, it wasn’t statistically significant.
Increasing the font size of ratings reduced cancellations by 71.7%, effectively eliminating racial bias.
Displaying names upfront? Less effective. While there was a 30% reduction, it wasn’t statistically significant.
Excited to share our new working paper! A simple informational intervention dramatically reduces statistical discrimination in ride-sharing platforms.
Highlighting rider ratings can reduce ride cancellations for groups vulnerable to bias, but other relevant information has a smaller, non-significant effect, from Christopher R. Knittel, Donald MacKenzie, Michiko Namazu, Bora Ozaltun, Dan Svirsky, and Stephen Zoepf https://www.nber.org/papers/w33118
November 18, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Excited to share our new working paper! A simple informational intervention dramatically reduces statistical discrimination in ride-sharing platforms.