quan le
@qlquanle.bsky.social
economist at HBS studying old news and new news // https://qlquanle.github.io/
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Can LLMs help humans to write books? TLDR: sort of.
@imkereimers.bsky.social and I have a new paper with a longer answer. 1/n www.nber.org/papers/w34777
@imkereimers.bsky.social and I have a new paper with a longer answer. 1/n www.nber.org/papers/w34777
AI and the Quantity and Quality of Creative Products: Have LLMs Boosted Creation of Valuable Books?
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Can LLMs help humans to write books? TLDR: sort of.
@imkereimers.bsky.social and I have a new paper with a longer answer. 1/n www.nber.org/papers/w34777
@imkereimers.bsky.social and I have a new paper with a longer answer. 1/n www.nber.org/papers/w34777
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Great post, and an excellent example of the Bitter Lesson of AI: generalized models are always over time going to beat specialized models. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Gemini 3 Solves Handwriting Recognition and it’s a Bitter Lesson
Testing shows that Gemini 3 has effectively solved handwriting on English texts, one of the oldest problems in AI, achieving expert human levels of performance.
substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Great post, and an excellent example of the Bitter Lesson of AI: generalized models are always over time going to beat specialized models. substack.com/home/post/p-...
very cautiously optimistic about her as Dot
January 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
very cautiously optimistic about her as Dot
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Applications for the Economic History Association Graduate Dissertation Fellowships are due in two days (January 14)
eh.net/graduate-dis...
eh.net/graduate-dis...
Graduate Dissertation Fellowships – EH.net
eh.net
January 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Applications for the Economic History Association Graduate Dissertation Fellowships are due in two days (January 14)
eh.net/graduate-dis...
eh.net/graduate-dis...
Outing myself as a Python notebook enjoyer but now that so much work happens via Claude Code and Git PR review I've found the format to be basically unworkable.
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Outing myself as a Python notebook enjoyer but now that so much work happens via Claude Code and Git PR review I've found the format to be basically unworkable.
How do people write numerical tests for an estimation routine? I have three layers: 1) unit tests: simple numerical examples that I compute _by hand_ (literally on paper with a calculator), 2) synthetic datasets coded up separately, and 3) checking that some properties of the estimator hold... [1/2]
I spun up another agent whose role is a "Replicator Grad Student" and that agent can pick up obvious stuff like this, but then it comes up with a report and then the original agent writes more test, and now I have more tests that I have not read.
January 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
How do people write numerical tests for an estimation routine? I have three layers: 1) unit tests: simple numerical examples that I compute _by hand_ (literally on paper with a calculator), 2) synthetic datasets coded up separately, and 3) checking that some properties of the estimator hold... [1/2]
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Rest in peace, Kate Ho.
Katherine Ho, esteemed health economist and ‘true role model,’ dies at 53
A memorial will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 27, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York.
www.princeton.edu
December 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in peace, Kate Ho.
sites.google.com/view/memoriesofkateho
My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here.
With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]
My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here.
With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]
Memories of Kate Ho
A place for us to gather and share memories of Kate.
sites.google.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
sites.google.com/view/memoriesofkateho
My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here.
With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]
My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here.
With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]
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Devastating news. Kate was a great economist and a generous person.
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Devastating news. Kate was a great economist and a generous person.
At Princeton's holiday party in 2023, I recorded a version of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" with the lyrics changed to "Kate Ho is the Best Advisor." I still feel that way. I couldn't have asked for a better advisor. I can't believe she's gone.
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
At Princeton's holiday party in 2023, I recorded a version of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" with the lyrics changed to "Kate Ho is the Best Advisor." I still feel that way. I couldn't have asked for a better advisor. I can't believe she's gone.
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The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
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Every IO economist's favorite weekend of the year!
Exciting news! The paper submission portal is now open! Join us April 10-12 in Boston for the 24th annual IIOC. We have lots of great things already lined up.
www.indorgsociety.org/news/iioc-20...
www.indorgsociety.org/news/iioc-20...
IIOC 2026 Submission Portal Now Open | Industrial Organization Society
The 24th annual International Industrial Organization Conference will be held in person April 10-12, 2026 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront in Boston. The conference will include panel discussions ...
www.indorgsociety.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Every IO economist's favorite weekend of the year!
man this is so exciting
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
man this is so exciting
Pitch to Shohei you cowards
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Pitch to Shohei you cowards
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Trey Yesavage’s career single-game highs entering tonight:
6 IP (May 1, Single-A Dunedin)
12 K (May 13, Dunedin)
94 pitches (Sept. 27, Toronto)
19 whiffs (Sept. 15, Toronto)
Tonight: 7 IP, 12 K, 104 pitches, 23 whiffs
It is Game 5 of the World Series against the defending champions.
6 IP (May 1, Single-A Dunedin)
12 K (May 13, Dunedin)
94 pitches (Sept. 27, Toronto)
19 whiffs (Sept. 15, Toronto)
Tonight: 7 IP, 12 K, 104 pitches, 23 whiffs
It is Game 5 of the World Series against the defending champions.
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Trey Yesavage’s career single-game highs entering tonight:
6 IP (May 1, Single-A Dunedin)
12 K (May 13, Dunedin)
94 pitches (Sept. 27, Toronto)
19 whiffs (Sept. 15, Toronto)
Tonight: 7 IP, 12 K, 104 pitches, 23 whiffs
It is Game 5 of the World Series against the defending champions.
6 IP (May 1, Single-A Dunedin)
12 K (May 13, Dunedin)
94 pitches (Sept. 27, Toronto)
19 whiffs (Sept. 15, Toronto)
Tonight: 7 IP, 12 K, 104 pitches, 23 whiffs
It is Game 5 of the World Series against the defending champions.
this is too much baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
this is too much baseball
i've seen enough, this is rigged against Toronto
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
i've seen enough, this is rigged against Toronto
hm blue jays looking suspiciously good
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
hm blue jays looking suspiciously good
if toronto scores first i will simply turn the tv off and never watch baseball again
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
if toronto scores first i will simply turn the tv off and never watch baseball again
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The end of “visuals as proof” means that people will more than ever need sources that can help them tell apart real from fake. That might be the key to the survival of journalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...
A.I. Video Generators Are Now So Good You Can No Longer Trust Your Eyes
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The end of “visuals as proof” means that people will more than ever need sources that can help them tell apart real from fake. That might be the key to the survival of journalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...
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Collusion doesn't just happen in smoke-filled rooms. It can be out in the open in earnings calls.
New research uses NLP on 300k+ transcripts to spot the language that firms use to coordinate publicly. Regulators can use this tool to detect anticompetitive behavior.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New research uses NLP on 300k+ transcripts to spot the language that firms use to coordinate publicly. Regulators can use this tool to detect anticompetitive behavior.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Collusion doesn't just happen in smoke-filled rooms. It can be out in the open in earnings calls.
New research uses NLP on 300k+ transcripts to spot the language that firms use to coordinate publicly. Regulators can use this tool to detect anticompetitive behavior.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New research uses NLP on 300k+ transcripts to spot the language that firms use to coordinate publicly. Regulators can use this tool to detect anticompetitive behavior.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Demand for human-generated, trust-certified internet content is skyrocketing.
There is a major business opportunity, in *every* country, for media firms to meet this rising demand with innovation.
Fascinating new experiment by @filipecampante.bsky.social et al.—> filipecampante.org/wp-content/u...
There is a major business opportunity, in *every* country, for media firms to meet this rising demand with innovation.
Fascinating new experiment by @filipecampante.bsky.social et al.—> filipecampante.org/wp-content/u...
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Demand for human-generated, trust-certified internet content is skyrocketing.
There is a major business opportunity, in *every* country, for media firms to meet this rising demand with innovation.
Fascinating new experiment by @filipecampante.bsky.social et al.—> filipecampante.org/wp-content/u...
There is a major business opportunity, in *every* country, for media firms to meet this rising demand with innovation.
Fascinating new experiment by @filipecampante.bsky.social et al.—> filipecampante.org/wp-content/u...
