Stephen Spiller
@spillersas.bsky.social
Professor of Marketing & Behavioral Decision Making at UCLA Anderson. Studies decisions. Has opinions about graphs. Thinks we should say "I don't know" more.
Not *exactly* this, but related:
A colleague has a paper "Gender Differences in Politician Persistence" (Wasserman, 2023, REStat). Regression discontinuity on differential likelihood of running for office by men vs women after winning vs losing close elections
direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
A colleague has a paper "Gender Differences in Politician Persistence" (Wasserman, 2023, REStat). Regression discontinuity on differential likelihood of running for office by men vs women after winning vs losing close elections
direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
October 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Not *exactly* this, but related:
A colleague has a paper "Gender Differences in Politician Persistence" (Wasserman, 2023, REStat). Regression discontinuity on differential likelihood of running for office by men vs women after winning vs losing close elections
direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
A colleague has a paper "Gender Differences in Politician Persistence" (Wasserman, 2023, REStat). Regression discontinuity on differential likelihood of running for office by men vs women after winning vs losing close elections
direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
PS thanks to @kjhealy.co for posting the parking template!
October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PS thanks to @kjhealy.co for posting the parking template!
Reposted by Stephen Spiller
This is a terrible self-own, particular at a time when we are trying to compete with China on AI, EV technology, etc. Not to mention that this will kill one of our strongest exports (higher ed), which a trade-deficit-obsessed president should theoretically care about.
Opinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exports
The president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is a terrible self-own, particular at a time when we are trying to compete with China on AI, EV technology, etc. Not to mention that this will kill one of our strongest exports (higher ed), which a trade-deficit-obsessed president should theoretically care about.
Reposted by Stephen Spiller
We also find that people look less at the Buy option when there are explicit outside options. Overall, we identify two different attentional mechanisms by which the framing of opportunity costs (i.e., the outside options) impacts people's willingness to make purchases. 3/n
April 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We also find that people look less at the Buy option when there are explicit outside options. Overall, we identify two different attentional mechanisms by which the framing of opportunity costs (i.e., the outside options) impacts people's willingness to make purchases. 3/n