Long Story Short: Omitted Variable Bias in Causal Machine Learning
Victor Chernozhukov (MIT), Carlos Cinelli (University of Washington), Whitney Newey(MIT), Amit Sharma (Microsoft), Vasilis Syrgkanis (Stanford University)
SBE Award 2024
10 papers awarded across 5 thematic areas.
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Econometrics
Instrumental Variables with Multiple Time Periods
Pedro Picchetti (Insper)
Finance
Distracted by Crypto
Matheus Carrijo de Brito (FGV EESP), Fernando Chague (FGV EESP), Jéfferson Colombo (FGV EESP)
The Real Costs of Washing Away Corruption: Evidence from Brazil's Lava Jato Investigation
Claudio Ferraz (UBC), Luiz Moura (UFRJ), Lars Norden (FGV EBAPE), Ricardo Schechtman (BCB)
Applied Macroeconomics
Consumer Loans, Heterogeneous Interest Rates, and Inequality
Marco Bonomo (Insper), Tiago Cavalcanti (University of Cambridge, FGV EESP and CEPR), Fernando Chertman (BCB), Amanda Fantinatti (FGV EESP), Andrew Hannon (European Central Bank), Cezar Santos (BID and CEPR)
Educational Outcomes and Enfranchisement
Tiago Cavalcanti (University of Cambridge), Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira (FGV EPGE), Filipe Fiedler (UCLA), Luciene Pereira (FGV EESP), Cezar Santos (BID)
Applied Microeconomics
Payroll Tax, Employment and Labor Market Concentration
Erick Baumgartner (Bocconi University), Raphael Corbi (FEA-USP), Renata Narita (PUC-Rio)
Do Relief Programs Compensate Affected Populations? Evidence from the Great Depression and the New Deal
Ariadna Jou (Universidad de Chile), Tommy Morgan (BYU)
Economic Theory
Fiscal Federalism and Monetary Unions
Rafael Berriel (Stanford University), Eugenia Gonzalez-Aguado (Toulouse School of Economics), Patrick J Kehoe (Stanford University), Elena Pastorino (Stanford University)
Cognition in Preferences and Choice
Maria Fernanda Petri Betto (Johns Hopkins University)