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Andrew Friedson
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Andrew Friedson
@FriedsonAndrew
Health Economist, Director of Health Economics for the Milken Institute, Dad, Textbook Author.
Book: amazon.com/dp/1009258435/
- We estimate that over 250,000 of the reported cases between August 2 and September 2 are due to the Sturgis Rally. Roughly 19 percent of the national cases during this timeframe.New @SDSUCHEPS paper by Dhaval Dave @FriedsonAndrew @Drew_McNichols & Joe Sabia ("Contagion Externality of Super-spreader") finds Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was a local & nationwide spreader of COVID-19. Estimated public health cost: ~$12B See: bit.ly/320amqX
- Replying to @stevenbodzinThe BLM protests were small relative to the local population and accompanied by offsetting avoidance behavior by the local population. This created a net increase in social distancing. The Sturgis rally was >350,000 people in a city of 7,000. BLM paper:
- Replying to @JacobBooth6We did that study in June nber.org/papers/w27408 We also did one on the Trump Tulsa Rally nber.org/papers/w27522
- Econ Twitter going nuts over the longer version of the Taylor Swift album makes sense. We all love the Taylor series expansion. I’ll see myself out…
- Replying to @jephMI’m not legally allowed to discuss anything with a parent unless I get specific notification from administration so this is the correct strategy
- I won a small university award for pandemic research impact and was notified that I would receive a small plague to commemorate. I REALLY hope that's a typo.
- As a grad student I went to NBER (I know, already tremendous privilege). I introduced myself and a friend also from non-top 5 to a grad student in a top 5 program in our year. When this person learned our affiliations, they literally said “oh…” and just walked away.Serving on a panel yesterday at the @weai_org on helping undergrads get into grad school it struck me that many students are “top few schools or nothing” when applying. This tyranny of the top 5 isn’t efficient or good for the mental health of our next generation of economists
- There is no econometric substitute for institutional knowledge
- It's been 10 years since I was a graduate student. I am now a faculty member with tenure. I am here to tell you that the phrase "there will be free pizza at the seminar" still has incredible power to get me to show up.
- Refereed a paper, liked it a lot. It got rejected in a split decision. Other reviewer was…aggressive. Annoying outcome for a good paper. Reviewing same paper now for different journal (cleared my previous review with editor). My review will be…aggressively positive.
- Those who do not believe in the placebo effect have never given a 6 year old a band-aid
- ‼️‼️📖📖‼️‼️ I have a Health Economics textbook coming out the second half of 2023 from Cambridge University Press It’s aimed at students who might not have much Econ background (like in courses in MPH, MBA, and MPA programs, or a no-prereqs undergrad elective) 1/4
- I took film studies before my PhD program - wanted to get a course in reel analysis
