Jason Abrevaya
@abrevaya.bsky.social
Economics professor UT-Austin. probstats4econ.com
Designed for an introductory course in probability and statistics for economics and business undergraduates, Jason @abrevaya.bsky.social's textbook "Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business" introduces students to the R statistical programming language: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255336...
My book is officially out in the world! 🎉📚 Thanks @mitpress.bsky.social!
MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social · 8mo agoDesigned for an introductory course in probability and statistics for economics and business undergraduates, Jason @abrevaya.bsky.social's textbook "Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business" introduces students to the R statistical programming language: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255336...
Safety & efficacy, not fear & favor, should guide FDA leadership. Under Dr. Makary, the FDA is losing its credibility as the global gold standard. www.biocentury.com/article/657669
Rep. Auchincloss accuses Makary of politicizing FDA
In a letter to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary sent Thursday, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) reiterated criticisms of FDA’s commissioner’s nat...
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Look what showed up in the mail! First copies of my book from @mitpress.bsky.social 🎉📚 Official release Nov 25th. If you're interested in using the book for a course, please feel free to reach out to me directly.
“What we understand is that DOGE was given access to all these student records, all these visa files, and they probably ran some AI that gave them all these hits if they searched for things related to arrests or tickets or citations”—Georgia attorney www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Atlanta federal judge temporarily blocks visas of international students from being revoked
The order puts a pause of students being put at risk of possible deportation.
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We are sad to announce that former faculty member and Minnesota Econ Ph.D. alum Patrick Bajari passed away on Monday. cla.umn.edu/economics/ne...
Remembering Patrick L. Bajari (1969-2025)
Patrick L. Bajari was a pioneer spanning the academic and business worlds.
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𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑 (MIT Press) has an official publication date of November 25, 2025! Instructors interested in using the book for free in the fall can comment or send me a message. Great resources available. #econsky probstats4econ.com
probstats4econ • Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business
Utilities for multiple hypothesis testing, companion datasets from "Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business: An Introduction Using R" by Jason Abrevaya (MIT Press, under contract).
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Texas holds off Tennessee to advance to its second consecutive Elite Eight 🔥
Thrilled that my very first post at Bluesky is helping get the word out that CSWEP's mentoring workshop will be held June 30-July 2 in Chicago. Applications are open! @aeacswep.bsky.social @loribeaman.bsky.social
CSWEP@aeacswep.bsky.social · 2y agoBased on feedback from past participants, potential applicants, and mentors, the CeMENT workshop will now be held June 30 - July 2, 2025, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. To apply, go to: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... Deadline to apply is March 15.
ASHE will be hosting two sessions at the 100th Western Economic Association Conference, June 20-24, 2025, San Francisco, California. If interested in participating in one of the sessions, submit an abstract 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝘀𝘁: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... #Econsky
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By far the high point of my career—thank you to everyone who made this happen!❤️
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia@sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 2y agoSandy Black accepting the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award at the CSWEP business lunch #ASSA2025
Hi, #EconSky! I’m Anderson, a 6th year PhD candidate at the University of Virginia. For those going to ASSA this week, I’ll be presenting my job market paper, The Effects of Privacy Regulation on the Supply of Stolen Data, during the CSMGEP session tomorrow at 8AM. Here’s a short thread about it
Wrapped up 2024 by finishing the copy edits of my probstats book this morning. Can almost see the finish line...
We've seen a big change in the gender breakdown of our majors in the last five years (percent female increasing to nearly 40%). @utaustin.bsky.social
Reminder! If you’re a cool person with a full-ish record at a top 20 policy school that wants to be a chair of a legit awesome, hella chill, and super hard working faculty group like ours, please apply soon! We are reviewing apps this week. facultycareers.gsu.edu/postings/4873
Chair and Professor of the Department of Public Management and Policy
Chair and ProfessorDepartment of Public Management and PolicyThe Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University invites applications for the next Chair of the Department of Public M...
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We have a great group of PhD students on the job market this year! Check them out, and contact placement director @mikegeruso.bsky.social with any questions. liberalarts.utexas.edu/economics/ph...
College of Liberal Arts | The University of Texas at Austin
Liberal Arts at UT offers over 40 majors and many top-ranked graduate programs in the social sciences and humanities taught by 750 faculty.
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The job-market candidate page for UT-Austin Economics is up. We have a great group of candidates this year.
College of Liberal Arts | The University of Texas at Austin
Liberal Arts at UT offers our over 9000 undergrads more than 40 majors and our graduate students many top-ranked programs in the social sciences and humanities all taught by over 750 faculty members a...
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