A Causal Affair
Paul Goldsmith-PinkhamCausal Inference, Coding and Consumer Finance
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A recent WSJ op-ed begins with:
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Associate Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management I study consumer finance and applied econometrics is a big part of my research identity.
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