Brigitte Roth Tran
Senior Economist at SF Fed
Primarily studying extreme weather effects
Views are my own, she/her
www.rothtran.com
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- Reposted by Brigitte Roth Tran🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics! 🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school 📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...
- Just in time for #EarthDay, a dark-eyed JUNKO has made her nest UNDER the parsley in my raised-bed vegetable garden. The eggs are very small, ~ 3/4" long. The nest is beautifully constructed from fine strands. She flies off when I approach. I REALLY hope she likes slugs. Nature is amazing!
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth Tran🌪️ Just accepted 🌪️ in JAERE: "The Local Economic Impact of Natural Disasters" by Brigitte Roth Tran (@brothtran.bsky.social) and Daniel J. Wilson Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #EconSky 📈 📉
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranOur practical guide to shift-share IV is now out in the JEP! www.aeaweb.org/issues/793 (Ungated version: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el9yn...)
- Very informative webinar on making claims after fires in CA. Helpful too for unaffected property owners concerned about their coverage. Communicate w/insurance in writing for records Keep receipts Be careful accepting FEMA funds if insured Know your rights Etc www.youtube.com/live/rABJ4mn...
- This Thursday the Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics kicks off the year with Catherine Wolfram, who will present on: The Economics of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms for Lower Income Countries 8 AM PST/11 AM EST Sign up to attend here: www.frbsf.org/news-and-med...
- Short piece on a study determining how to clean a home that has survived a wildfire but was close enough to be affected by the smoke. #wildfire #smoke theconversation.com/wildfire-smo...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranThe National Weather Service has *once again* issued an elevated "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Red Flag Warning for large portions of Los Angeles & Ventura Counties early Tue though Wed due to return of very strong offshore winds and extremely dry air. #CAwx #CAfire
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranWhat a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranFor those who want to jump to the frontier in select areas of economics, the AEA has posted the webcasts of this year’s continuing lectures. Thanks much to @lawrencekatz.bsky.social for his leadership and vision in assembling these lectures. www.aeaweb.org/conference/w...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranAs I am now handling papers at AEJ:Policy again, I want to encourage authors of papers that identify partial equilibrium effects to consider (in a rigorous manner) how they relate to policy effects or general equilibrium effects.
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- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranHere's a schematic I published in this 2021 piece to illustrate how even a modest delay in onset of rainy season in Southern California can dramatically amplify wildfire risk by lengthening seasonal overlap between dry vegetation and strong offshore winds during Oct-Jan. #CAfire
- Walked past this today and it looks like a great opportunity for people wanting professional looking headshots. Open tomorrow only. #assa
- Free Headshots - Photo Booth sponsored by the AEA available on Friday and Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM #econsky
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth Tran#ASSA2025 livestream sessions available to everyone at
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranDid everything feel a bit more mathematical this morning? That's because 2025 is a perfect square ✅! Yes, 2025 is 45² = (1+2+...+9)². It's the first square year since 1936, and the next one is 2116. But that's not all… read on ⬇️👀
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranHere are the first five sets of slides: 01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro... 02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b... 03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust... 04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct... 05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...
- Powerful article on #drought and #hydroelectricity. "By harnessing water, not burning oil or gas, to produce electricity, this new energy matrix was supposed to help mitigate the effects of global climate change — not make Ecuador a victim of it." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/w...
- This seems like a big deal for insurance in California. I wonder what the experts on here think of the new rules? @kellyhereid.bsky.social @michaelwara.bsky.social @stevebowen.bsky.social @jacobgellman.com www.latimes.com/business/sto...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth Tran📣 Starting the years with the ASSA's? Join us next week the AERE’s Graduate Student Engagement committee's networking event! ✨ What: AERE Scholar’s Social, organized by the GSE ✨ When: Jan 3, 5:00pm ✨ Where: Lobby of the Parc 55 Hotel Register: bit.ly/aereGSESocial
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranHello, #econsky! I have a question for you: What’s your preferred way to post working papers and track citations? Are there drawbacks to using repositories like SSRN or arXiv?
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranMy mom came home with a few balloons for my brother's graduation party and said "I can't believe these are a buck fifty each now." Then after a few seconds she started chuckling, looked up at the balloons then back at us, and said "inflation."
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- The San Francisco Fed is still accepting applications for RAs to start this summer.
- The San Francisco Fed is now accepting applications for Research Associates! It's a 2-year role starting next summer. A really great development opportunity for people interested in econ grad studies. Great team environment. Solid placement track record. #econsky www.frbsf.org/work-with-us...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranEconomists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!" 1/ (Twitter rerun!)
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranEconomists registered with the RePEc Author Service can list their social media account in their profiles. The count as of today: 3213 Xwitter 440 Mastodon 134 Bluesky authors.repec.org ideas.repec.org/i/ebluesky.h... #EconSky #RePEc
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranWhen FEMA made deals with private companies to identify homes to rent for survivors, it didn’t prohibit them from signing up occupied properties. With FEMA offering rates well above what residents typically paid in rent, some landlords kicked out tenants to house wildfire survivors for more money.
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranGot the ball rolling on a Fed Economists starter pack go.bsky.app/GudXeoo Fed economists, let me know if you’re on Bluesky and I’ll add youat://did:plc:dr4d5m4qia47ak3skn26ukyl/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l2ogmo6lry2o
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranVery cool and very needed for current and future droughts. Hope it scales quickly. #energysky cleantechnica.com/2024/11/23/u...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranAre you a scientist interested in a career working on assessing natural hazards? @ruarirhodes.bsky.social is one of the climate specialists on my team, and wrote a great introduction to careers in insurance for atmospheric scientists - have a look!
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- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranFour typhoons in 10 days, six in a month! www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranBlueSky migrants. Starter packs are a great way to meet new people. I like feeds. They are a really useful way to get information. Here are a few nice ones #EconSky #EnergySky #GreenSky #AcademicSky. When you mention a feed, your post automatically appears there.
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranIf you see a lot of folks replying to posts with a 📌 emoji it’s because they’re using this feed. It’s essentially a bookmark! Reply with the emoji and it pulls the post into your own private feed and saves it there for you! Here:
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranThe increasing volatility of hydropower: www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/ 💡🔌
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- Just a couple more days to apply for summer internships at the San Francisco Fed. Deadline is November 1. #econsky
- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is currently accepting applications for interns for summer 2025. See link below for details! #econsky rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/jo...
- Helping my parents with their finances has got me wondering: What share of consumer spending is essentially subscriptions that people signed up for long ago, that they no longer use? 🤔🤔🤔
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranMinneapolis Fed regional econ specialist @tuuyentran.bsky.social recently looked at energy supply/demand in the 9th Fed District. One interesting take looks at peak demand days in the wholesale energy market in upper Midwest. #EconSky www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranWe (@larsvil.bsky.social Joan Llull ECTA, Farasat Bokhari EI), are preparing a small 1 hour workshop (short presentation + Q&A/AMA) in Washington DC on Nov 22. Day before SEA, middle day of APPAM, available to all economists in DC area. Can I get 👍on how many #econsky folks would show up?
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- Highly recommend this article about long-term care insurance. Particularly relevant for those of us in the #SandwichGeneration and for people interested in insurance generally. Some parallels w/property insurance (rising costs and claims), but very different time frames www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranRe-upping my story from last month on “Zone Zero” in the wake of the Oakland hills fire in California on Friday that burned houses due to wind-blown embers. Zone Zero could remake the look of high fire risk urban neighborhoods but also save them. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranIntroducing the #econ_ra feed. Shows posts containing #econ_ra To share info about economics research assistant, pre-doc, post-doc, & similar positions. Either side of the market is welcome to post opportunities, intros, or questions. Pin the feed & monitor. 📉📈 bsky.app/profile/did:...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranThe EconTrack job market information board – where employers can provide information about their ongoing hiring processes for candidates on the job market – is open for viewing at aeaweb.org/econtrack. #econsky
- Important read about mobile homes. Somehow this really stuck out: "Though she had flood insurance, the company is asking her to itemize, by serial number and receipt, every item she lost. Her belongings are rusted, and her receipts, if they exist, are now pulp.' www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/c...
- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is currently accepting applications for interns for summer 2025. See link below for details! #econsky rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/jo...
- Can anyone point me to #python cheat sheets that are thorough, clear, and compact like the really nifty #R ones for stringr, dplyr, etc.? (See example here: rstudio.github.io/cheatsheets/... )
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranReverse storm surge is occurring in Tampa Bay as strong offshore winds empty water out of the bay. Meanwhile, at Fort Myers, water levels are rising rapidly
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranIf anyone on #EconSky is using PM 2.5 data from EPA's stationary monitors (AQS data) in a current project, I would appreciate a DM or email. Thanks!
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranOctober 7: #Milton poised to bring hurricane-force winds across some of the highest density areas of housing units in Florida. Pinellas County has the highest concentration and an old stock of construction. Milton may end as the costliest Central Florida hurricane on record.
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranAM Tropical Models invest on what will soon be #Milton are not good. Models are aggressive with development and pointed at Florida’s West Coast. We don’t know how strong it will be, and exactly where it will go, but landfall on Florida’s West Coast is very likely. Prepare.
- This is consistent w/our finding that firms hit by #hurricanes talk about supply issues in analyst calls. In "Pricing Poseidon" (w/ Kruttli & Watugala, see link) we find several channels can explain elevated uncertainty for hit firms, which takes months to resolve. 📈📉 www.frbsf.org/research-and...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranGood news for the end of the week: lead exposure has fallen dramatically in the United States over the last 50 years as shown by measurements of lead concentrations in children’s blood ourworldindata.org/decline-lead...
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranHighly recommend folks read the linked piece on the huge gaps in flood insurance coverage for most people dealing with these kinds of storm.
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranThe Sep 2024 event in Southern Appalachians has had "ARkStorm-level" impacts in eastern TN & western NC. Widespread, catastrophic flooding has resulted; many lives have been lost; transport, electric, telecomm infrastructure is devastated; some towns are completely isolated. [11/n]
- Reposted by Brigitte Roth TranThe UK has shut down its last coal-fired power station. Here's the current mix of electricity generation. www.splinter.com/coal-power-d...
- The news and images of flooding in the Southeast US, Central Europe, and Nepal are all hitting so close together in time. Meanwhile the camp I grew up going to in the mountains in San Bernardino mountains was evacuated due to a wildfire a couple of weeks back. It's a lot all at once.
