Stefano DellaVigna
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Behavioral economists at UC Berkeley
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Eva Vivalt
10 days ago
๐จ New working paper! How well do people predict the results of studies?
@sdellavi.bsky.social
and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... ๐งต๐
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Brian Nosek
10 days ago
Very interesting work by
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Michael Eddy
10 days ago
Dunning-Kruger effect in practice: In 53k forecasts across 100 projects, people who are more confident are actually much less accurate. New ๐ by
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Gordon Pennycook
2 months ago
Excited to announce our amazing lineup of speakers for the 2026 JDM preconference at SPSP! Conference date: Feb 26th Location: Chicago Deadline to apply: Oct 23rd. Application link:
spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p...
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Social Science Prediction Platform (SSPP)
3 months ago
๐ฃ Interested in making more forecasts? Want to get paid for doing so? Apply for the SSPP Forecasting Panel! Panelists receive $400 a year + a $300 bonus for high accuracy. Apply here:
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Apply to Join our SSPP Forecasting Panel 2.0!
Would you like to stay informed about the latest developments in social science research, assess your forecasting accuracy, and receive financial compensation for your participation in the process? Ap...
https://socialscienceprediction.org/predict/r/090db33a7ed6427f85188a7296b15feb/
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Justin Wolfers
3 months ago
Not quite sure how to put it all in words, but I just spent an extraordinary day celebrating my dissertation adviser, Larry Katz. Feeling grateful, proud, and (re-) inspired. Larry has raised so many extraordinary economists that being in the same room as them was overwhelming.
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Ted Miguel
4 months ago
Nobel prize winner George Akerlof (my former colleague) on the firing of statistics officials:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
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Opinion | What to Do When the President Acts Like a Five-Year-Old?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/opinion/trump-bls-fired-labor-jobs-data.html
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Al Roth
4 months ago
I was the AEA's President Elect as the first Trump term began. We worried about government statistics then, and appointed a committee that included members (such as Google's Chief Economist) who might be in a position to help make reliable statistics available if the government went dark.
#econsky
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Eva Vivalt
5 months ago
New short meta-survey on the SSPP: can you predict how well people predict? Try your hand at it:
socialscienceprediction.org/predict/r/0f...
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Forecasting the SSPP Research Results
Increasingly, researchers gather forecasts ex ante about the results of their research studies. Ex post, this allows for a comparison with the results to gauge contributions to the literature. But wha...
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Justin Wolfers
6 months ago
I have both *thoughts* and *feelings* about Trump attacking Harvard. And I want to share them with you.
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Eva Vivalt
7 months ago
This was a really nicely-done survey - strongly encourage people to check it out! Congrats to the winners!
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David Ritzwoller
7 months ago
Very excited to share this new working paper, joint with
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bsky.app/profile/nber...
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Lise is a terrific economist with so many ground breaking contributions... as well as one of the most caring and genuine persons you will find. Very well deserved!
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I finally made the transition from X to here, looking forward to interacting with the econ community here
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Eva Vivalt
10 months ago
The Social Science Prediction Platform has a new feature: a leaderboard showcasing those who provided the most forecasts or were the most accurate. Forecasters can opt into displaying their name. You can also see your own rank if logged in. Check it out!
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