Matias D. Cattaneo

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Matias D. Cattaneo
Born (1978-05-16) May 16, 1978 (age 45)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Academic career
InstitutionPrinceton University
FieldEconometrics
Statistics
Causal inference
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. in Economics, M.A. in Statistics)
UTDT
UBA
Doctoral
advisor
James L. Powell
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Matias Damian Cattaneo (born May 16, 1978) is a Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University.[1] His research focuses on econometrics, statistics, data science and decision science, with applications to program evaluation and causal inference. He is best known for his work on Regression discontinuity designs.[2]

Cattaneo is a co-editor of Econometric Theory and an associate editor with the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Econometrica, and Operations Research.[3][4][5][6]

Education and academic career[edit]

Cattaneo received his Licentiate from UBA in 2000, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008, under supervision of James L. Powell.[7] From 2008 to 2019, Cattaneo taught at the University of Michigan. In 2019, Cattaneo joined Princeton University as a Professor in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering.[8]

Honors and awards[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • Abadie, Alberto; Cattaneo, Matias D. (2018). "Econometric Methods for Program Evaluation". Annual Review of Economics. 10: 465–503. doi:10.1146/annurev-economics-080217-053402. hdl:1721.1/129481. S2CID 13815235.
  • Calonico, Sebastian; Cattaneo, Matias D.; Titiunik, Rocio (2014). "Robust nonparametric confidence intervals for regression-discontinuity designs". Econometrica. 82 (6): 2295–2326. doi:10.3982/ECTA11757. hdl:2027.42/109857.
  • Calonico, Sebastian; Cattaneo, Matias D.; Titiunik, Rocio (2015). "Optimal Data-Driven Regression Discontinuity Plots". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 110 (512): 1753–1769. doi:10.1080/01621459.2015.1017578. S2CID 13813472.
  • Calonico, Sebastian; Cattaneo, Matias D.; Farrell, Max H. (2018). "On the effect of bias estimation on coverage accuracy in nonparametric inference". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 113 (522): 767–779. arXiv:1508.02973. doi:10.1080/01621459.2017.1285776. S2CID 13887146.
  • Calonico, Sebastian; Cattaneo, Matias D.; Farrell, Max H.; Titiunik, Rocio (2019). "Regression discontinuity designs using covariates". Review of Economics and Statistics. 101 (3): 442–451. arXiv:1809.03904. doi:10.1162/rest_a_00760. S2CID 30717555.
  • Cattaneo, Matias D. (2010). "Efficient semiparametric estimation of multi-valued treatment effects under ignorability". Journal of Econometrics. 155 (2): 138–154. doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.09.023.
  • Cattaneo, Matias D.; Jansson, Michael; Ma, Xinwei (2020). "Simple Local Polynomial Density Estimators". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 115 (531): 1449–1455. arXiv:1811.11512. doi:10.1080/01621459.2019.1635480. S2CID 85528533.
  • Cattaneo, Matias D.; Idrobo, Nicolas; Titiunik, Rocio (2020). A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations. Cambridge University Press. arXiv:1911.09511. doi:10.1017/9781108684606. ISBN 9781108684606. S2CID 208201961.
  • Cattaneo, Matias D.; Titiunik, Rocio (2022). "Regression Discontinuity Designs". Annual Review of Economics. 14: 821–851. arXiv:2108.09400. doi:10.1146/annurev-economics-051520-021409. S2CID 125763727.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of ORFE Faculty". Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  2. ^ "Most cited papers in Google Scholar profile". Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  3. ^ "Official list of Econometric Theory co-Editors". Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  4. ^ "Journal of the American Statistical Association's official editorial board list". Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  5. ^ "Econometrica's official editorial board list". Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  6. ^ "Operations Research's official editorial board list". Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  7. ^ Cattaneo, Matias D. (2008). Essays in semiparametric and nonparametric microeconometrics (Thesis). University of California, Berkeley.
  8. ^ "Trustees approve two faculty appointments". January 31, 2019. Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 ASA fellows announcement" (PDF). Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  10. ^ "2022 IMS fellows announced". April 22, 2022. Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  11. ^ "IAAE List of Fellows". Retrieved 23 Oct 2023.
  12. ^ "The Stata Journal Editors' Prize 2019: Matias D. Cattaneo". Stata Journal. 19 (4): 753–756. doi:10.1177/1536867X19893613.

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