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Carlos Díaz

@carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social
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Crime, Urban and Methods | Associate Professor of Economics at U Alberto Hurtado 🇨🇱 | Maxwell School 🇺🇸 Alumnus | 🌐 www.carlosddiaz.com

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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New paper in Journal of Experimental Criminology: Fiscalía de Chile’s ECOH teams for organized crime increased suspect identification, formal charging & pretrial detention. Effects emerged quickly but attenuated as caseload grew. With U. Figueroa, M. Sylleros & V. Osorio. doi.org/10.1007/s112...
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New working paper with F. Fernández, M. Felson, @sebafossati.bsky.social, and @nicotrajtenberg.bsky.social
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very interesting piece by @paulgp.com: "How do we know if writing is AI?" paulgp.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...
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How do we know if writing is AI?
Some initial analyses of AI’s impact on economics writing
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
How much does it cost to play one man down in a FIFA WC match? Using 1998–2022 data and a staggered DiD design with five-minute match intervals, we estimate that a red card costs a team 0.66 goals. With @sebafossati.bsky.social, F. Fernández, E. Choque & Á. Surco. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Using high-resolution spatial data from Montevideo, we show that bus stop crowding peaks increase thefts. Intraday mobility changes redistribute criminal opportunities across the city. In Crime Science (w/F. Fernández, @sebafossati.bsky.social & @nicotrajtenberg.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1186/s401...
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
New paper out in JRSS Series C (@royalstatsoc.bsky.social): An Interpretable tensor model for crime data across type, space, and time, combining prediction and insight into criminal dynamics. Evidence from Chicago. With G. Zens, D. Durante, and E. Patacchini. academic.oup.com/jrsssc/advan...
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Great to have Martin Bouchard (@sfucriminology.bsky.social) with us this week! His session on social network analysis applied to crime and illicit markets was a highlight of the 2026 Summer School and Workshop of our Millennium Nucleus on Criminal Complexity (@anid-chile.bsky.social).
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Joint with M. Cattaneo and R. Titiunik, we develop a randomization inference framework for before-and-after studies with multiple units, tailored to short-term causal inference. We present an application to a criminal procedure reform in Uruguay. Now out in JRSS Series A: doi.org/10.1093/jrss...
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Randomization inference for before-and-after studies with multiple units: an application to a criminal procedure reform in Uruguay
Abstract. Learning about the immediate causal effects of large-scale policy interventions poses a significant challenge for quasi-experimental methods that
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
With J. Orozco (a brilliant graduate student at @fenuah.bsky.social), we study how drug-fueled violence shaped Colombia’s growth (1976–1993), as the Medellín and Cali cartels intensified the armed conflict. Now in Defence and Peace Economics (@tandfresearch.bsky.social). 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1024...
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
With @sebafossati.bsky.social and @nicotrajtenberg.bsky.social, we leverage the staggered rollout of Montevideo’s itinerant street markets as a quasi-experimental setting to identify the causal effect of retail activity on crime. Now out in JQC: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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When ‘Eyes on the Street’ Are Not Enough: Insights from Itinerant Street Markets - Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Objectives The tendency of businesses and residents to gravitate toward safer streets complicates efforts to assess the influence of informal surveillance (or eyes on the street) as a crime deterrent,...
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Thank you all for having me!
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
📣 Se busca asistente de investigación para mi Fondecyt Iniciación sobre movilidad, comercio y crimen 🚍🚔🇨🇱 🧑‍💻 Manejo de R, Stata o Python. 🚫 No es excluyente ser economista. 🧑‍🎓 Idealmente, interés en hacer el Magíster en Economía de la @fenuah.bsky.social. 📩 Consultas a cadiazg at uahurtado.cl.
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UAH - Universidad Alberto Hurtado | Universidad para el bien común
"Universidad acreditada parte del Sistema Único de Admisión (CRUCH). Conoce las carreras y becas, y simula tu puntaje para el proceso de admisión
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
X is down...
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
See you in Berlin! 🇩🇪 #UEA2025
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
¡Grande Joaquín! And congrats to @wfueconomics.bsky.social on this outstanding hire!
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Yes, Overleaf is down...
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a man in a suit and tie is saying no ! god ! please ! no .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying no ! god ! please ! no .
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Facultad de Economía y Negocios Univerdad Alberto Hurtado @fenuah.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🎓📊 ¡Te invitamos a las Jornadas de Economía del Magíster en Economía UAH! 🌍📈 🗓 9 y 10 de diciembre. 🕒 09:45 a 13:00 hrs. 📍 Aula Magna. Economistas internacionales y nacionales presentarán sus últimos trabajos. 🔗 Inscríbete aquí:https://bit.ly/3Os6aHM
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Facultad de Economía y Negocios Univerdad Alberto Hurtado @fenuah.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
📰 CARTA AL DIRECTOR | @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social Director del Magíster en Economía FEN-UAH, nos presenta "El costo del crimen", en @latercera.com .
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Urban Economics Association @urbaneconomics.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Reminder: The deadline to submit your paper to our 2025 European meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin is December 9th. Submit: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
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UEA 2025 Berlin
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Jeff Grogger @jgrogger.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Call for papers! 6th annual Chicago-LSE Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice, in Chicago, May 8-9, 2025. Submission deadline Jan. 10: bit.ly/3V5VySA . Tell your friends! #EconSky
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Events | BFI
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Ben Crewe @bencrewe.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
New article by Sophie Martens and me in the British Journal of Criminology, exploring perceptions of safety among prisoners in England & Wales and Norway, and how they differ. academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
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Feeling (Un)safe in Prison: A Comparative Analysis of England & Wales and Norway
Abstract. While there is abundant literature on prison violence, much less has been written about how safety is perceived and conceived in prison. Even les
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My Op-Ed in @nytimes.com on why & how immigration detention is extremely harmful for child development. www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/o...
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Opinion | What Will Indefinite Detention Do to Migrant Kids? (Published 2019)
The evidence is clear: No detention center is safe and healthy for children.
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NBER @nber.org · 14/11/2024
Reviewing recent quantitative urban models, from Stephen J. Redding www.nber.org/papers/w33130
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Nico Trajtenberg 🐝 @nicotrajtenberg.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Nice discussion with @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social about how worthless is atheoretical research in developmental psychology bonus: hypothetical explanation, a selection effect because less bright minds are more attracted to more appealing themes Rings a bell to criminology... www.fourbeers.com/114
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Psychology Worth Doing (with Paul Bloom)
Paul Bloom joins the show to talk about a recent paper in which he argues that much of developmental psychology is not worth doing.
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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Regression is a tool for making comparisons If you don't know / can't easily explain what comparisons you're trying to make, then you don't understand the regression you're running
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Seraphin Schwarzbauer @schwarzbauer.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I put together a quick starter pack of people working on crime! Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed!
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Ariel Rubinstein @arielrubinstein.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A great thing about OpenBook publishers is that we could publish a second edition of our book within 7 months after the 1st edition. So here we are: A second edition (quite improved!) of our book is available for free downloading at arielrubinstein.org/gt/arielDocs....
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David Schindler @david-schindler.de · 14/11/2024
Candidates and employers: this year, the #EuropeanJobMarketforEconomists will experiment with a signaling function. Make use of it! And don't forget you still have AEA signals! x.com/EEANews/stat...
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Carlos Díaz @carlos-d-diaz.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hi @bsky.app!
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