Matias D. Cattaneo

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Matias D. Cattaneo
Born (1978-05-16) May 16, 1978 (age 45)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Academic career
Institution Princeton University
Field Econometrics
Statistics
Causal inference
Alma mater University 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]

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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

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]

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