Matias D. Cattaneo Explained

Matias Damian Cattaneo (born May 16, 1978) is an Argentine scientist, Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University. 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.

Cattaneo is a co-editor of Econometric Theory and an associate editor with the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Econometrica, and Operations Research.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Honors and awards

• Fellow, American Statistical Association, 2023.^[7]
• Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2022.^[8]
• Fellow, International Association for Applied Econometrics, 2022.^[9]
• Stata Journal Editors’ Prize, 2019.^[10]

Publications

• Abadie. Alberto . Cattaneo, Matias D. . 2018 . Econometric Methods for Program Evaluation . . 10 . 465–503 . 10.1146/annurev-economics-080217-053402. 1721.1/129481 . 13815235 . free .
• Calonico. Sebastian . Cattaneo, Matias D. . Titiunik, Rocio . 2014 . Robust nonparametric confidence intervals for regression-discontinuity designs . . 82 . 6 . 2295–2326 . 10.3982/ECTA11757. 2027.42/109857 . free .
• Calonico. Sebastian . Cattaneo, Matias D. . Titiunik, Rocio . 2015 . Optimal Data-Driven Regression Discontinuity Plots . . 110 . 512 . 1753–1769 . 10.1080/01621459.2015.1017578. 13813472 .
• Calonico. Sebastian . Cattaneo, Matias D. . Farrell, Max H. . 2018 . On the effect of bias estimation on coverage accuracy in nonparametric inference . . 113 . 522 . 767–779 . 10.1080/01621459.2017.1285776. 1508.02973 . 13887146 .
• Calonico. Sebastian . Cattaneo, Matias D. . Farrell, Max H. . Titiunik, Rocio . 2019 . Regression discontinuity designs using covariates . . 101 . 3 . 442–451 . 10.1162/rest_a_00760. 1809.03904 . 30717555 .
• Cattaneo. Matias D. . 2010 . Efficient semiparametric estimation of multi-valued treatment effects under ignorability . . 155 . 2 . 138–154 . 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.09.023.
• Cattaneo. Matias D. . Jansson, Michael . Ma, Xinwei . 2020 . Simple Local Polynomial Density Estimators . . 115 . 531 . 1449–1455 . 10.1080/01621459.2019.1635480. 1811.11512 . 85528533 .
• Book: Cattaneo. Matias D. . Idrobo, Nicolas . Titiunik, Rocio . 2020 . A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations . . 10.1017/9781108684606. 1911.09511 . 9781108684606 . 208201961 .
• Book: Cattaneo. Matias D. . Idrobo, Nicolas . Titiunik, Rocio . 2020 . A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Extensions . . 10.1017/9781009441896. 2301.08958 . 9781009441896 . 256105360 .
• Cattaneo. Matias D.. Titiunik, Rocio . 2022 . Regression Discontinuity Designs . . 14 . 821–851 . 10.1146/annurev-economics-051520-021409 . 2108.09400 . 125763727 .

External links

• Cattaneo's faculty page at Princeton University
• Cattaneo's Google Scholar profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official list of Econometric Theory co-Editors. 23 Oct 2023.
2. Web site: Journal of the American Statistical Association's official editorial board list. 23 Oct 2023.
3. Web site: Econometrica's official editorial board list. 23 Oct 2023.
4. Web site: Operations Research's official editorial board list. 23 Oct 2023.
5. Cattaneo. Matias D.. Essays in semiparametric and nonparametric microeconometrics. University of California, Berkeley. 2008.
6. Web site: Trustees approve two faculty appointments. January 31, 2019. 23 Oct 2023.
7. Web site: 2023 ASA fellows announcement. 23 Oct 2023.
8. Web site: 2022 IMS fellows announced. April 22, 2022. 23 Oct 2023.
9. Web site: IAAE List of Fellows. 23 Oct 2023.
10. The Stata Journal Editors’ Prize 2019: Matias D. Cattaneo. Stata Journal. 19. 4. 753–756. 10.1177/1536867X19893613. free.