Channel: Marginal Revolution University

Category: Education

Description: When Josh Angrist and Guido Imbens created the LATE theorem (for which they later won the Nobel Prize), they knew they had something special - but not everyone else did! Check out their discussion with Isaiah Andrews on LATE’s initial reception, dealing with criticism, and the challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration (which they faced when working with statistician Donald Rubin). More about Guido Imbens: gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/guido-w-imbens More about Joshua Angrist: economics.mit.edu/faculty/angrist More about Isaiah Andrews: scholar.harvard.edu/iandrews/home 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - Initial LATE Theorem impressions 02:34 - Dealing with criticism 06:48 - Interdisciplinary communication