Welcome!
I make sense of data at Western Digital, San Jose.
I hold a PhD in Econometrics from the University of California, Riverside (PhD Thesis).
Research Areas: Econometric Theory (High-dims, Causal, Nonparametrics), Machine Learning.
Application Expertise: Forecasting, Finance, Data Science, Pricing in Industrial Organizations.
News
[Oct 2025] Paper accepted for presentation at the 35th Annual Midwest Econometrics Group Conference, UIUC, IL, USA.
[Sep 2025] Paper published in the Journal of Development Economics (Considered the BEST journal of the field).
[Sep 2025] Presented paper at the 2025 California Econometrics Conference.
[Aug 2025] Paper accepted for weekly seminar at Indian Statistical Institue, Delhi Center.
[Aug 2025] Gave a research talk at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
[April 2025] Presented paper in the 13th World Congress of the Econometric Society in Seoul, South Korea.
[June 2025] Said goodbye to GradQuant office where I served as the Head for 2024-25.
[June 2025] Joined Western Digital Corporation in San Jose.
[June 2025] Graduated with PhD in Economics from the University of California Riverside, (Pictures).
[June 2025] Defended PhD at the University of California Riverside, (Pictures).
[May 2025] Awarded Outstanding Teaching Award by the University of California, Riverside.
[April 2025] Received financial award of USD 2000 for being in top researchers presenting at the 13th World Congress of the Econometric Society.
[April 2025] Paper accepted for presentation in the 13th World Congress of the Econometric Society (held once in five years) Learn more.
[April 2025] Delivered a research talk at the Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Canada.
[April 2025] Best Presentation Award in Graduate Research Symposium at the University of California, Riverside.
[March 2025] Paper accepted for presentation in 2025 International Association for Applied Econometrics Conference (IAAE Italy 2025, Learn More).
[Jan 2025] Delivered a research talk at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), Illinois, USA.
[Jan 2025] Delivered a research talk at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA.
[Dec 2024] Got R&R (Revise and Resubmit) from the Journal of Development Economics. My paper (with Bharat Ramaswami), The Agricultural Productivity Gap: Informality Matters, has received Revise and Resubmit.
[Nov 2024] Got R&R (Reject and Resubmit) from the Journal of Applied Econometrics. My paper (with Daanish Padha), Kernel Three Pass Regression Filter , has received R&R (Reject and Resubmit).
[Nov 2024] Awarded Earle C. Anthony Graduate Student Travel Award (USD 1950) in the FALL 2024 for traveling to international conferences by University of California, Riverside.
[Oct 2024] Paper accepted for presentation at European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2024 to be held in Dec 2024 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
[Oct 2024] Paper accepted for presentation at 19th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, 2024 organized by the Indian Statistical Institute.
[Oct 2024] Paper accepted for presentation at the 34th Annual Midwest Econometrics Group Conference to be held in Nov 2024 in Lexington, KY, USA.
[Sep 2024] Presented at the California Econometric Conference, hosted by UC Davis. Learn more.
[Aug 2024] The Agricultural Productivity Gap: Informality Matters paper under review in the Journal of Development Economics.
[July 2024] Appointed Lead of the Graduate Quantitative Methods Center at UC Riverside.
[July 2024] Kernel Three Pass Regression Filter paper under review in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
Connect
- Email: rjat001@ucr.edu