  {"id":43873,"date":"2022-11-09T13:49:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/?p=43873"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:08:56","slug":"carleton-ph-d-alumnus-joshua-brault-stirs-up-econ-twitter-by-identifying-coding-error-in-recent-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/2022\/carleton-ph-d-alumnus-joshua-brault-stirs-up-econ-twitter-by-identifying-coding-error-in-recent-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"杏吧原创 Ph.D. Alumnus Joshua Brault Stirs Up Econ Twitter by Identifying Coding Error in Recent Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        杏吧原创 Ph.D. Alumnus Joshua Brault Stirs Up Econ Twitter by Identifying Coding Error in Recent Paper\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Joshua Brault stirred up economists on Twitter over the weekend when he attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FJoshuaBrault3%2Fstatus%2F1588858158784864257&amp;data=05%7C01%7CCourtneyLindsay%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C80f2d605bc4f44acbf8d08dac2594607%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638035985937621310%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vRxMI3xI95%2BjOVcghSx9aATLTlslHnr8ZWoFr0nff%2F0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">replicate the results<\/a> of a recently published economics paper by Daniel J. McDonald and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi and got vastly different results than the researchers. After posting <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fbraultjosh%2FSmetsWouters&amp;data=05%7C01%7CCourtneyLindsay%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C80f2d605bc4f44acbf8d08dac2594607%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638035985937621310%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nObEx%2BEhkvduenkAEKtut0C1fDahrQ7Gghx%2FJQAyB5A%3D&amp;reserved=0\">his results<\/a> for others to read and attempt to replicate, he was given access to their codes. At that point Joshua <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FJoshuaBrault3%2Fstatus%2F1589953549424685056&amp;data=05%7C01%7CCourtneyLindsay%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C80f2d605bc4f44acbf8d08dac2594607%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638035985937621310%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=j6B1KrzQ7sd3oin1mREAexJwuzqQlIbHdWlrVHWGCRY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">identified coding errors<\/a> that led to the results in the paper, which explained why his results differed from those of McDonald and Shalizi. Well done Joshua on your diligence and contributions to macroeconomics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua currently works as a Senior Data Scientist in the Data Science Department at the Bank of Canada. He graduated with his PhD in Economics from 杏吧原创 University last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Brault stirred up economists on Twitter over the weekend when he attempted to replicate the results of a recently published economics paper by Daniel J. McDonald and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi and got vastly different results than the researchers. 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