Sahil Patil

  1. Teaching Assistant – Graduate
Email Addresssahil.patil@wsu.edu
Location0101 Clerical/Reception Office

Biography

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, Washington State University, expected 2024
    • Advisors: Wesley Blundell, Benjamin Cowan, Bidisha Mandal
  • M.S. in Statistics, Washington State University, Fall 2020- Spring 2024
  • B.S in Economics, Arizona State University, Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
    • Minor in Statistics
    • Summa Cum Laude and Moeur Award Recipient

Research Interests

  • Primary: Applied Microeconomics, Econometrics, Causal Inference
  • Secondary: Industrial Organization

Working Papers

  • “A Kick or a start? Gender disparity evidence of winning a Kickstarter on future funding”
  • “Impact of library capital investments on juvenile delinquency rates” with Wesley Blundell Benjamin Cowan
  • “Algorithmic collusion with firm-specific shocks” with Felix-Munoz Garcia

Research Experience

  • Research Assistant — Student Success and Academic Programs, Washington State University, U.S., Fall 2023; Present
  • Research Assistant — School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, U.S., Fall 2020; Present
  • Research Assistant — W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, U.S., Spring 2018-Spring 2019

Teaching Experience

  • Instructor for ECONS 305: Intermediate Microeconomics without Calculus
  • Teaching Assistant for ECONS 301: Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus
  • Teaching Assistant for ECONS 320: Finance and Banking,

Skills

Coding: Python, R, Stata, PostgreSQL, Tableau, LaTeX

Technical: Causal Inference, Light GBMs, CausalML, Decision Trees

References