Michael Topper

PhD Student in Economics

UCSB

Michael Topper

I am a fourth-year PhD student at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the economics department. My research focuses on the economics of crime.

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Interests

Economics of Crime
Health Economics
Data Science

Education

PhD Student in Economics
University of California, Santa Barbara
MA in Economics, 2018
San Diego State University
Joint BS Mathematics/Economics, 2015
University of California, San Diego

Recent Posts

Append Many Years of Data into One with Minimal Typing

Stop typing so much and save your sanity.

Last updated on Sep 14, 2021 3 min read cleaning, datascience, R

Looping Through Columns (Without Looping)

Showcasing the power of dplyr::across!

Last updated on Aug 24, 2021 6 min read datascience, R, cleaning, dplyr

Looping Through Regressions (Without Looping)

With the help of the modelsummary and fixest packages, R has once again shown that it is a fantastic language for practicing econometrics. Consider the following scenario: you need to estimate a model, but you’re interested in how the model changes based on the covariates you add or subtract.

Last updated on May 2, 2021 7 min read datascience, R

Extracting Data from PDFs into Tibbles

Who needs UpWork when you can do it yourself faster?

Last updated on Mar 29, 2021 15 min read R, datascience

Welcome to My New Website!

Welcome to my new website! I plan on beginning to post R tutorials shortly. Thanks for stopping by!

Last updated on Mar 27, 2021 1 min read