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NBER: Krisztina Orban - Chicago

Krisztina Orban - Chicago

From: Denis Healy <dhealy_at_nber.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:24:57 -0500

>From: Krisztina Orban <korban_at_uchicago.edu>
>
>Dear Denis,
>
>thank you for the quick response. I attached my application essay.
>If there is any other information needed, I am happy to provide it.
>
>Best wishes,
>Krisztina Orban
>
> > On Nov 13, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Denis Healy <dhealy_at_nber.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Krisztina,
> >
> > I think you should still submit an application. The worst that
> can happen is the organizers decide not to invite you to attend. If
> they accept then you could potentially learn a lot from attending.
> >
> > Thanks for checking,
> > Denis
> >
> >
> > At 12:26 PM 11/13/2014, you wrote:
> >> Dear Denise Healy,
> >>
> >>
> >> I am Krisztina Orban, a second year graduate student at Uchicago.
> >> I was very excited to read the announcement about potential
> graduate student participation in the Economics of Digitization
> NBER meeting, forwarded to us by Professor Ali Hortacsu.
> >>
> >> I am working on my application material right now and I had a
> short question: since I am a second year student, the two projects
> I pursue related to economics of digitization, are both in the data
> acquisition part. Since this is an early stage, I would not feel
> super comfortable detailing the research idea, since as the data
> gets examined, it might turn out to be a complete failure or a
> complete success.
> >> Do you think this is fine? The best would be, of course, if both
> projects were already at a stage with results, then I could easily
> write about them.
> >>
> >> I am worried that because the projects are at an early stage, me
> being chosen as a participant, has a low chance.
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance for your help, best wishes,
> >> Krisztina Orban
> >
> >

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