Guillermo Lezama

Guillermo Lezama

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

University of Pittsburgh

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Welcome to my website! I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in Applied Microeconomics and Political Economy. I employ NLP, Machine Learning, and causal inference methods to study how economic and political shifts influence political rhetoric and behavior. My research includes examining politicians’ responses to corruption and immigration shocks, their engagement on social media, the effects of penalties from OFAC on firms, and environmentally friendly consumption patterns in response to extreme weather events. Through this work, I am committed to interdisciplinary, data-driven social science research.

I was born and raised in Uruguay, where I completed my undergraduate studies and a Master’s in International Economics at the Universidad de la República (Udelar). My background includes an internship at Amazon and extensive experience in research, teaching, and advising both a politician and a college dean.

As you navigate through my website, you will find information about my research, publications, presentations, teaching, and other professional activities. You can also explore my coding portfolio and visit my GitHub to see examples of my work.

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Working Papers

(2024). The Effect of Experimenter Demand on Inference.

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(2024). Immigration Shocks and Politicians’ Rhetoric: Evidence from The Venezuelan Migration Crisis.

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Work in Progress

(2023). Can Sanctions Deter Illegal Financial Transactions?.

(2023). Climate Change and Consumption Behavior.

Publications

(2024). Social Media vs. Surveys: A New Scalable Approach to Understanding Legislators' Discourse. Legislative Studies Quarterly.

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(2020). Inequality in pre‐income survey times: a methodological proposal. Review of Income and Wealth, 66(4).

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