The Brover Fixed Effect

Elizaveta Brover

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The Brover Fixed Effect is an educational podcast on the field of economics. I upload interviews as well as solo episodes on my experience as a student of economics, both during my time at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.

11/17/2024

Interview with Jose Betancourt, Yale Physics PhD student

In this episode, I interview Jose Betancourt, my classmate in first year macro. Jose is econ-adjacent, having done an undergraduate degree and predoc program in economics. Jose and I discuss similarities and differences of the "economics approach" and "physics approach" to common problems. We discuss concepts in networks, biophysics, econophysics, and more. Thank you Jose for sharing your knowledge!

57 min
11/03/2024

Interview with Ashmit Vyas, Analyst at HoustonKemp

In this episode, I interview my former Penn classmate Ashmit Vyas. We discuss Ashmit's education, memories from Penn, grad school, and his experience with consulting jobs. Thank you Ashmit for giving this interview!Keep up with me at my website: https://sites.google.com/view/elizaveta-brover/home.

58 min
10/06/2024

Reflecting on my First Year of the Econ PhD

I go through my first year of the Economics PhD program at Yale chronologically and reflect on my personal and academic performance. Particularly I talk about the waiver exams, my mental health, and making friends during the PhD. Keep up with me at my website: https://sites.google.com/view/elizaveta-brover/home

23 min
01/09/2024

Interview with Jeremy Eppley, Founder of Silverstone Financial

In this episode, I interview Jeremy Eppley, founder of Silverstone Financial. Jeremy and I were classmates in high school and took our first economics class together. We talk about high school, college, Jeremy's experience starting his own company, the operations of Silverstone Financial, and finally conclude with (free) financial advice. I enjoyed having someone I've known for so long on the podcast!Silverstone Financial: https://www.silverstone.financial/about-usAs always, you can find more...

1h 14m
10/01/2023

Interview with Jere Behrman, Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania

In this episode, I interview Jere Behrman, professor of economics and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Behrman was one of my advisors during my undergraduate research projects and supervised my honors thesis my senior year. We talk about basketball, Dr. Behrman's reflections on developments in Penn Economics and economics in general throughout his career, and Dr. Behrman's incredible productivity habits. I also learned that Dr. Behrman and Dr. Todd share the same birthday!Dr. ...

1h 7m
08/24/2023

Interview with Emilio Borghesan, Economics Postdoc at Princeton University

In this episode, I interview Emilio Borghesan, a recent graduate from the University of Pennsylvania's Economics PhD program, and my former TA for intermediate microeconomics and econometrics. Emilio is currently a postdoc at Princeton University and afterwards will join the economics faculty at the University of Michigan. We discuss Emilio's background in clarinet performance and how it has motivated his interest in education. We also discuss Emilio's interest and work in the fields of labor...

59 min
07/27/2023

What I Learned in Undergrad

Hello and welcome back to the Brover Fixed Effect! In order of my graduate program starting next week, I thought it would be nice to reflect on the lessons I learned in undergrad and compile them into a series of advice. I hope you enjoy!As always, you can find more about me in my linktree, https://linktr.ee/russianecon. My contact form is open in case you have an idea for an episode. I hope to hear from you, and thank you for listening to this episode!

25 min
06/15/2023

Interview with Rachel Pomerantz, Economics PhD student at Harvard University

In this episode, I interview Rachel Pomerantz, a second year economics PhD student at Harvard. Rachel and I crossed paths at Penn through the Undergraduate Economics Society and were in touch throughout my time interning at the FRBNY as she completed her predoctoral program there. Rachel is interested in macroeconomics, urban economics, and trade. We discuss her time at Penn, the FRBNY, and Harvard, as well as her many aspirations as a rising economist. Rachel, thank you for a great interview...

56 min
06/05/2023

Interview with Karthik Tadepalli, Economics PhD student at UC Berkeley

For my first episode, I interviewed my best friend from undergrad, Karthik Tadepalli. Karthik and I became friends in office hours for our intermediate microeconomics class in the fall of 2018. In this episode, we talk about our time at Penn, including our time we spent at Penn's Social Deduction Club (SDC), as well as our major, Mathematical Economics. We also discuss economics at UC Berkeley and Karthik's interests in environmental economics, development, and international trade. We end wit...

1h 6m
05/19/2023

Introduction

In this episode, I introduce myself, the name of the podcast, and describe some directions in which I want to take the podcast. If you are interested in supporting the podcast, please fill out the contact form in my https://linktr.ee/russianecon. Please also support my TikTok account: @russianecon, where I also cover many topics related to economics.

12 min

10 Episodes

Creator

Elizaveta Brover
Years Active

2023 - 2024
Episodes

10
Rating

Clean
Show Website

The Brover Fixed Effect

The Brover Fixed Effect

Episodes

Interview with Jose Betancourt, Yale Physics PhD student

Interview with Ashmit Vyas, Analyst at HoustonKemp

Reflecting on my First Year of the Econ PhD

Interview with Jeremy Eppley, Founder of Silverstone Financial

Interview with Jere Behrman, Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania

Interview with Emilio Borghesan, Economics Postdoc at Princeton University

What I Learned in Undergrad

Interview with Rachel Pomerantz, Economics PhD student at Harvard University

Interview with Karthik Tadepalli, Economics PhD student at UC Berkeley

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