Philip A.W. Trammell
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ABOUT ME
I graduated from Brown University, where I studied
economics and mathematics. I focused on microeconomic theory.
When I'm not trying to be productive, I sometimes find myself writing, long-distance cycling, or oversleeping.
CONTACT
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RECENT DOINGS
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Global Priorities Institute (University of Oxford)
· Working on various research projects (and outreach efforts) at the intersection of economic theory and moral philosophy
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Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance (University of Chicago)
· Analyzed data for research projects on credit ratings and impact investing
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Banter
· Designed and built Banter, a web platform for understanding political controversies
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NERA
· Performed data analysis central to large financial litigation cases –
primarily the Citibank ISDAFix rate manipulation case, since settled for $250MM
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Attended Brown University
· Magna cum laude (top 20% of class)
· Senior thesis won award for best economics thesis my year
· Research-assisted several distinguished professors, including David Weil, Jesse Shapiro, and Glenn Loury.
At least some of them love me now
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Interned at the Cato Institute
· Worked for financial regulation scholar Dr. Mark Calabria, currently chief economic adviser to Mike Pence. Some of my work contributed (slightly) to a congressional testimony
· Was one of two interns chosen to debate two Heritage Foundation interns about various issues, before an audience of over 1,000 people
· Don't worry, I'm not a crazy libertarian
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Some other things I've done
· Designed a font, which apparently got over forty thousand downloads at some point
· Biked from New York to Providence (193 miles) in one day
· Pledged to give everything I earn above $30,890/year (October 2018 inflation-adjustment) to the most effective charities possible
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ABOUT ME
I graduated from Brown University, where I studied
economics and mathematics. I focused on microeconomic theory.
When I'm not trying to be productive, I sometimes find myself writing, long-distance cycling, or oversleeping.
CONTACT
pawtrammell@gmail.comLinkedIn · Facebook
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RECENT DOINGS
Global Priorities Institute (University of Oxford)
· Working on various research projects (and outreach efforts) at the intersection of economic theory and moral philosophy
Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance (University of Chicago)
· Analyzed data for research projects on credit ratings and impact investing
Banter
· Designed and built Banter, a web platform for understanding political controversies
NERA
· Performed data analysis central to large financial litigation cases –
primarily the Citibank ISDAFix rate manipulation case, since settled for $250MM
Attended Brown University
· Magna cum laude (top 20% of class)
· Senior thesis won award for best economics thesis my year
· Research-assisted several distinguished professors, including David Weil, Jesse Shapiro, and Glenn Loury.
At least some of them love me now
Cato Institute
· Worked for financial regulation scholar Dr. Mark Calabria, currently chief economic adviser to Mike Pence. Some of my work contributed to a congressional testimony
· Was one of two interns chosen to debate two Heritage Foundation interns about various issues, before an audience of over 1,000 people
· Don't worry, I'm not a crazy libertarian
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Some other things I've done
· Designed a font, which apparently got over forty thousand downloads at some point
· Biked from New York to Providence (193 miles) in one day
· Pledged to give everything I earn above $30,890/year (October 2018 inflation-adjustment) to the most effective charities possible
Published papers
Trammell, Philip (2019). “Fixed-point Solutions to the Regress Problem in Normative Uncertainty”. Synthese, forthcoming. [Link]
Working papers
Rank-dependent Utility and the Value of Evaluation (near complete) [Link]
Discounting for Patient Philanthropists (in progress) [Link]
Other
Simplifying Cluelessness [Link]
A Research Agenda for the Global Priorities Institute [Link]
Decentralized Betting under Heterogeneous State-contingent Preferences [Link]
A very informal collection of thoughts
about economics, philosophy, effective altruism, and other stuff I know less about than I think I do
about economics, philosophy, effective altruism, and other stuff I know less about than I think I do
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