Mauricio Sarrias
Associate Professor of Economics
Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca, Chile
I am a regional scientist (pseudo economist) working on spatial econometrics, discrete choice models, and binary response models. I develop econometric methods and R software for researchers working with spatial dependence, heterogeneous preferences, and limited dependent variables.
What I do
Research
I study econometric models for spatially dependent data, discrete choices, binary outcomes, endogenous regressors, and heterogeneous effects.
Software
I develop and maintain R tools for applied econometrics, including work related to multinomial logit models and spatial limited dependent variable models.
Teaching
I teach econometrics, causal inference, discrete choice models, and spatial econometrics at undergraduate, master, and doctoral levels.
Recent publications
A J-test for spatial autoregressive binary models
Spatial econometrics Binary response models Discrete choice Simulation
Happy Where You Are? Exploring Migration Intentions and Subjective Well-being Through a Discrete Choice Experiment
Discrete choice Subjective well-being Latent class Random parameters
Instrumental variable estimation with observed and unobserved heterogeneity of the treatment and instrument effect: a latent class approach
Amenities and individual heterogeneity in the return to schooling
Selected software
gmnl
R package for multinomial logit models with observed and unobserved preference heterogeneity.
spldv
R tools for spatial limited dependent variable models and related methods for applied spatial econometrics.