Sebastian Galiani

About

Sebastian Galiani is a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on development economics, public economics, and the effects of policy interventions on economic and social outcomes. Galiani has contributed to understanding issues such as neighborhood choice models, the impact of aid on growth, property rights, and the effects of land titling on child health. His work often involves empirical analysis and field experiments, providing evidence on how policies influence economic development, health, and well-being. Galiani's extensive publication record includes influential articles in leading economic journals, reflecting his significant role in advancing knowledge in these areas.

Research topics

• Economics
• Political Science
• Medicine
• Demographic economics
• Financial system
• Microeconomics
• Econometrics
• Social psychology
• Business
• Psychology

Selected publications

• Assessing external validity

  Research in Economics · 2021 · 17 citations

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• Beyond Bonferroni: Hierarchical Multiple Testing in Empirical Research

  National Bureau of Economic Research · 2025-07-01 · 2 citations

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  Empirical research in the social and medical sciences frequently involves testing multiple hypotheses simultaneously, increasing the risk of false positives due to chance.Classical multiple testing procedures, such as the Bonferroni correction, control the family-wise error rate (FWER) but tend to be overly conservative, reducing statistical power.Stepwise alternatives like the Holm and Hochberg procedures offer improved power while maintaining error control under certain dependence structures.H…

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• Free-riding Yankees: Canada and the Panama Canal

  Journal of Economic Growth · 2025-03-21 · 1 citations

  article1st authorCorresponding
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• Geopolitics and international trade infrastructure deterrence

  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 2025-04-09 · 1 citations

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• Divergence in Climate Change Communication: LLM-based Evidence from the IPCC and the Press

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026-01-01

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Frequent coauthors

• Gustavo Torrens

  100 shared

• Paul Gertler

  National Bureau of Economic Research

  99 shared

• Ernesto Schargrodsky

  97 shared

• Samuel Berlinski

  Inter-American Development Bank

  79 shared

• Marco Manacorda

  Queen Mary University of London

  55 shared

• Rafael Di Tella

  39 shared

• Mauricio Romero

  31 shared

• Jose Manuel Paz y Miño

  University of Chile

  30 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Economics

  University of Maryland

  1996

• M.A., Economics

  University of Maryland

  1993

• B.A., Economics

  University of Buenos Aires

  1989

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