a lot of stuff fell into place today.
i discovered a newly-created master's program at lse. it's called "environmental economics and climate change." it's perfect for what i want to do because:
-it's economics
-it's specialized
-it's a master's program
-it's in england
i got some pretty exciting results on a regression i ran and have finally put them into a formal paper. for those of you who care,
tot_SO2_em = -35.674 - 0.000GRP_percap + 0.004GRP_100mil + 2.846GRP_persec - 2.148empl_per_sec + ε
the important part of that equations is GRP_persec (percent contribution of secondary industries to gross regional product) and empl_per_sec (percent contribution of secondary industries to regional employment). the dependent variable is sulfur dioxide emissions, which cause acid rain and are usually accompanied by other nasty pollutants. this regression suggests that, on average, as secondary industries' contribution to GRP increases by 1%, sulfur dioxide emissions increase by 20,346 tons. that's pretty serious. the weird part is that as secondary industries employ 1% more of the population, SO2 emissions actually decrease by 20,148 tons. now the problem is explaining that discrepancy...
tonight was a lot of fun. we went to memphis to visit a haunted corn maze, but the line was really long, so we turned around and drove back to oxford. guess the fazoli's quick pasta made it worth it.
we got back to oxford, went to parish's and the library (the bar, not the books) then went home. it was a nice, easy night with friends that i haven't seen in a while.
now it's time for bed. my parents are coming up tomorrow for lunch and i'm crossing my fingers that i'll have a productive day at work.
until then,
m
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