Contact

Email

ljacobi@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Professor
Department of Economics
Education
PhD
Washington University in St Louis
Masters (Coursework)
Washington University in St Louis
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Otto-Friedrich-Universitat Bamberg
ORCID

0000-0001-7210-0500

Prof Liana Jacobi

Professor
Department of Economics
23 Scholarly works
5 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    An Analysis of Vectorised Automatic Differentiation for Statistical Applications
    DOI: 10.3390/stats8020040
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Estimating Posterior Sensitivities with Application to Structural Analysis of Bayesian Vector Autoregressions
    DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2024.2329639
  • 2024

    Thesis / Dissertation

    Essays on Bayesian Discrete Choice Models and Applications
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Factor-augmented Bayesian treatment effects models for panel outcomes
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosta.2022.04.003
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Prior Sensitivity Analysis for Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Output
  • 2018

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Bayesian Analysis of Individual Decisions in Health and Labour Economics
  • 2018

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Bayesian Analysis of Individual Decisions in Health and Labour Economics
Liana Jacobi

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2007
Dissertation Fellowship, 2002-2003 Washington University
2007
Dean's Certificate for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching University of Melbourne
2003
University Fellowship, 2003-2005 Washington University
1998
University Fellowship, 1998-2001 Washington University

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Posterior Manifolds over Prior Parameter Regions: Beyond Pointwise Sensitivity Assessments for Posterior Statistics from MCMC Inference
    DOI: 10.1515/snde-2022-0116
  • 2022

    Journal article

    An automated prior robustness analysis in Bayesian model comparison
    DOI: 10.1002/jae.2889
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Food Price Elasticities for Policy Interventions: Estimates from a Virtual Supermarket Experiment in a Multistage Demand Analysis with (Expert) Prior Information
    DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.12640
  • 2020

    Software / Code

    ADtools: Automatic Differentiation Toolbox. R package version 0.5.5
    DOI: 10.1002/9781119541219
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Efficient selection of hyperparameters in large Bayesian VARs using automatic differentiation
    DOI: 10.1002/for.2660
  • 2019

    Journal article

    How Sensitive Are VAR Forecasts to Prior Hyperparameters? An Automated Sensitivity Analysis
    DOI: 10.1108/S0731-90532019000040A010
  • 2016

    Journal article

    Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis and Returns to Compulsory Schooling
    DOI: 10.1002/jae.2481

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2011

    Research Grant

    An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of Education on Health in Developing Countries