Michael Wiebe is an economist and data scientist based in Vancouver, Canada. He completed a Ph.D. in economics at the University of British Columbia, specializing in political economy and development economics. His dissertation studied whether mayors in China are promoted based on GDP growth, showing that certain results in that literature are not robust. He has also replicated research on air pollution, the measles vaccine, and agglomeration effects for innovation. His email address is maswiebe@gmail.com.