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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · 7d

2025 GSU-MS AI & FinTech Conference is happening Oct 3–4!
Join us virtually via Zoom — all are welcome.

Program: sites.google.com/view/gsufint...
Zoom Link: gsu-edu.zoom.us/j/3572989004...

GSU-MS AI & FinTech Conference - Program & Registration

Registration Link for the Conference: https://www.conftool.com/gsu-ai-fintech-2025 Time allotment: 40 minutes per talk, 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussant, remaining time for audi...

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Sep 3

Registration is now open for the 2025 GSU-MS AI and FinTech Conference.

📅 October 3–4, 2025
📍 Georgia State University – Buckhead Center, Atlanta, GA
💵 Registration fee: $200
🔗 Link: www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Aug 28

I recently completed the EB1-B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) visa process and am grateful for everyone’s support. I put together a slide with key insights and advice that may help other researchers considering this path.

Link: mjha91.github.io/pdf/EB1BAdvi...

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Jun 8

One week left for paper submission, GSU-MS AI and FinTech Conference :)
Deadline: June 15th, 2025
Link: sites.google.com/view/gsufint...

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Apr 21

The 2025 GSU-MS AI and FinTech Conference – Call for Papers

📅 Event Dates: October 3–4, 2025
📍 Location: Georgia State University, Atlanta
📝 Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025
🔗 Submission Link: sites.google.com/view/gsufint...

We hope to see you in Atlanta!

GSU-MS FinTech Conference - Submission

Submission Guidelines Authors‬‭ should‬‭ submit‬‭ an‬‭ electronic‬‭ version‬‭ of‬‭ the‬‭ paper‬‭ in‬‭ PDF‬‭ format‬‭ no‬‭ later‬‭ than‬ June‬‭ 15,‬‭ 2025‬‭ .‬‭ There‬‭ is‬‭ a‬‭ submission‬‭ fee‬‭ of‬‭...

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thank you for covering our research! In this paper, we utilize generative AI to extract and aggregate managerial expectations about the economy 🔮

Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social · Mar 13

A new AI tool for predicting economic growth, via Georgia State University’s @mjha91.bsky.social, Jialin Qian, and Baozhong Yang and Chicago Booth’s Michael Weber. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/a-new... #ai #econsky

A New Tool for Predicting Economic Growth

Generative AI can gauge managers’ expectations to forecast economic indicators.

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Mar 10

Thank you so much for sharing our paper :)

Chicago Booth Review @chicagoboothreview.bsky.social · Mar 7

AI can discover corporate policy changes in earnings calls, via Georgia State’s @mjha91.bsky.social & Baozhong Yang, Georgia State PhD student Jialin Qian, & Chicago Booth’s Michael Weber. http://ms.spr.ly/63324qHRPp #AI #econsky

AI Can Discover Corporate Policy Changes in Earnings Calls

ChatGPT captures information missed by the market.

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Feb 27

My third paper, co-authored with @amanela.bsky.social and Hongyi Liu, is now available as a pre-print. We analyze public sentiment toward finance across countries and over time, investigating its influence on economic growth and credit expansion.

Link: academic.oup.com/rfs/advance-...

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Feb 13

My second paper is in pre-print. Grateful for all the advice and suggestions. Hope people find it useful in understanding shareholder activism, as it shows activists focus on issues aligned with large shareholders' preferences.

Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...

Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Dec 9

Thank you for sharing our research paper :)

SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · Dec 9

This study utilizes generative #artificialintelligence (AI) to analyze over 120,000 corporate conference call transcripts & extract managerial expectations regarding the economic outlook.

Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Dec 4

Thank you so much for sharing our paper :)

Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social · Dec 4

It’s all Money Stuff. You don’t need to know anything more than that from me about what I think about this newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Citi Traders Didn’t Know the Rules

High-touch trading, books as leading indicators, HPS pay and memecoins.

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thank you so much 🥰

Asaf Manela @amanela.bsky.social · Dec 3

1/ Does finance benefit society? 📈📉 In a forthcoming Review of Financial Studies paper, @mjha91.bsky.social , Hongyi Liu, and yours truly tackle this question by leveraging large language models to measure sentiments in books spanning centuries and continents. 🧵

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Manish Jha @mjha91.bsky.social · Nov 20

Yes, it's a bit long these days. I posted a paper on October 4th, approved November 12th.

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