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Elliott Ash @elliottash.bsky.social · May 26

Call for Papers:

The 4th Annual Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics

to be held Dec 5-6, 2025, hosted by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich.

Info: eash.cc/AI-econ
Submit (by Aug 15th): eash.cc/AI-econ-sub-2025

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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · Jul 1

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes a list of the top downloaded papers on #AI in Law for Q2 of 2025.

Read More: http://spkl.io/63329ABA6R

#LawSky #AICommunity

Top Papers on AI in Law

This list includes the top downloaded papers on AI in Law posted in Q1 2025. It also includes the Top 5 Organizations that downloaded the research during this period.

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Alexander Hoyle @alexanderhoyle.bsky.social · Jul 17

Work with @yu-fan-768.bsky.social , Yang Tian, @shauli.bsky.social , @mrinmaya.bsky.social , @elliottash.bsky.social

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.01234 (credit to Yu for the McLuhan reference)
Github: github.com/y-fn/deconfo...

The Medium Is Not the Message: Deconfounding Text Embeddings via Linear Concept Erasure

Embedding-based similarity metrics between text sequences can be influenced not just by the content dimensions we most care about, but can also be biased by spurious attributes like the text's source ...

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Elliott Ash @elliottash.bsky.social · May 26

Call for Papers:

The 4th Annual Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics

to be held Dec 5-6, 2025, hosted by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich.

Info: eash.cc/AI-econ
Submit (by Aug 15th): eash.cc/AI-econ-sub-2025

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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · May 7

Reminder: The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. link.springer.com/collections/...

#EconSky
@kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Apr 7

Registration is open for the 9th Text-As-Data Workshop!
When: 28-29 April 2025
Where: Online
Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social @phinifa.bsky.social
More information: cepr.org/events/9th-m...
#EconSky #Workshop #Conference

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Elliott Ash @elliottash.bsky.social · Apr 8

Stellar health economists who want to build a world-class lab in Zurich, see here 👉

Barton Lee @bartonelee2.bsky.social · Apr 7

Come join me in Zurich! We’re hiring a Professor of Health Economics (deadline April 30).

DM me if you have any questions about our department, ETH 🏫, or Switzerland🇨🇭

ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

Professor of Health Economics

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Benjamin Arold @benjaminarold.bsky.social · Mar 24

🚨New Working Paper:

The Value of Worker Rights in Collective Bargaining

w/ @elliottash.bsky.social , W. Bentley MacLeod & Suresh Naidu

We propose novel NLP methods applied to 30,000 collective bargaining agreements to quantify the value of worker rights.

👉 nber.org/papers/w33605

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Mar 10

Submission deadline extended for the 9th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop

📢New deadline: 15 March 2025

Organisers @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer @pse.bsky.social

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Mar 5

Our fantastic co-organizer Philine @phinifa.bsky.social is now also on bluesky!

Follow Philine & submit your best work to the 9th edition of the MWPZ- @cepr.org text as data workshop!

cc @elliottash.bsky.social

Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Feb 20

📢 #CallForPapers for the 9th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop!

Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.

Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer @pse.bsky.social
📆10/03/25
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aniketkesari.bsky.social @aniketkesari.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS: Conference on Data Science and Law 8/5-8/6, New York City🚨

Have a work in progress at the intersection of data science and law? Join us at @FordhamLawNYC this summer! See submission details here: conference-on-datascience-and-law.github.io

Conference on Data Science and Law

August 5-6, 2025 Welcome to the Conference on Data Science and Law! We aim to showcase the latest research applying computational methods to empirical legal studies, and convene researchers in this ne...

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Elliott Ash @elliottash.bsky.social · Feb 28

📣Now hiring: Predoc in Economics and Data Science

We are hiring a predoc -- work at ETH Zurich on exciting projects in applied econ (political econ, education, etc.), using AI, NLP, and causal inference. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11505

EJM - Econ Job Market

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Christian Traxler @chtraxler.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy to share that @annabindler.bsky.social & I will organize the 16th #TWEC Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime in Berlin.

Save the date: 26-27 September 2025.

CfP follows next month #econsky

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Feb 20

📢 #CallForPapers for the 9th Monash-Paris-Warwick-Zurich-CEPR Text-As-Data #Workshop!

Papers using text, audio, images, or other unstructured data are welcome.

Organisers: @elliottash.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social & Philine Widmer @pse.bsky.social
📆10/03/25
cepr.org/events/9th-m...
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Economics. For Society. @ubscenter.uzh.ch · Dec 4

Now #live 🔴 David Yanagizawa-Drott of @uzh-econ.bsky.social discusses recent empirical evidence on generative artificial intelligence, with a special focus on human productivity in emerging markets. Host: @elliottash.bsky.social of @ethzurich.bsky.social → youtube.com/live/PYrM7Hu...

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Jan 24

Well deserved break ❤️

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Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics @sjeseditors.bsky.social · Oct 21

The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics invites submissions for the collection #Textual #Analysis in #Economics and #Finance. link.springer.com/collections/...

#EconSky
@kaufmanndani.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social

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Chris Warshaw @chriswarshaw.bsky.social · Nov 13

I'm pleased to see our paper, "From viewers to voters: Tracing Fox News’ impact on American democracy", online at the Journal of Public Economics. This has been a really fun multi-year collaboration with @elliottash.bsky.social, Sergio Galletta & Matteo Pinna. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From viewers to voters: Tracing Fox News’ impact on American democracy

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the effect of Fox News Channel (FNC) on the mass public’s political preferences and voting behavior …

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S Galletta @sergallett.bsky.social · Nov 19

We're looking for Postdocs in Economics & Data Science! Join @elliottash.bsky.social and me at @ethzurich.bsky.social, in a highly productive and supportive research environment.
Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11199
#econjm #econsky

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Chris Goodman @cbgoodman.co · Sep 28

"How Cable News Reshaped Local Government" by Elliott Ash and Sergio Galletta in AEJ: Applied Economics

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

This paper shows that partisan cable news broadcasts have a causal effect on the size and composition of budgets in US localities. Using exogenous channel positioning as an instrument for viewership, we show that exposure to the conservative Fox News channel reduces revenues and expenditures. Multiple mechanisms drive these results: Fox News improves election chances for local Republicans, alters politician campaign agendas, and shifts voter policy preferences on fiscal issues. Consistent with the priorities of small-government conservatism, we find evidence that private provision compensates for the reduced public services. The "Fox News effect" extends beyond vote shares to rightward policy shifts.

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