🆕 Using machine learning to detect corruption
Today on VoxDev, @ellliottt (@ETH_en), @sergallet (@eth_cle) & @T_Giommoni (@UvA_Amsterdam) discuss how machine learning can improve corruption detection and prevention in Brazil: https://t.co/aotaQBccGm
Can AI-powered chatbots strengthen democracy?
We test BallotBot, an AI chatbot providing official information to California voters on key ballot measures ahead of the Nov 24 elections. 🧵👇
📄 Paper: https://t.co/LRNWN5Nnv1
w/ @ellliottt@sergallet#EconTwitter
🥳 Beyond excited that my first publication is now out @QJEHarvard 🥳
Thanks a ton for great comments by editors, referees, mentors, peers, and especially by my supervisors @ellliottt, @Woessmann, and Davide Cantoni.
👉 (open access): https://t.co/II4oKVxJEz
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Thrilled to be in Alghero for the XIII IBEO Workshop! Excited to share the program of the Political Economy sessions with incredible speakers. Looking forward to great discussions, reconnecting with friends, and lots of fun! #econtwitter#poliscitwitter
https://t.co/GQePyOazpM
New paper: How can you tell if a transformer has the right world model?
We trained a transformer to predict directions for NYC taxi rides. The model was good. It could find shortest paths between new points
But had it built a map of NYC? We reconstructed its map and found this:
👉"Fuelling Organised Crime: The Mexican War on Drugs and Oil Theft" is out on @EJ_RES
-We show that the Mexican War on Drugs pushed drug cartels into large-scale oil theft
-Crackdowns can spill over to new areas and sectors, creating new illegal markets
https://t.co/jEANBcJUox
Video: My keynote presentation on "Human Values and AI" at this year's AMLD: https://t.co/Mz0bRPqvYS
with a brief history on how data and human values have come together to build AI
how AI can help expand/enrich data
how AI can help social scientists understand human values
Amazing line up for the 3rd Worshop on Public Policies to be held at @FundacioIEB (@ubeconomics) June 13-14. Looking forward hearing all presenters and the two amazing keynote speakers!!
👉This year's Workship in AI+Economics, coming to you December 6th-7th, 2024, in Zurich🇨🇭👈
co-organized with @sergallet & @YanagizawaD
CFP: https://t.co/OUMq6Xx9tE
(submit by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵)
Keynote: @MelissaLDell
Pics from 2023:
https://t.co/XWb7ze472R
📢Call For Papers: 3rd Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics📢
Conf: Dec 6th-7th, 2024 in Zurich
Papers due: July 19th, 2024
Keynote by: @MelissaLDell
Submit here: https://t.co/Peuy6krlEz
More details: https://t.co/mBKdli6OhY
co-organized with
@ellliottt@YanagizawaD
One of the best conferences on empirical, causal work on crime/CJ. And a great chance to spend time with the many wonderful European scholars working in this space.
🚨 Just a couple of weeks left until the deadline (May 3) to submit your paper for presentation at the XV Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime at @ETH_en on Oct 4-5!📢
https://t.co/lEetar8uez
🌍We are happy to host the 15th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime at @ETH_en this Oct 4-5! 📢Featuring keynotes by @ProfHjalmarsson & @5harad 🚀Submit your paper by May 3: https://t.co/lEetar8uez
1st edition of the EPSI (Economics of the Public Sector and Institutions) Conference. Keynotes by @raffasadun and @jan_eeckhout. Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2024. Send your paper to [email protected] and re-post!
More details here: https://t.co/kC0mfOXoo4