Elliott Ash

ETH Zürich

Assistant Professor of Law, Economics, and Data Science

Rämistrasse 101

ZUE F7

Zürich, 8092

Switzerland

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1.

The Effect of Fox News on Health Behavior During COVID-19

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2020
Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta, Dominik Hangartner, Yotam Margalit and Matteo Pinna
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Tel Aviv University and ETH Zürich
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A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy

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A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
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algorithmic decision-making, corruption policy, local public finance

A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy

CESifo Working Paper No. 9015
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Apr 2021
Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta and Tommaso Giommoni
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
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A Research-Based Ranking of Public Policy Schools

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2020
Elliott Ash and Miguel S. Urquiola
ETH Zürich and Columbia University
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Public policy, University rankings

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Visual Representation and Stereotypes in News Media

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Visual Representation and Stereotypes in News Media

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2021
Elliott Ash, Ruben Durante, Maria Grebenshchikova and Carlo Schwarz
ETH Zürich, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Center for Digital Technology and Management and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Stereotypes, Gender, Race, Media, Computer Vision, Text Analysis

Visual Representation and Stereotypes in News Media

CESifo Working Paper No. 9686
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Apr 2022
Elliott Ash, Ruben Durante, Maria Grebenshchikova and Carlo Schwarz
ETH Zürich, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Center for Digital Technology and Management and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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stereotypes, gender, race, media, computer vision, text analysis

Visual Representation and Stereotypes in News Media

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16624
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 27 May 2022
Elliott Ash, Ruben Durante, Maria Grebenschikova and Carlo Schwarz
ETH Zürich, Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Center for Digital Technology and Management and Bocconi University
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Computer Vision, gender, media, race, Stereotypes, Text Analysis

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The Effect of Fox News Channel on U.S. Elections: 2000-2020

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 May 2021 Last Revised: 16 May 2022
Elliott Ash, Sergio Galletta, Matteo Pinna and Christopher Warshaw
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and George Washington University - Department of Political Science
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Conservative News Media and Criminal Justice: Evidence from Exposure to Fox News Channel

Columbia Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2021
Elliott Ash and Michael Poyker
ETH Zürich and University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
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Partisan Media, Judge Elections, Incarceration, Racial Bias

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How Cable News Reshaped Local Government

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 May 2019 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2022
Sergio Galletta and Elliott Ash
ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
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public budget, partisan media, local governments

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Media Slant is Contagious

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Philine Widmer, Sergio Galletta and Elliott Ash
University of St.Gallen, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
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media slant, text as data, local news markets

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What is (and was) a Person? Evidence on Historical Mind Perceptions from Natural Language

Cognition (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Elliott Ash, Dominik Stammbach and Kevin Tobia
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and Georgetown University Law Center
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dimensions of mind, personhood, person, mind, NLP, agency, patiency, gender

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If We Build It, Will They Legislate? Empirically Testing the Potential of the Nondelegation Doctrine to Curb Congressional “Abdication”

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 401-492, 2023, Penn State Law Research Paper No. 5-2022, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-59
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 01 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2023
Daniel E. Walters and Elliott Ash
Texas A&M University School of Law and ETH Zürich
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delegation, nondelegation, administrative law, empirical legal studies, legislation

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Measuring Judicial Sentiment:Methods and Application to U.S. Circuit Courts

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2021
Sergio Galletta, Elliott Ash and Daniel L. Chen
ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France
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Case Vectors: Spatial Representations of the Law Using Document Embeddings

Law as Data, Santa Fe Institute Press, ed. M. Livermore and D. Rockmore, 2019(11)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2022
Elliott Ash and Daniel L. Chen
ETH Zürich and Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France
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text data, judge rankings

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More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States

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More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States

BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Research Paper No. 2022-178
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 27 Apr 2022
Elliott Ash, Massimo Morelli and Matia Vannoni
ETH Zürich, Bocconi University and King’s College London
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Legislative production, growth, regulatory complexity, economic uncertainty

More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15629
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 27 May 2022
Elliott Ash, Massimo Morelli and Matia Vannoni
ETH Zürich, Bocconi University and King’s College London
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Automated Classification of Modes of Moral Reasoning in Judicial Decisions

Computational Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2018
Nischal Mainali, Liam Meier, Elliott Ash and Daniel L. Chen
New York University (NYU) - New York University, Abu Dhabi, New York University (NYU) - New York University, Abu Dhabi, ETH Zürich and Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France
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Fight or Flight on Fox?: Partisan Fear Responses on U.S. Cable News Shows

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Oct 2022
Elliott Ash and Cantay Caliskan
ETH Zürich and University of Rochester
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Emotions, measuring emotions, cable news, American politics, deep learning, computer vision, data science

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Fiscal Pressures and Discriminatory Policing: Evidence from Traffic Stops in Missouri

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-591, Harris, A., Ash, E., & Fagan, J. (2020). Fiscal Pressures and Discriminatory Policing: Evidence from Traffic Stops in Missouri. The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, 1-31. doi:10.1017/rep.2020.10
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2020
Allison P. Harris, Elliott Ash and Jeffrey Fagan
Pennsylvania State University - University Park, ETH Zürich and Columbia Law School
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policing, traffic stops, discrimination, budgets, local budgets, budgetary, shortfalls, racial discrimination

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New Policing, New Segregation: From Ferguson to New York

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 106, No. 1, 25-102, 2017, Columbia Public Law Research Paper, No. 14-569
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 16 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2017
Jeffrey Fagan and Elliott Ash
Columbia Law School and ETH Zürich
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Policing, Race, Fines, Segregation

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Detecting the Influence of Chinese Guiding Cases: A Text Reuse Approach

Artificial Intelligence and Law, Forthcoming, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2023/28
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
Benjamin Minhao Chen, Zhiyu Li, David Cai and Elliott Ash
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law, Durham Law School, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
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socialist legality, precedent, courts, judicial decisionmaking

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The Making of International Tax Law: Empirical Evidence from Tax Treaties Text

Florida Tax Review, Volume 24, Number 1, 2020, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-02
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2023
Elliott Ash and Omri Y. Marian
ETH Zürich and University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Intergovernmental Organizations, OECD, International Tax, International Law Tax Treaties, Harmonization, Natural Language Processing

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Elections and Divisiveness: Theory and Evidence

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Elections and Divisiveness: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2015
Elliott Ash, Massimo Morelli and Richard Van Weelden
ETH Zürich, Bocconi University and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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Posturing, Reputation, Transparency, Effort Allocation, Multi-task

Elections and Divisiveness: Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w21422
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
Elliott Ash, Massimo Morelli and Richard Van Weelden
ETH Zürich, Bocconi University and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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Stereotypes in High Stakes Decisions: Evidence from U.S. Circuit Courts

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Daniel L. Chen, Elliott Ash and Arianna Ornaghi
Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France, ETH Zürich and University of Warwick
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social psychology; decision making; gender

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Economic Interests, Worldviews and Identities: Theory and Evidence on Ideational Politics

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Economic Interests, Worldviews and Identities: Theory and Evidence on Ideational Politics

CESifo Working Paper No. 9501
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
Elliott Ash, Sharun Mukand and Dani Rodrik
ETH Zürich, University of Warwick - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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economic interests, identity, narratives, ideational politics

Economic Interests, Worldviews, and Identities: Theory and Evidence on Ideational Politics

HKS Working Paper No. RWP21-032, 2021
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 03 Dec 2021
Elliott Ash, Sharun Mukand and Dani Rodrik
ETH Zürich, University of Warwick - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economic Interests, Worldviews, and Identities: Theory and Evidence on Ideational Politics

NBER Working Paper No. w29474
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 15 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
Elliott Ash, Sharun Mukand and Dani Rodrik
ETH Zürich, University of Warwick - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economic Interests, Worldviews, and Identities: Theory and Evidence on Ideational Politics

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16699
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 15 Nov 2021
Elliott Ash, Sharun Mukand and Dani Rodrik
ETH Zürich, University of Warwick - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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China shock, Ideas, interests, political economy

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What Kind of Judge Is Brett Kavanaugh? A Quantitative Analysis

Cardozo Law Review de novo, 2018
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2020
Daniel L. Chen and Elliott Ash
Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France and ETH Zürich
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Analysis of Vocal Implicit Bias in Scotus Decisions Through Predictive Modelling

Proceedings of Experimental Linguistics, 2018
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 09 Jan 2019
Ramya Vunikili, Hitesh Ochani, Divisha Jaiswal, Richa Deshmukh, Daniel L. Chen and Elliott Ash
New York University (NYU), New York University (NYU), New York University (NYU), New York University (NYU), Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France and ETH Zürich
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Reducing Partisanship in Judicial Elections Can Improve Judge Quality: Evidence from U.S. State Supreme Courts

NBER Working Paper No. w22071
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 14 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2023
Elliott Ash and W. Bentley MacLeod
ETH Zürich and Princeton University
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Media Bias and Climate Change Skepticism

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Nov 2023
Elliott Ash, Anton Boltachka, Sergio Galletta and Matteo Pinna
ETH Zürich, affiliation not provided to SSRN, ETH Zürich and ETH Zürich
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Climate Change Attitudes, Media Influence, Cable Television, Instrumental Variable (IV) Approach

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Intrinsic Motivation in Public Service: Theory and Evidence from State Supreme Courts

NBER Working Paper No. w20664
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 10 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Elliott Ash and W. Bentley MacLeod
ETH Zürich and Princeton University
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Mandatory Retirement for Judges Improved Performance on U.S. State Supreme Courts

NBER Working Paper No. w28025
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2023
Elliott Ash and W. Bentley MacLeod
ETH Zürich and Columbia University
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Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice

NBER Working Paper No. w29788
Number of pages: 108 Posted: 28 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 24 May 2023
Elliott Ash, Daniel L. Chen and Suresh Naidu
ETH Zürich, Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France and Columbia University
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Divided Government, Delegation, and Civil Service Reform

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13878
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Aug 2019
Massimo Morelli, Elliott Ash and Matia Vannoni
Bocconi University, ETH Zürich and King’s College London
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Text Algorithms in Economics

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 15, pp. 659-688, 2023
Posted: 20 Sep 2023
Elliott Ash and Stephen Hansen
ETH Zürich and University College London - Department of Economics

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RELATIO: Text Semantics Capture Political and Economic Narratives

Posted: 17 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2022
Elliott Ash, Germain Gauthier and Philine Widmer
ETH Zürich, Institut Polytechnique de Paris and University of St.Gallen
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narratives, memes, natural language processing

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Race-Related Research in Economics and Other Social Sciences

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16115
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 May 2021
Arun Advani, Elliott Ash, David Cai and Imran Rasul
University of Warwick, ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich and University College London - Department of Economics
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