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Matthew Gentzkow *
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Bryan Kelly
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Matt Taddy
DOI:10.1257/jel.20181020delete
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Abstract

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An ever-increasing share of human interaction, communication, and culture is recorded as digital text. We provide an introduction to the use of text as an input to economic research. We discuss the features that make text different from other forms of data, offer a practical overview of relevant statistical methods, and survey a variety of applications.
Keywords:
VARIABLE SELECTION
INFORMATION-CONTENT
MEDIA
REGRESSION
INFERENCE
LASSO
AUTHORSHIP
BOOTSTRAP
ESTIMATOR
SENTIMENT
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Journal

Journal of Economic Literature cover
Journal of Economic Literature
IF:
10.6
Papers:
689
Citations:
1.3W

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Yale University
Scholars:
6.5W
Papers: 6.0W
Citations: 10.0W
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Stanford University
Scholars:
9.6W
Papers: 8.2W
Citations: 17.0W