We survey the recent literature in economics measuring what is on top of people's minds using open-ended questions. We first provide an overview of studies in political economy, macroeconomics, finance, labor economics, and behavioral economics that have employed such measurement. We next...

We survey the recent literature in economics measuring what is on top of people's minds using open-ended questions. We first provide an overview of studies in political economy, macroeconomics, finance, labor economics, and behavioral economics that have employed such measurement. We next...

When deciding how to allocate their time between different types of investment in their children, parents weigh up the perceived benefits and costs of different activities. During the COVID-19 outbreak parents had to consider a new cost dimension when making this decision: the perceived risks...

Introduction to Text Analytics in Marketing: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers -- Textual Data, String Handling, Regular Expressions, and Data Structures -- Obtaining Textual Data for Marketing Analytics, Web Scraping, APIs, and Structured Sources -- Basic Text Analysis,...

This paper compares macroeconomic effects of Knightian uncertainty and risk using policy shocks for the case of Italy. Drawing on the ambiguity literature, I use changes in the bid-ask spread and mid-price of government bonds as distinct measures for uncertainty and risk. The identification...

This paper investigates the potential of indicators derived from corporate websites to measure technology related concepts. Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a case in point, I construct a 24-year panel combining the texts of websites and patent portfolios for over 1,000 large...

This paper investigates the potential of indicators derived from corporate websites to measure technology related concepts. Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a case in point, I construct a 24-year panel combining the texts of websites and patent portfolios for over 1,000 large...

This paper compares macroeconomic effects of Knightian uncertainty and risk using policy shocks for the case of Italy. Drawing on the ambiguity literature, I use changes in the bid-ask spread and mid-price of government bonds as distinct measures for uncertainty and risk. The identification...