Ranking methods are fundamental tools in many areas. Popular methods aggregate the statements of 'experts' in different … ways. As such, there are various reasonable ranking methods, each one of them more or less adapted to the environment under … applications. The method is illustrated for ranking economic journals. …

Ranking algorithms are the information gatekeepers of the Internet era. We develop a stylized framework to study the … effects of ranking algorithms on opinion dynamics. We consider rankings that depend on popularity and on personalization. We …, depending on whether individuals have common or private value preferences. We also find that ranking algorithms can contribute …

Mathematics and Spanish test scores. To be able to test the theory, I develop a novel nonlinear difference-in-differences model …

This paper provides a simple theoretical framework to evaluate the effect of key parameters of ranking algorithms …/or polarization. By exploiting Facebook's 2018 "Meaningful Social Interactions" algorithmic ranking update, we also provide direct …