Text as Data

Abstract

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. (JEL C38, C55, L82, Z13)

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Matthew Aaron Gentzkow, Bryan Kelly, Matt A. Taddy (2019). Text as Data. Journal of Economic Literature. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20181020

@article{aaron2019text,
  title  = {Text as Data},
  author = {Gentzkow, Matthew Aaron and Kelly, Bryan and Taddy, Matt A.},
  year   = {2019},
  journal = {Journal of Economic Literature},
  doi    = {10.1257/jel.20181020}
}

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