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View article: The Changing Geography of Medical Research
The Changing Geography of Medical Research Open
Medical research remains concentrated in high-income settings, risking misalignment with global health needs. We build a geography-aware knowledge graph linking articles in the 524 leading medical journals to the diseases they study, the c…
View article: AI health advice accuracy varies across languages and contexts.
AI health advice accuracy varies across languages and contexts. Open
Using basic health statements authorized by UK and EU registers and ~9,100 journalist-vetted public-health assertions on topics such as abortion, COVID-19 and politics from sources ranging from peer-reviewed journals and government advisor…
View article: Local decline and populism
Local decline and populism Open
Support for right-wing populist parties is characterised by considerable regional heterogeneity and is especially concentrated in regions that have experienced economic decline. It remains unclear, however, whether the spatial externalitie…
View article: Artificial Intelligence health advice accuracy varies across languages and contexts
Artificial Intelligence health advice accuracy varies across languages and contexts Open
Using basic health statements authorized by UK and EU registers and 9,100 journalist-vetted public-health assertions on topics such as abortion, COVID-19 and politics from sources ranging from peer-reviewed journals and government advisori…
View article: Network Determinants of Cross-Border Media Coverage of Natural Disasters
Network Determinants of Cross-Border Media Coverage of Natural Disasters Open
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters worldwide. Media coverage of these events may be vital to generate empathy and mobilize global populations to address the common threat posed by climate change. U…
View article: Social and Genetic Ties Drive Skewed Cross-Border Media Coverage of Disasters
Social and Genetic Ties Drive Skewed Cross-Border Media Coverage of Disasters Open
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters worldwide. Media coverage of these events may be vital to generate empathy and mobilize global populations to address the common threat posed by climate change. U…
View article: Causal Claims in Economics
Causal Claims in Economics Open
We analyze over 44,000 economics working papers from 1980--2023 using a custom language model to construct knowledge graphs mapping economic concepts and their relationships, distinguishing between general claims and those supported by cau…
View article: Losing on the home front? Battlefield casualties, media, and public support for foreign interventions
Losing on the home front? Battlefield casualties, media, and public support for foreign interventions Open
How domestic constituents respond to signals of weakness in foreign wars remains an important question in international relations. This paper studies the impact of battlefield casualties and media coverage on public demand for war terminat…
View article: Distributional and climate implications of policy responses to energy price shocks
Distributional and climate implications of policy responses to energy price shocks Open
SUMMARY Which households are most affected by energy price shocks? How do interventions in energy markets affect these patterns? To investigate these questions, this paper introduces a measurement framework that leverages granular property…
View article: Political Expression of Academics on Social Media
Political Expression of Academics on Social Media Open
Academics have traditionally played a vital role in both the generation and dissemination of knowledge, ideas and narratives. Social media, relative to traditional media, provides for new and more direct ways of science communication. Yet,…
View article: Replication data for: How Big is the Media Multiplier? Evidence from Dyadic News Data
Replication data for: How Big is the Media Multiplier? Evidence from Dyadic News Data Open
This paper estimates the size of the media multiplier, an easily generalizable model- based measure of how far media coverage magnifies the economic response to shocks. We combine monthly aggregated and anonymized credit card activity data…
View article: Pandemic Pressures and Public Health Care: Evidence from England
Pandemic Pressures and Public Health Care: Evidence from England Open
This paper documents that the COVID-19 pandemic induced pressures on the health care system have significant adverse knock-on effects on the accessibility and quality of non-COVID-19 care. We observe persistently worsened performance and l…