articleJournal of Economic LiteratureSep 1, 2019Closed access

Text as Data

Stanford University · Hochschule Aalen · +1 more institution

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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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Keywords
  • Variety (cybernetics)
  • Computer science
  • Data science
  • Artificial intelligence
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