@sergallet

Political Economy | Public Finance | AI + Econ | Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome @SapienzaRoma

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Joined August 2019
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VoxDev@vox_dev16 Apr 2025
🆕 Using machine learning to detect corruption Today on VoxDev, @ellliottt (@ETH_en), @sergallet (@eth_cle) & @T_Giommoni (@UvA_Amsterdam) discuss how machine learning can improve corruption detection and prevention in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/methods-mea…

Using machine learning to detect corruption

When governments harness public budget data and machine learning, they can better predict the incidence of local government corruption.

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Here’s some new work I’ve done with @OpocherGiacomo and @ellliottt, testing whether AI chatbots trained on official voter guides can improve knowledge acquisition and reduce the cost of gathering information. #AI #CivicEngagement #AIandDemocracy #VoterEducation #DemocracyTech
Giacomo Opocher@OpocherGiacomo7 Mar 2025
Can AI-powered chatbots strengthen democracy? We test BallotBot, an AI chatbot providing official information to California voters on key ballot measures ahead of the Nov 24 elections. 🧵👇 📄 Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… w/ @ellliottt @sergallet #EconTwitter
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🚀 Excited to announce the list of speakers for the 15th edition of the TWEC, taking place at ETH Zurich in October! Keynotes from @ProfHjalmarsson and @5harad. Big thanks to the scientific committee: @ellliottt @AnnaBindler @Econ_Mike @AurelieOuss @ProfEmilyOwens #OlivierMarie
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@RomCampbell @JoseDeSousaEcon @AvivCaspi @KyraHanemaaijer @rmjabri @CampedelliGian @hsigstad @PGoonetilleke @mtotarelli @Oliviamasi0403 @analisapackham #PaoloPinotti #NikhilRao #ClaudiaMarangon #AannaliCasanueva @BeederMonica @AndiBeerli @AmandaYAgan
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Elliott Ash@ellliottt8 Jul 2024
11 days left to submit to the 3rd Zurich AI+Econ workshop!
S Galletta@sergallet17 May 2024
📢Call For Papers: 3rd Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics📢 Conf: Dec 6th-7th, 2024 in Zurich Papers due: July 19th, 2024 Keynote by: @MelissaLDell Submit here: forms.gle/wSSC3U9NDRfyDHyUA More details: ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/spe… co-organized with @ellliottt @YanagizawaD
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🥳 Beyond excited that my first publication is now out @QJEHarvard 🥳 Thanks a ton for great comments by editors, referees, mentors, peers, and especially by my supervisors @ellliottt, @Woessmann, and Davide Cantoni. 👉 (open access): academic.oup.com/qje/advance… An updated🧵 1/8

Evolution vs. Creationism in the Classroom: The Lasting Effects of Science Education*

Abstract. Anti-scientific attitudes can impose substantial costs on societies. Can schools be an important agent in mitigating the propagation of such atti

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QJE@QJEHarvard8 Jul 2024
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Evolution vs. Creationism in the Classroom: The Lasting Effects of Science Education,” by Benjamin W. Arold (@BenjaminArold): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjae019

Evolution vs. Creationism in the Classroom: The Lasting Effects of Science Education*

Abstract. Anti-scientific attitudes can impose substantial costs on societies. Can schools be an important agent in mitigating the propagation of such atti

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Thrilled to be in Alghero for the XIII IBEO Workshop! Excited to share the program of the Political Economy sessions with incredible speakers. Looking forward to great discussions, reconnecting with friends, and lots of fun! #econtwitter #poliscitwitter crenoslef.wixsite.com/ibeo/a…
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Amazing 🎉
Elliott Ash@ellliottt30 Jun 2024
Now forthcoming at JPE! Newest version: dropbox.com/scl/fo/595zr6t1s…

More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States

Shared with Dropbox

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Keyon Vafa@keyonV20 Jun 2024
New paper: How can you tell if a transformer has the right world model? We trained a transformer to predict directions for NYC taxi rides. The model was good. It could find shortest paths between new points But had it built a map of NYC? We reconstructed its map and found this:
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👉"Fuelling Organised Crime: The Mexican War on Drugs and Oil Theft" is out on @EJ_RES -We show that the Mexican War on Drugs pushed drug cartels into large-scale oil theft -Crackdowns can spill over to new areas and sectors, creating new illegal markets academic.oup.com/ej/advance-…

Fuelling Organised Crime: the Mexican War on Drugs and Oil Theft

Abstract. We show that the Mexican war on drugs pushed drug cartels into large-scale oil theft. We propose a simple model in which government crackdowns on

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Video: My keynote presentation on "Human Values and AI" at this year's AMLD: youtube.com/watch?v=-vu8ndwu… with a brief history on how data and human values have come together to build AI how AI can help expand/enrich data how AI can help social scientists understand human values
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Amazing line up for the 3rd Worshop on Public Policies to be held at @FundacioIEB (@ubeconomics) June 13-14. Looking forward hearing all presenters and the two amazing keynote speakers!!
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👉This year's Workship in AI+Economics, coming to you December 6th-7th, 2024, in Zurich🇨🇭👈 co-organized with @sergallet & @YanagizawaD CFP: ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/spe… (submit by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵) Keynote: @MelissaLDell Pics from 2023: xitter.cf/ellliottt/status/17081…
S Galletta@sergallet17 May 2024
📢Call For Papers: 3rd Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics📢 Conf: Dec 6th-7th, 2024 in Zurich Papers due: July 19th, 2024 Keynote by: @MelissaLDell Submit here: forms.gle/wSSC3U9NDRfyDHyUA More details: ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/spe… co-organized with @ellliottt @YanagizawaD
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📢Call For Papers: 3rd Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics📢 Conf: Dec 6th-7th, 2024 in Zurich Papers due: July 19th, 2024 Keynote by: @MelissaLDell Submit here: forms.gle/wSSC3U9NDRfyDHyUA More details: ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/spe… co-organized with @ellliottt @YanagizawaD
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One of the best conferences on empirical, causal work on crime/CJ. And a great chance to spend time with the many wonderful European scholars working in this space.
S Galletta@sergallet22 Apr 2024
🚨 Just a couple of weeks left until the deadline (May 3) to submit your paper for presentation at the XV Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime at @ETH_en on Oct 4-5!📢 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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May 3rd is the deadline to submit papers to the Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime, which will be in Zurich at the ETH on Oct 4-5!
S Galletta@sergallet22 Apr 2024
🚨 Just a couple of weeks left until the deadline (May 3) to submit your paper for presentation at the XV Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime at @ETH_en on Oct 4-5!📢 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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🚨 Just a couple of weeks left until the deadline (May 3) to submit your paper for presentation at the XV Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime at @ETH_en on Oct 4-5!📢 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
S Galletta@sergallet27 Mar 2024
🌍We are happy to host the 15th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime at @ETH_en this Oct 4-5! 📢Featuring keynotes by @ProfHjalmarsson & @5harad 🚀Submit your paper by May 3: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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1st edition of the EPSI (Economics of the Public Sector and Institutions) Conference. Keynotes by @raffasadun and @jan_eeckhout. Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2024. Send your paper to [email protected] and re-post! More details here: bancaditalia.it/media/notizi…
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Hey! At @univca, we've just opened a one-year position suitable for pre-/current-/post-docs to work with me and @lorepandolfi on a project about public policies & firms (and on applied micro in general). The position is flexible and allows some distance working. Call (ITA/ENG)👇
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