I fell into the black hole that is http://SSRN.com"> http://SSRN.com  over the weekend. My favorite reports (no order)

#1: Twitter Sentiment Analysis During COVID-19 analysis (word clouds from UK & US)

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3572023">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Pape...
#2: What Drives Binge-Watching? An Economic Theory and Analysis of Impact Factors

"Follows addictive patterns...for some individuals it& #39;s rational utility maximization..."

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3576598">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Pape...
#3 Benchmarking Private Equity: The Direct Alpha Method

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2403521">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/pape...
#4 You Can Handle the Truth: Mispredicting the Consequences of Honest Communication

[People may dislike you, but it won& #39;t be because of your honestly...]

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2910067">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Pape...
#5: Hedge Fund Hold & #39;Em

managers who do well in poker have better performance...which leads to increased fund flows for winning PMs, which compromises alpha....(note: haven& #39;t read this yet)

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3392130">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Pape...
#6: Sex, Drugs, and Bitcoin: How Much Illegal Activity Is Financed Through Cryptocurrencies?

"$76 billion, 40%" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♀️" title="Woman shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging">

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3102645">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Pape...
#7 Gender Bias in Opinion Aggregation

men underperform women in base case/task, gain a 0.4-0.6 pt advantage when gender is revealed, see significant bias if Committee deliberates. Bias displayed by both male and female raters.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3572594">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Pape...
#8: Deep Fakes: A Looming Challenge for Privacy, Democracy, and National Security

[me, reading: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😳" title="Flushed face" aria-label="Emoji: Flushed face">]

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3213954">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/pape...
#9: What Makes You Click? Mate Preferences and Matching Outcomes in Online Dating
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=895442

#10:">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Pape... Togetherness in the Household
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3538271

Spending">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Pape... time w/your spouse is a major marriage bonus (pre-virus, at least)
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