I fell into the black hole that is 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
#1: Twitter Sentiment Analysis During COVID-19 analysis (word clouds from UK & US)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3572023
#2: What Drives Binge-Watching? An Economic Theory and Analysis of Impact Factors
"Follows addictive patterns...for some individuals it's rational utility maximization..."
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3576598
"Follows addictive patterns...for some individuals it's rational utility maximization..."
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3576598
#3 Benchmarking Private Equity: The Direct Alpha Method
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2403521
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2403521
#4 You Can Handle the Truth: Mispredicting the Consequences of Honest Communication
[People may dislike you, but it won't be because of your honestly...]
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2910067
[People may dislike you, but it won't be because of your honestly...]
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2910067
#5: Hedge Fund Hold 'Em
managers who do well in poker have better performance...which leads to increased fund flows for winning PMs, which compromises alpha....(note: haven't read this yet)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3392130
managers who do well in poker have better performance...which leads to increased fund flows for winning PMs, which compromises alpha....(note: haven't read this yet)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3392130
#6: Sex, Drugs, and Bitcoin: How Much Illegal Activity Is Financed Through Cryptocurrencies?
"$76 billion, 40%"
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3102645
"$76 billion, 40%"

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3102645
#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
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
#8: Deep Fakes: A Looming Challenge for Privacy, Democracy, and National Security
[me, reading:
]
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3213954
[me, reading:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3213954
#9: What Makes You Click? Mate Preferences and Matching Outcomes in Online Dating
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=895442
#10: Togetherness in the Household
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3538271
Spending time w/your spouse is a major marriage bonus (pre-virus, at least)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=895442
#10: Togetherness in the Household
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=3538271
Spending time w/your spouse is a major marriage bonus (pre-virus, at least)