3 papers
econ.EM2026
Participation and Representation in Local Government Speech
Olivia Martin, Amar Venugopal
Local government meetings are the most common formal channel through which residents speak directly with elected officials, contest policies, and shape local agendas. However, data…
cs.CL2026
Causal Effect Estimation with Latent Textual Treatments
Omri Feldman, Amar Venugopal, Jann Spiess +1
Understanding the causal effects of text on downstream outcomes is a central task in many applications. Estimating such effects requires researchers to run controlled experiments t…
econ.EM2025
Causal Inference on Outcomes Learned from Text
Iman Modarressi, Jann Spiess, Amar Venugopal
We propose a machine-learning tool that yields causal inference on text in randomized trials. Based on a simple econometric framework in which text may capture outcomes of interest…