Elliott Ash
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| Born | 1984 (age 41–42) |
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Elliott Ash (born 1984) is an associate professor of law, economics, and data science at ETH Zurich.[1][2] His research studies legal and political institutions using econometrics and text analysis. Ash is a co‑editor of the Journal of Law and Economics[3] and associate editor of The Economic Journal.[4] He is a research affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research[5], an academic lead on the Swiss LLM project within the Swiss AI Initiative,[6] and a recipient of a European Research Council Starting Grant.[7][8]
Early life and education
Ash earned a B.A. in Plan II Honors, economics, government, and philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007, a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2010, an LL.M. in international criminal law from the University of Amsterdam in 2010, and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 2016.[9][10] He completed his doctoral studies under the supervision of W. Bentley MacLeod, Suresh Naidu, and Massimo Morelli.[11]
Outside of academia, Ash has played drums in the New York–based rock band The Free Rides and in the progressive rock band Equiliberation.[12] Elliott's brother Ryan Ash played bass in the band and is now a professor in residence at the University of California, San Francisco.[13]
Career
After his doctorate Ash was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University in the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics.[14] He then served as assistant professor of economics at the University of Warwick before joining ETH Zurich in 2018.[15] ETH Zurich promoted him to associate professor in December 2023.[16] In 2024–2025 he was a scholar in residence at New York University School of Law.[17][18]
Research
Ash's research examines law, politics, and media using large datasets and language-based measures.
A central strand of his work develops and applies text analysis methods in economics, as surveyed in his article "Text Algorithms in Economics" in the Annual Review of Economics (2023).[19] Examples highlighting the use of text analysis and machine learning include studies on the growth effects of legislative output,[20] the application of machine learning to anti-corruption policy,[21] the measurement of gender attitudes in the judiciary,[22] analyses of emotion versus reason in political speech,[23] and gendered reactions in parliamentary debates.[24]
His empirical research on courts includes work on the influence of law and economics on judicial decision-making,[25] in-group bias in the Indian judiciary,[26] and the effects of mandatory retirement reforms on state supreme courts.[27]
His empirical research on media examines how cable news reshaped local government,[28] how Fox News affected health behavior during COVID-19,[29] and its broader impact on American democracy.[30]
Combining courts and media, his work with Michael Poyker in the Economic Journal (2024) shows that greater local exposure to Fox News increased criminal sentence severity among elected judges.[31]
Selected publications
- Ash, Elliott; Hansen, Stephen (2023). "Text Algorithms in Economics". Annual Review of Economics. 15: 659–688. doi:10.1146/annurev-economics-082222-074352.
- Ash, Elliott; Morelli, Massimo; Vannoni, Matia (2025). "More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States". Journal of Political Economy. 133 (7): 2139–2179. doi:10.1086/734874.
- Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio; Giommoni, Tommaso (2025). "A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy". American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 17 (2): 162–193. doi:10.1257/pol.20210618.
- Ash, Elliott; Chen, Daniel L.; Ornaghi, Arianna (2024). "Gender Attitudes in the Judiciary: Evidence from US Circuit Courts". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 16 (1): 314–350. doi:10.1257/app.20210435.
- Ash, Elliott; Gennaro, Gloria (2022). "Emotion and Reason in Political Language". The Economic Journal. 132 (643): 1037–1070. doi:10.1093/ej/ueac001.
- Ash, Elliott; Kruemmel, Johann; Slapin, Jonathan B. (2025). "Better to be Jeered than Ignored? Gender and Reactions during Parliamentary Debates". American Journal of Political Science. 69 (3): 866–880. doi:10.1111/ajps.12867.
- Ash, Elliott; Chen, Daniel L.; Naidu, Suresh (2025). "Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice". Quarterly Journal of Economics.
- Ash, Elliott; Asher, Sam; Bhowmick, Aditi; Bhupatiraju, Sandeep; Chen, Daniel; Devi, Tanaya; Goessmann, Christoph; Novosad, Paul; Siddiqi, Bilal (2025). "In-Group Bias in the Indian Judiciary: Evidence from 5 Million Criminal Cases". Review of Economics and Statistics: 1–45. doi:10.1162/rest_a_01569.
- Ash, Elliott; MacLeod, W. Bentley (2024). "Mandatory Retirement for Judges Improved the Performance of US State Supreme Courts". American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 16 (1): 518–548. doi:10.1257/pol.20210667.
- Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio (2023). "How Cable News Reshaped Local Government". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 15 (4): 292–320. doi:10.1257/app.20210501.
- Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio; Hangartner, Dominik; Margalit, Yotam; Pinna, Matteo (2023). "The Effect of Fox News on Health Behavior during COVID-19". Political Analysis. 32 (2): 275–284. doi:10.1017/pan.2023.21.
- Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio; Pinna, Matteo; Warshaw, Christopher (2024). "From Viewers to Voters: Tracing Fox News' Impact on American Democracy". Journal of Public Economics. 229. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.104028 (inactive 9 August 2025). Unknown parameter
|article-number=ignored (help) - Ash, Elliott; Poyker, Michael (2024). "Conservative News Media and Criminal Justice: Evidence from Exposure to the Fox News Channel". The Economic Journal. 134 (660): 1331–1355. doi:10.1093/ej/uead081.
External links
Elliott Ash publications indexed by Google Scholar
References
- ↑ "Ash, Elliott, Prof. – Center for Law & Economics". ETH Zurich. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Twelve professors appointed". ETH Zurich. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "The Journal of Law and Economics — List of issues". University of Chicago Press. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
Editors: Elliott Ash, Dennis W. Carlton, Dhammika Dharmapala, Richard Holden, Nathan Miller, and Sam Peltzman
- ↑ "CLE Professor Elliott Ash appointed as Associate Editor of The Economic Journal". ETH Zurich. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Elliott Ash". CEPR. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "About". Swiss AI Initiative. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Prof. Elliott Ash wins an ERC Grant". ETH Zurich. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "ERC Starting Grants 2021 — List of Principal Investigators selected for funding" (PDF). European Research Council. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ash, Elliott, Prof. – Center for Law & Economics". ETH Zurich. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "E-Ash CV" (PDF). ETH Zurich. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Elliott Ash – Center for the Study of Democratic Politics". Princeton University. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Band Biography – Equiliberation". Equiliberation. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ryan Ash, PhD – UCSF Profiles". University of California, San Francisco. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Elliott Ash". Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ash, Elliott, Prof. – Center for Law & Economics". ETH Zurich. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Twelve professors appointed". ETH Zurich. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "E‑Ash CV" (PDF). elliottash.com. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "CITP Seminar: Elliott Ash – Courts of Tomorrow". Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Hansen, Stephen (2023). "Text Algorithms in Economics". Annual Review of Economics. 15: 659–688. doi:10.1146/annurev-economics-082222-074352.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Morelli, Massimo; Vannoni, Matia (2025). "More Laws, More Growth? Evidence from U.S. States". Journal of Political Economy. 133 (7): 2139–2179. doi:10.1086/734874.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio; Giommoni, Tommaso (2025). "A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze and Support Anti-Corruption Policy". American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 17 (2): 162–193. doi:10.1257/pol.20210618.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Chen, Daniel L.; Ornaghi, Arianna (2024). "Gender Attitudes in the Judiciary: Evidence from US Circuit Courts". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 16 (1): 314–350. doi:10.1257/app.20210435.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Gennaro, Gloria (2022). "Emotion and Reason in Political Language". The Economic Journal. 132 (643): 1037–1070. doi:10.1093/ej/ueac001.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Kruemmel, Johann; Slapin, Jonathan B. (2025). "Better to be Jeered than Ignored? Gender and Reactions during Parliamentary Debates". American Journal of Political Science. 69 (3): 866–880. doi:10.1111/ajps.12867.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Chen, Daniel L.; Naidu, Suresh (2025). "Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice". Quarterly Journal of Economics.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Asher, Sam; Bhowmick, Aditi; Bhupatiraju, Sandeep; Chen, Daniel; Devi, Tanaya; Goessmann, Christoph; Novosad, Paul; Siddiqi, Bilal (2025). "In-Group Bias in the Indian Judiciary: Evidence from 5 Million Criminal Cases". Review of Economics and Statistics: 1–45. doi:10.1162/rest_a_01569.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; MacLeod, W. Bentley (2024). "Mandatory Retirement for Judges Improved the Performance of US State Supreme Courts". American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 16 (1): 518–548. doi:10.1257/pol.20210667.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio (2023). "How Cable News Reshaped Local Government". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 15 (4): 292–320. doi:10.1257/app.20210501.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio; Hangartner, Dominik; Margalit, Yotam; Pinna, Matteo (2023). "The Effect of Fox News on Health Behavior during COVID-19". Political Analysis. 32 (2): 275–284. doi:10.1017/pan.2023.21.
- ↑ Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio; Pinna, Matteo; Warshaw, Christopher (2024). "From Viewers to Voters: Tracing Fox News' Impact on American Democracy". Journal of Public Economics. 229. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.104028 (inactive 9 August 2025). Unknown parameter
|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Ash, Elliott; Poyker, Michael (2024). "Conservative News Media and Criminal Justice: Evidence from Exposure to the Fox News Channel". The Economic Journal. 134 (660): 1331–1355. doi:10.1093/ej/uead081.
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