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1. 'Money Can't Buy Love?' Creating a Historical Sentiment Index for the Berlin Stock Exchange, 1872–1930

Author

Borst, Janos, Wehrheim, Lino, Burghardt, Manuel, Scholger, Walter, Vogeler, Georg, Tasovac, Toma, Baillot, Anne, Raunig, Elisabeth, Scholger, Martina, Steiner, Elisabeth, Centre for Information Modelling, and Helling, Patrick

Subjects
Paper, Machine Learning, Economic History, History, Long Presentation, text mining and analysis, Humanities computing, Historical Sentiment Index, Sentiment Analysis, natural language processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, Computer science
Abstract

Collective sentiment plays a crucial role in financial markets. In this paper, we present our workflow for creating an index that captures the sentiment at the Berlin Stock Exchange from 1872 to 1930. Based on a historical newspaper, we train three models that provide daily aspect-level sentiment data.

Published
2023
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2. The Adoption of Paper in the Middle East, 700-1300 ad.

Author

Shatzmiller, Maya

Subjects
*PAPER, *ECONOMIC history, *WRITING materials & instruments, *PAPER construction, MIDDLE East history
Abstract

The adoption of paper in the Middle East changed literacy practices and improved economic performance, yet current accounts remain unhelpful for understanding why and how it happened. This paper offers a new analysis of the long-term factors behind the adoption of paper in the Middle East, combining insights from economic theory, economic history and evidence from quantitative studies. The paper establishes a long-term trend in the price of writing material and books in the Middle East, and suggests an explanation based on economic factors which led to a decline in the price of inputs in paper production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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