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Elliott Ash is Associate Professor of Law, Economics, and Data Science at ETH Zurich's Center for Law & Economics, Switzerland. Elliott's research and teaching focus on empirical analysis of law, politics, and governance using techniques from econometrics, natural language processing, and machine learning. Prior to joining ETH, Elliott was Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Warwick, and before that a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics. He received a Ph.D. in economics and J.D. from Columbia University.
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Do judges favour defendants like themselves? Evidence from Indian courts
Around the world, research has shown that people in positions of power tend to favour those who share their social identity. To examine whether the same is true in Indian courts, this article analyses...
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Elliot Ash
Samuel Asher
Aditi Bhowmick
Sandeep Bhupatiraju
Christoph Goessmann
Daniel Li Chen
Paul Novosad
29 September, 2025
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