Vocabulary as an indicator of creditworthiness: An analysis of public loan data

By Justin Wagers. University of Puget Sound.
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The purpose of this research is to determine the usefulness of a borrower’s vocabulary in determining his/her creditworthiness. The analysis takes a word-frequency approach to 36,055 loans… Continue reading Vocabulary as an indicator of creditworthiness: An analysis of public loan data

Place and its Role in Venture Capital Funding

By Luke Heine. Harvard College.
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How are city demographics correlated with the amount of venture capital they receive? The paper uses a unique dataset of ~58,000 venture deals from 2000 – 2014 from the CrunchBase dataset and census data from the same period. Continue reading Place and its Role in Venture Capital Funding