An LLM Workflow That Reproduces, Improves, and Extends Published Economics Research -- by Matthew Schwartz, Isaiah Andrews, Jesse M. Shapiro

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  • Acknowledgements and Disclosures

    LLMs were used in the analysis and writing of this article. For this project, Schwartz worked as a contractor for Anthropic; the results and views are not endorsed by Anthropic. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.


    Jesse M. Shapiro

    Shapiro has, in the past, been a paid visitor at Microsoft Research New England and a paid consultant for FutureOfCapitalism, LLC. Shapiro has been paid for writing by the New York Times.

    Shapiro's spouse has a disclosure statement posted at https://vivo.brown.edu/display/eoster1#Affiliations.

  • Citation and Citation DataCopy Citation Matthew Schwartz, Isaiah Andrews, and Jesse M. Shapiro, "An LLM Workflow That Reproduces, Improves, and Extends Published Economics Research," NBER Working Paper 35782 (2026), https://doi.org/10.3386/w35782. Copy to Clipboard Download Citation
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