A look at regulatory challenges and recommendation in the age of AI. Investigating topics like monopoly formation, machine learning auditability, bias mitigation strategies and automated regulatory monitoring

This is a holistic framework to approach fair prediction outputs at the individual and group level. This framework includes quantitative monotonic measures, residual explanations, benchmark competition, adversarial attacks, disparate error analysis, model agnostic pre-and post-processing,...

This thesis focuses on the use of machine learning in financial event prediction. In the past, finance academics had to be content with mostly linear models that could only ingest a small number of variables of a particular type. Now we can use non-linear models with a larger number of variables...

I study the use of non-linear models and accounting inputs to predict the occurrence of litigated bankruptcies and their associated filing outcomes. The main purpose of this study is to identify the accounting patterns associated with bankruptcies. The filing outcomes include, among others, how...

Nonlinear classification models can predict future earnings surprises with a high accuracy by using pricing and earnings input data. Surprises of 15% or more can be predicted with 71% accuracy. These predictions can be used to form profitable trading strategies. Additional variables have been...