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Media Coverage of Female Researchers in Financial Economics (2010–2020)
As part of the AFFECT/JFE Data Grant Initiative, this publicly available dataset was created by Fabrizio Core, Ioanna Lachana, and Moqi Xu to support research on gender representation in financial economics. The Aca-Media dataset links English-language media coverage from 2010–2020 to individual researchers and their published work, enabling analysis of gender patterns in press visibility.
The dataset is accompanied by a detailed data manual and a research paper using the data. All materials are available for download below. Users are asked to cite the data manual and research paper when using the dataset.
Research Paper Citation:
Core, Fabrizio and Groen-Xu, Moqi and Lachana, Ioanna, The Media Coverage of Female Scholars: Evidence for the Finance, Economics, And Business Disciplines (August 27, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5410042 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5410042
Data Manual Citation:
Lachana, Ioanna and Core, Fabrizio and Groen-Xu, Moqi, ACA-MEDIA: A new dataset of media coverage of academics (July 06, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5014331 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5014331
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The Diversity of Conference Presenters in Virtual and In-Person Conferences (2017–2023)
This dataset was developed by Mitali Mathur, Jenna Stearns, and Keer Yang with support from the AFFECT/JFE Data Grant Initiative. It documents the gender and institutional affiliation of presenters, discussants, and session chairs at four major finance conferences—the AFA, SFS Cavalcade, WFA, and FMA—from 2017 through 2023. The data span in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats, enabling research on whether virtual conferences affect gender representation and access to prestigious speaking roles in academic finance.
The dataset and accompanying data manual are publicly available below. Please cite the data manual when using the dataset in your work.
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