01/09/2025
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“Certainly! Generative AI and its Impact on Academic Writing (in Finance)”
Speaker: Associate Professor Thomas Walther
Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Welcome to our Seminar Talk #16
“Certainly! Generative AI and its Impact on Academic Writing (in Finance)”
Speaker: Associate Professor Thomas Walther
Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, Netherlands
The speaker will present this manuscript:
Title: Certainly! Generative AI and its Impact on Academic Writing (in Finance)
Abstract: This paper investigates how the introduction of Large Language Models (LLMs) has affected academic writing in finance journals. Analyzing over 40,000 finance articles from 34 different journals, we find that readability declined while the use of LLM-associated terms increased following ChatGPT’s release at the end of 2022. These trends are more pronounced among authors from non-English-speaking countries and in lower-ranked journals. Moreover, the effects are strongest in countries that place less emphasis on creativity and technology and exhibit higher levels of moral confusion. Author-level analyses suggest that while LLM adoption boosts publication quantity, it does not enhance publication quality or scholarly impact.
Link to the manuscript: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5317993
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- Date: Wednesday, 3rd September 2025, 9:00 AM (UK Time)
- Time: Central Time (CDT, MIT Time): Wednesday, 3rd September 2025, 3:00 AM (CDT)
Vietnam Time: Wednesday, 3rd September 2025, 3:00 PM (GMT+7)
New Zealand Time: Wednesday, 3rd September 2025, 8:00 PM (NZST)
France Time: Wednesday, 3rd September 2025, 10:00 AM (CEST)
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Thomas Walther is an Associate Professor of Finance with the Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University. Formerly, he was Assistant Professor for Energy Finance (Non-Tenure Track) at the School of Finance, University of St. Gallen. He is also Research Fellow for Finance at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Technische Universität Dresden from which he received a PhD (2017) in Business & Economics. His research focuses on commodity/energy/climate finance and financial econometrics with applications to risk management. His articles are published in refereed journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Journal, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Economic Surveys, and Journal of Forecasting. Among other journals, Thomas serves as Associate Editor for Finance Research Letters. He initiated the European Sustainable Finance PhD Workshop in 2023 in Utrecht (more information about the latest workshop: http://www.esfpw.eu). He is also co-founder of the Dutch Sustainable Finance Network (http://www.dsfn.eu) which organizes an annual workshop since 2024.
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