Elliott Ash

Associate Professor of Law, Economics, and Data Science, ETH Zurich

Elliott Ash is Associate Professor of Law, Economics, and Data Science at ETH Zurich's Center for Law & Economics, Switzerland. Elliott's research and teaching focus on empirical analysis of law, politics, and governance using techniques from econometrics, natural language processing, and machine learning. Prior to joining ETH, Elliott was Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Warwick, and before that a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics. He received a Ph.D. in economics and J.D. from Columbia University.

Recent work by Elliott Ash

Do judges favour defendants like themselves? Evidence from Indian courts

Analysis of over five million criminal cases in India finds no in-group bias in acquittal decisions based on shared religion, gender, or caste – contrasting with patterns documented in other countries.

Institutions & Political Economy

Elliott Ash Sam Asher Aditi Bhowmick Sandeep Bhupatiraju Daniel Li Chen Tanaya Devi Christoph Goessmann Paul Novosad Bilal Siddiqi

Published 09.09.25

Using machine learning to detect corruption

When governments harness public budget data and machine learning, they can better predict the incidence of local government corruption.

Methods & Measurement

Elliott Ash Sergio Galletta Tommaso Giommoni

Published 16.04.25

Elliott Ash

Recent work by Elliott Ash

Do judges favour defendants like themselves? Evidence from Indian courts

Using machine learning to detect corruption