Shelby Grossman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122556 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelby Grossman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelby |
| FAMILY NAME | Grossman |
| SIGNATURE | GROSSMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4941-7969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Building an LLM-Powered Content Moderation Bot in the Classroom
As online platforms seek to improve content-moderation strategies, large language models (LLMs) may be a potential tool. This study examines opportunities and limitations of LLM-powered moderation through a unique lens: student projects for a Stanford University course titled Trust and Safety. In this course, students developed Discord bots using LLMs to moderate specific types of harmful content. Interviews with 16 of the students suggest that t…
Belief in Covid-19 Misinformation in Nigeria
Research suggests that partisanship and social media usage correlate with belief in COVID-19 misinformation and that misinformation shapes citizens' willingness to get vaccinated. However, this evidence comes overwhelmingly from frequent internet users in rich, Western countries. We run a panel survey early in the pandemic leveraging a prepandemic sample of urban middle-class Nigerians, many of whom do not use the internet. Analysis shows that op…
The collusion trap: Theory with evidence from informal markets in Lagos, Nigeria
The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: How the State Shapes Private Governance
Property rights are important for economic exchange, but many governments don't protect them. Private market organizations can fill this gap by providing an institutional structure to enforce agreements, but with this power comes the ability to extort group members. Under what circumstances, then, will private organizations provide a stable environment for economic activity? Based on market case studies and a representative survey of traders in L…
In-House Vs. Outsourced Trolls: How Digital Mercenaries Shape State Influence Strategies
When governments run influence operations they may leverage in-house capabilities, outsource to digital mercenaries, or use a combination of these strategies. We theorize that governments outsource because it provides plausible deniability if the operation is uncovered, and offers access to cutting-edge influence tactics beyond those common to established government institutions. Using data from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, we test implicati…
Trust and Envy: The Political Economy of Business Groups in Developing Countries
The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: Evidence from Lagos
Property rights are important for economic exchange, but in many parts of the world, they are not publicly guaranteed. Private market associations can fill this gap by providing an institutional structure to enforce agreements, but with this power comes the ability to extort from group members. Under what circumstances do private associations provide a stable environment for economic activity? The author uses survey data collected from 1,179 rand…
Teaching Trump: Why Comparative Politics Makes Students More Optimistic about US Democracy
How does learning about democratic erosion in other countries shape opinions about the state of democracy in the United States today? We describe lessons learned from a collaborative course on democratic erosion taught at nearly two dozen universities during the 2017–18 academic year. We use survey data, student-written blog posts, exit questionnaires, and interviews with students who did and did not take the course to explore the effects of stud…
Opportunistic Accountability: State–Society Bargaining Over Shared Interests
Conflicting preferences between the state and society underpin most accountability mechanisms by providing a credible way for society to impose costs on the state. Adapting a classic bargaining framework, we argue that broader conditions can support state–society bargaining. Policies that both the state and society value can also enhance society’s negotiating power, provided society has a relatively lower valuation and is more patient than the st…
Evidence from Lagos on Discrimination across Ethnic and Class Identities in Informal Trade
The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: Evidence from Lagos
Property rights are important for economic exchange, but in many parts of the world, they are not publicly guaranteed. Private market associations can fill this gap by providing an institutional structure to enforce agreements, but with this power comes the ability to extort from group members. Under what circumstances do private associations provide a stable environment for economic activity? The author uses survey data collected from 1,179 rand…
Opportunistic Accountability: State–Society Bargaining Over Shared Interests
Conflicting preferences between the state and society underpin most accountability mechanisms by providing a credible way for society to impose costs on the state. Adapting a classic bargaining framework, we argue that broader conditions can support state–society bargaining. Policies that both the state and society value can also enhance society’s negotiating power, provided society has a relatively lower valuation and is more patient than the st…
Evidence from Lagos on Discrimination across Ethnic and Class Identities in Informal Trade
In-House Vs. Outsourced Trolls: How Digital Mercenaries Shape State Influence Strategies
When governments run influence operations they may leverage in-house capabilities, outsource to digital mercenaries, or use a combination of these strategies. We theorize that governments outsource because it provides plausible deniability if the operation is uncovered, and offers access to cutting-edge influence tactics beyond those common to established government institutions. Using data from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, we test implicati…
Belief in Covid-19 Misinformation in Nigeria
Research suggests that partisanship and social media usage correlate with belief in COVID-19 misinformation and that misinformation shapes citizens' willingness to get vaccinated. However, this evidence comes overwhelmingly from frequent internet users in rich, Western countries. We run a panel survey early in the pandemic leveraging a prepandemic sample of urban middle-class Nigerians, many of whom do not use the internet. Analysis shows that op…
The collusion trap: Theory with evidence from informal markets in Lagos, Nigeria
Trust and Envy: The Political Economy of Business Groups in Developing Countries
Teaching Trump: Why Comparative Politics Makes Students More Optimistic about US Democracy
How does learning about democratic erosion in other countries shape opinions about the state of democracy in the United States today? We describe lessons learned from a collaborative course on democratic erosion taught at nearly two dozen universities during the 2017–18 academic year. We use survey data, student-written blog posts, exit questionnaires, and interviews with students who did and did not take the course to explore the effects of stud…
Evidence from Lagos on Discrimination across Ethnic and Class Identities in Informal Trade
Opportunistic Accountability: State–Society Bargaining Over Shared Interests
Conflicting preferences between the state and society underpin most accountability mechanisms by providing a credible way for society to impose costs on the state. Adapting a classic bargaining framework, we argue that broader conditions can support state–society bargaining. Policies that both the state and society value can also enhance society’s negotiating power, provided society has a relatively lower valuation and is more patient than the st…
Teaching Trump: Why Comparative Politics Makes Students More Optimistic about US Democracy
How does learning about democratic erosion in other countries shape opinions about the state of democracy in the United States today? We describe lessons learned from a collaborative course on democratic erosion taught at nearly two dozen universities during the 2017–18 academic year. We use survey data, student-written blog posts, exit questionnaires, and interviews with students who did and did not take the course to explore the effects of stud…
The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: Evidence from Lagos
Property rights are important for economic exchange, but in many parts of the world, they are not publicly guaranteed. Private market associations can fill this gap by providing an institutional structure to enforce agreements, but with this power comes the ability to extort from group members. Under what circumstances do private associations provide a stable environment for economic activity? The author uses survey data collected from 1,179 rand…
The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: How the State Shapes Private Governance
Property rights are important for economic exchange, but many governments don't protect them. Private market organizations can fill this gap by providing an institutional structure to enforce agreements, but with this power comes the ability to extort group members. Under what circumstances, then, will private organizations provide a stable environment for economic activity? Based on market case studies and a representative survey of traders in L…
In-House Vs. Outsourced Trolls: How Digital Mercenaries Shape State Influence Strategies
When governments run influence operations they may leverage in-house capabilities, outsource to digital mercenaries, or use a combination of these strategies. We theorize that governments outsource because it provides plausible deniability if the operation is uncovered, and offers access to cutting-edge influence tactics beyond those common to established government institutions. Using data from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, we test implicati…
Trust and Envy: The Political Economy of Business Groups in Developing Countries
The collusion trap: Theory with evidence from informal markets in Lagos, Nigeria
Belief in Covid-19 Misinformation in Nigeria
Research suggests that partisanship and social media usage correlate with belief in COVID-19 misinformation and that misinformation shapes citizens' willingness to get vaccinated. However, this evidence comes overwhelmingly from frequent internet users in rich, Western countries. We run a panel survey early in the pandemic leveraging a prepandemic sample of urban middle-class Nigerians, many of whom do not use the internet. Analysis shows that op…
Building an LLM-Powered Content Moderation Bot in the Classroom
As online platforms seek to improve content-moderation strategies, large language models (LLMs) may be a potential tool. This study examines opportunities and limitations of LLM-powered moderation through a unique lens: student projects for a Stanford University course titled Trust and Safety. In this course, students developed Discord bots using LLMs to moderate specific types of harmful content. Interviews with 16 of the students suggest that t…
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