Business, Economics, and Finance Research in the AI Context

Welcome! This research guide is designed as a curated resource for those interested in how Generative AI ("GenAI") tools beyond Large Language Models (LLMs) are being used in and impact research in business, economics, and finance. It is a living tool, so if you have a suggestion, please reach out to one of the librarians listed on this page. 

When you are a student working on school work:

1. Does your professor have a policy about AI usage? 
2. If you are working on research with a professor, do any of the potential journals of publication have policies around AI usage? 
3. Have you done a pro/con ethical analysis on your use of the AI tool?
4. If you used AI, did you cite your usage?

When you are a professional in the workplace:

1. Does your company have a policy about AI usage? 
2. Can you explain your rationale for your decisions (including any AI usage) without attributing that rationale to the AI tool?
3. Have you done a pro/con ethical analysis on your use of the AI tool?
4. If you used AI, did you cite your usage?

When you are not in a school or professional context:

1. Do you know what will happen to your input data? Are you comfortable with that destination/use?
   1. Is your data private? Do you care? 
2. Are the services you employ (i.e. banks, financial services) using AI? If so, do they know what will happen to the input data? Are you comfortable with that destination/use? Are you comfortable with your data being used in this way? 
3. Have you done a pro/con ethical analysis on your use of the AI tool?