Assessing political bias and value misalignment in generative artificial intelligence
Measures political preferences and value alignment in generative AI systems.
Victor Rangel
Economist working on causal inference, public policy, political economy, and large language models.
I have a Bachelor's degree in Economics and an M.A. in Public Policy from Insper. I have professional and academic experience in data analysis, focusing on applied econometrics and machine learning.
I spend most of my days running acceptably biased OLS models. I also communicate science and teach econometrics through @econometriafacil (200,000+ followers), and write the Econometria Fácil column at Folha de S.Paulo.
Research Interests
Applied Microeconometrics
Causal Inference
Large Language Models
Public Policy Evaluation
Political Science & Political Economy
Selected Research
Economic conditions and voting behavior
Studies how local economic conditions shape electoral behavior.
Natural disasters and financial technology adoption
Examines whether natural disasters accelerate adoption of digital financial services.
From Association to Explanation: Strengthening Research Design and Causal Reasoning in Accounting Scholarship
Shows how stronger research design can move accounting studies from association toward causal explanation.
Teaching & Media
Econometria Fácil
Educational platform with 200,000+ followers, focused on econometrics, causal inference, and data analysis.
InstagramFolha de São Paulo
Columnist for Econometria Fácil, writing about evidence, policy, data, and public debate.
ColumnInsper Feature
Insper highlighted the international impact of my research on ChatGPT political bias and my work in science communication.
Read featureRecent Updates
- Jul 2026 Completed an M.A. in Public Policy at Insper
- May 2026 "Environmental Enforcement and Abnormal Stock Returns" forthcoming in Brazilian Review of Finance and accepted at the XXVI Encontro Brasileiro de Finanças
- May 2026 "Masking the identification problem" forthcoming in Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics
- May 2026 "From Association to Explanation" published in Advances in Scientific and Applied Accounting (ASAA)