Precision Analytica

Working Papers

Working Papers

This page collects working papers and preprint manuscripts from Precision Analytica. These papers are shared as research-in-progress for public access, citation, and discussion. Unless otherwise noted, they should be read as working papers rather than peer-reviewed journal publications.

Theme

Artificial Intelligence, Institutions, and Human Capability

Unbundling Formation from Performance: An Institutional Theory of Artificial Intelligence and Human Capability

Examines how AI separates demonstrated performance from the slow institutional processes that form human capability.

Status: Working Paper · Under Repository Review

Topics: AI, institutions, human capability, formation, performance

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Delegation Risk Homeostasis: Why More Capable AI Agents Need Not Produce Fewer Incidents

Develops a mechanism for why improved AI-agent capability may be offset by wider delegated authority inside firms.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: AI agents, delegation risk, safety, organizational behavior

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The Second Displacement: AI, Knowledge Work, and the Collapse of the Professional Bargain

Analyzes how AI changes the bargain that tied professional labor, credentialed skill, and institutional security together.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: AI, knowledge work, professional labor, institutions

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When Bread Rebinds: A Leontief Theory of Symbolic Mandate Exhaustion

Models how material security and symbolic recognition can become binding complements in modern labor systems.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: symbolic work, Leontief model, mandate exhaustion, labor

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Bread and Dignity: The Dual Engine of Western Liberal Society

Frames liberal social stability as a dual system built from material provision and dignity-bearing recognition.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: political economy, dignity, liberal society, institutions

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Social Structure, Politics, and Institutional Lag

The Dislocated Middle: Stranded Dignity and Institutional Lag in Bread-and-Meaning Life Paths

Explains middle-class dislocation as a lag between changing economic pathways and slower institutions of recognition.

Status: Working Paper · Under Repository Review

Topics: middle class, dignity, institutional lag, social structure

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The Erosion of Visible Moderation: Endogenous Salience Tilting and Political Polarization

Shows how visibility systems can make moderation less apparent and intensify perceived polarization.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: polarization, moderation, salience, political economy

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Education and Political Polarization: A Level or Slope Effect?

Distinguishes whether education affects political polarization through levels, slopes, or changing social gradients.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: education, polarization, political behavior

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Technology Diffusion, Markets, and Asset Pricing

Carrier Reproduction and the Transmission of Technological Innovation

Studies how innovations travel through social and institutional carriers rather than through invention alone.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: technology diffusion, institutions, carrier reproduction, social transmission

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Diagnosing Adoption Dynamics: A Structural Approach to Diffusion Modeling

Uses structural modeling to separate adoption mechanisms from surface diffusion curves.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: diffusion modeling, adoption dynamics, structural modeling

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Platform Competition Through Composition: Engagement Heterogeneity, Data Accumulation, and Market Tipping

Explains platform competition through participant composition, engagement heterogeneity, and data accumulation.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: platform competition, engagement heterogeneity, data accumulation, market tipping

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Horizon Sorting: Investor Capacity and the Shape of Price-Pressure Correction

Connects investor capacity and horizon sorting to the path of price-pressure correction.

Status: Working Paper · Available on SSRN

Topics: asset pricing, investor capacity, price-pressure correction, market microstructure

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