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The economics of artificial intelligence : an agenda

Agrawal, Ajay (ed.); Gans, Joshua (ed.); Goldfarb, Avi (ed.) - NBER Conference on the Economics of Artificial …; … - 2019

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb -- I. AI as a GPT -- 1. Artificial Intelligence and the Modern Productivity Paradox: A Clash of Expectations and Statistics / Erik Brynjolfsson, Daniel Rock, and Chad Syverson, Comment: Rebecca...

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The economics of artificial intelligence : an agenda

Agrawal, Ajay (ed.); Gans, Joshua (ed.); Goldfarb, Avi (ed.) - NBER Conference on the Economics of Artificial …; … - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904305

Does Finance Cause Growth? Evidence from the Origins of Banking in Russia

Berkowitz, Daniel - 2012

This paper examines the effect of banking on economic growth in modern Russia. To overcome simultaneity and selection, we exploit regional banking variation induced by the creation of "specialized banks" (spetsbanks) in the last years of the Soviet Union (1988-1991). Consistent with the...

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From Socialist Showcase to Mezzogiorno? Lessons on the Role of Technical Change from East Germany's Post-World War II Growth Performance

Keller, Wolfgang - 1997

explaining the relative East Germany-West Germany performance during the post-World War II era. We argue that previous work was … prospects of catching up with West Germany during the post-reunification era. We show, first, that the rates of technical change … account for the fact that East Germany was not the socialist showcase for which it was frequently taken before German …

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Technological Innovation and Discrimination in Household Finance

Morse, Adair - 2020

Technology has changed how discrimination manifests itself in financial services. Replacing human discretion with algorithms in decision-making roles reduces taste-based discrimination, and new modeling techniques have expanded access to financial services to households who were previously...

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Automobiles on Steroids : Product Attribute Trade-Offs and Technological Progress in the Automobile Sector

Knittel, Christopher R. - 2009

New car fleet fuel economy, weight and engine power have changed drastically since 1980. These changes represent both movements along and shifts in the "fuel economy/weight/engine power production possibilities frontier". This paper estimates the technological progress that has occurred since...

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Supplier Relations and Adoption of New Technology : Results of Survey Research in the U.S. Auto Industry

Helper, Susan - 1995

Using an original data source, this paper investigates the circumstances under which firms adopt computer numerical control (CNC), an important type of flexible automation which can significantly increase productivity, product variety and quality. The paper shows that arms'-length...

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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change : Evidence from the Auto Industry

Aghion, Philippe - 2012

Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 countries over several decades. We show that...

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Reducing Petroleum Consumption from Transportation

Knittel, Christopher R. - 2012

The United States consumed more petroleum-based liquid fuel per capita than any other OECD-high-income country - 30 percent more than the second-highest country (Canada) and 40 percent more than the third-highest (Luxemburg). This paper examines the main channels through which reductions in U.S....

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Technology and the Task Content of Jobs across the Development Spectrum

Caunedo, Julieta - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Technology is the driver of labor allocation across sectors and occupations. Is the impact of technological change on developing countries similar to its impact on developed countries? Will developing countries follow the same development path that developed economies have taken? Our approach...

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