We investigate the impact of reporting regulation on corporate innovation activity. Exploiting thresholds in Europe …'s regulation and a major enforcement reform in Germany, we find that forcing a greater share of firms to publicly disclose their …

most transactions are carried out through an accounting system rather than any tangible medium of exchange, and (iii …

We examine the effect of language acquisition on the growth of immigrants' earnings. We gathered data on recent Soviet … immigrants to Israel that include retrospective questions on earnings and language ability on entry into their current job …. Language acquisition is found to interact positively with occupation level. Immigrant programmers and computer technicians have …

translation-related search costs. Our results provide causal evidence that language barriers significantly hinder trade and that … evidence of its economic effects. Using data from a digital platform, we study a key application of AI: machine translation. We … find that the introduction of a machine translation system has significantly increased international trade on this platform …

any, differentiate teachers with high impact on student achievement in middle school English Language Arts from those with …

, partly in response to policies. Our results suggest that more segregated countries in terms of ethnicity and language, i …