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The Rise of Cloud Computing : Minding Your P’s, Q’s and K’s

Byrne, David - 2018

Cloud computing--computing done on an off-site network of resources accessed through the Internet--is revolutionizing how computing services are used. However, because cloud is so new and it largely is an intermediate input to other industries, it is difficult to track in the U.S. statistical...

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Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting

Webb, Michael - 2018

Patenting in software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence has grown rapidly in recent years. Such patents are acquired primarily by large US technology firms such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, and HP, as well as by Japanese multinationals such as Sony, Canon, and Fujitsu. Chinese...

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Lost in the Clouds : The Impact of Changing Property Rights on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures

Lerner, Josh - 2015

Our analysis seeks to understand the impact of changing allocations of property rights on investment in new firms. We focus on the Cartoon Network, et al. v. Cablevision decision in the U.S., which narrowed the protection enjoyed by content creators (e.g., movie studios) and gave greater rights...

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Automation and the Workforce : A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey

Acemoglu, Daron; Anderson, Gary; Beede, David Nathan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper describes the adoption of automation technologies by US firms across all economic sectors by leveraging a new module introduced in the 2019 Annual Business Survey, conducted by the US Census Bureau in partnership with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)....

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The Impact of Cloud Computing and AI on Industry Dynamics and Concentration

Lu, Yao; Phillips, Gordon M.; Yang, Jia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We examine the rise of cloud computing and AI in China and their impacts on industry dynamics after the shock to the cost of Internet-based computing power and services. We find that cloud computing is associated with an increase in firm entry, exit and the likelihood of M&A in industries that...

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Firm Productivity and Learning in the Digital Economy : Evidence from Cloud Computing

Brand, James; Demirer, Mert; Finucane, Connor; Kreps, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Computing technologies have become critical inputs to production in the modern firm. However, there is little large-scale evidence on how efficiently firms use these technologies. In this paper, we study firm productivity and learning in cloud computing by leveraging CPU utilization data from...

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Unintended Consequences from Nested State & Federal Regulations : The Case of the Pavley Greenhouse-Gas-per-Mile Limits

Goulder, Lawrence H. - 2009

Fourteen U.S. states recently pledged to adopt limits on greenhouse gases (GHGs) per mile of light-duty automobiles. Previous analyses predicted this action would significantly reduce emissions from new cars in these states, but ignored possible offsetting emissions increases from policy-induced...

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Fluctuations in Overseas Travel by Americans, 1820 to 2000

Dupont, Brandon - 2009

There were substantial fluctuations in the numbers of American overseas travelers, especially before World War II. These fluctuations in travel around the robust, long term upward trend are the focus of this paper. We first identify those fluctuations in the raw data and then try to explain the...

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The American Invasion of Europe : The Long Term Rise in Overseas Travel, 1820-2000

Dupont, Brandon - 2008

Tourism today is an activity of substantial economic importance worldwide, and has been for some time. Tourism is also …'s establishing special accounts on travel and tourism. In this paper we investigate the long term rise in overseas travel by … as mass tourism. We document this rise by compiling a long term series on overseas travel, and describe the changes in …

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Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?

Cutler, David M. - 2006

While Americans are less healthy than Europeans along some dimensions (like obesity), Americans are significantly less likely to smoke than their European counterparts. This difference emerged in the 1970s and it is biggest among the most educated. The puzzle becomes larger once we account for...

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