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Infrastructure grants and the performance of microenterprises

Chaurey, Ritam; Duong Trung Le - 2018

We evaluate the impact of a place-based infrastructure development scheme directed towards India's most "backward …

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How should we measure infrastructure? : the case of highways and streets

Kornfeld, Robert; Fraumeni, Barbara M. - 2024

The recent debates on infrastructure spending have led to renewed interest in the measurement of infrastructure and its … effects on growth and well-being. This paper updates estimates of one important type of infrastructure capital—highways and … paper encourages discussion about how to measure infrastructure capital, particularly highways and streets, and its effects. …

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Constructing BEA highways and streets net wealth stocks with detailed types of investment and engineering-based estimates of depreciation

Fraumeni, Barbara M.; Kornfeld, Robert - 2024

This paper builds on a previous paper by the authors (Kornfeld and Fraumeni, 2022) that primarily used U.S. Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics data to disaggregate investment in highways and streets into more detailed types to produce updated estimates of net wealth stocks and...

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Artificial intelligence and reduced SMEs' business risks : a dynamic capabilities analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic

Drydakis, Nick - 2022

The study utilises the International Labor Organization's SMEs COVID-19 pandemic business risks scale to determine whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications are associated with reduced business risks for SMEs. A new 10-item scale was developed to capture the use of AI applications in...

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Automation and related technologies: a mapping of the new knowledge base

Santarelli, Enrico; Staccioli, Jacopo; Vivarelli, Marco - 2022

Using the entire population of USPTO patent applications published between 2002 and 2019, and leveraging on both patent classification and semantic analysis, this paper aims to map the current knowledge base centred on robotics and AI technologies. These technologies are investigated both as a...

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The race of man and machine: implications of technology when abilities and demand constraints matter

Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2021

In "The Race between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment," Acemoglu and Restrepo (2018b) combine the task-based model of the labor market with an endogenous growth model to model the economic consequences of artificial intelligence (AI). This...

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Crowdsourcing artificial intelligence in Africa: findings from a machine learning contest

Naudé, Wim; Bray, Amy; Lee, Celina - 2021

In this paper, we study the crowdsourcing of innovation in Africa through a data science contest on an intermediated digital platform. We ran a Machine Learning (ML) contest on the continent's largest data science contest platform, Zindi. Contestants were surveyed on their motivations to take...

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How do workers adjust when firms adopt new technologies?

Genz, Sabrina; Gregory, Terry; Janser, Markus; Lehmer, … - 2021

We investigate how workers adjust to firms' investments into new digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, augmented reality, or 3D printing. For this, we collected novel data that links survey information on firms' technology adoption to administrative social security data. We...

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Breakthroughs, backlashes and Artificial General Intelligence : an extended real options approach

Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2022

Breakthroughs and backlashes have marked progress in the development and diffusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI). These shocks make the investment in developing an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) subject to considerable uncertainty. This paper applies a real options model, extended to...

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Improving entrepreneurs' digital skills and firms' digital competencies through business apps training : a study of small firms

Drydakis, Nick - 2022

The lack of awareness of digital services and outcomes is a concern in business environments since small firms need to improve their digital competencies. The present exploratory study investigated whether business apps training was associated with entrepreneurs' and firms' digital advancements....

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