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How strong are peer effects on the beliefs and spending decisions of individuals? We use a randomized control study in which treated households are told about either average income or debt of individuals like them to assess how peer effects influence their beliefs and spending. The information...
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This paper studies the cross-country patterns of risky innovation and growth through the lens of international trade … to derive two predictions. First, the mean rate of quality growth and the corresponding cross-sectional variance of … quality growth in a country are positively correlated. Second, both the mean and variance of quality changes are positively …
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demonstrate that discussions of the impact of a GPT on productivity and growth need to emphasize the benefits as well as the costs …
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The expansion in farm size is an important contributor to agricultural productivity in developed countries, but the reallocation process is hindered in less developed economies. How do distortions to factor reallocation affect farm dynamics and agricultural productivity? We develop a model of...
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report having robotics. The distribution of robots is highly skewed across establishments' locations. Some locations, which …
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How are inventors allocated in the US economy and does that allocation affect innovative capacity? To answer these questions, we first build a model of creative destruction where an inventor with a new idea has the possibility to work for an entrant or incumbent firm. If the inventor works for...
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Innovation is a key driver of long run economic growth. Studying innovation requires a clear view of the …
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China's remarkable run of persistently high growth in recent decades is all the more stunning in light of the country …. Notwithstanding the inefficient and risky growth model, the government has maneuvered the economy around various stresses without any … growth is key to maintaining reasonable GDP growth. Unbalanced reforms, a schizophrenic approach to the role of the market …
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correlated with economic growth, there are many high income countries that primarily produce using diffused ideas. Additionally …
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countries and that this cost inhibits the growth of the modern sector. We provide new empirical evidence using a database …
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