Farboodi, Maryam; Veldkamp, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The rise of information technology and big data analytics has given rise to "the new economy." But are its economics … features of data: 1) Data is a by-product of economic activity; 2) data is information used for prediction, and 3) uncertainty … new? This article constructs a growth model where firms accumulate data, instead of capital. We incorporate three key …