Using a newly collected dataset of robot use at the plant level from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first microscopic … portrait of robotisation in Germany and study the potential determinants of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis uncovers … five stylised facts concerning both extensive and, perhaps more importantly, intensive margin of plant-level robot use: (1 …

Using a newly collected dataset with plant-level information of robot use from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first … microscopic portrait of robotisation in Germany and study the potential determinants of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis … uncovers five stylised facts concerning both extensive and, perhaps more importantly, intensive margin of plant-level robot use …

We investigate the impact of product market competition on firms’ automation investments. We use a rich combination of … competition in export markets tend to reduce investments in automation technologies. These average negative effects are driven by … the least productive firms, while the most efficient exporters in industries that are more prone to automation tend to …