Since the COVID pandemic began, data has been at the heart of debates over how to respond. However, it is not yet well understood how the lack of high-quality data affects policy decisions. In this paper, we focus on one specific aspect of the errors in COVID-19 data: delays in data reporting....

Digital technology is the representation of information in bits. This technology has reduced the cost of storage, computation, and transmission of data. Research on digital economics examines whether and how digital technology changes economic activity. In this review, we emphasize the reduction...

The COVID-19 pandemic has gravely disrupted the world's economy and killed millions of people. A safe and effective vaccine was developed remarkably swiftly, but as of yet uptake of the vaccine has been slow. This paper explores one potential explanation of delayed adoption of the vaccine, which...

This paper models how regulatory attempts to protect the privacy of consumers' data affect the competitive structure of data-intensive industries. Our results suggest that the commonly used consent-based approach may disproportionately benefit firms that offer a larger scope of services....

"Amid sweeping conversations about the future of artificial intelligence and its impact on US industry and economy, one economic domain has remained relatively insulated from the discussion: health care. How is it possible that an industry so bemoaned for inefficiency and expense, an industry so...