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Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2016

linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …

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The environment and directed technical change

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - 2010

dirty innovation and production; (ii) optimal policy involves both 'carbon taxes' and research subsidies, so that excessive … the switch to clean innovation under laissez-faire when the two inputs are substitutes. Under reasonable parameter values …

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The Wrong Kind of AI? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Labor Demand

Acemoglu, Daron; Restrepo, Pascual - 2019

Artificial Intelligence is set to influence every aspect of our lives, not least the way production is organized. AI, as a technology platform, can automate tasks previously performed by labor or create new tasks and activities in which humans can be productively employed. Recent technological...

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Innovation, reallocation and growth

Acemoglu, Daron; Akcigit, Ufuk; Bloom, Nicholas; Kerr, … - 2013

We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …

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Minimum Wages and On-the-Job Training

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2001

Becker?s theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers …

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A theory of military dictatorships

Acemoglu, Daron; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2008

We investigate how nondemocratic regimes use the military and how this can lead to the emergence of military dictatorships. Nondemocratic regimes need the use of force in order to remain in power, but this creates a political moral hazard problem; a strong military may not simply work as an...

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