Declining Industrial Dynamism
James Bessen, Erich Denk, Joowon Kim, and Cesare Righi
New research shows the effects of investments in IT on reducing turnover among dominant firms.
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Perpetuating Inequality: What Salary History Bans Reveal About Wages
James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng
New research shows the positive effects of laws prohibiting employers from asking about job applicants’ prior salaries in reducing pay gaps for women and minorities.
Firm-Level Automation: Evidence from the Netherlands
James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, and Wiljan van den Berge
New research on evidence of effects of automation on firms and workers in the Netherlands.
GDPR and the Importance of Data to AI Startups
James Bessen, Stephen Michael Impink, Lydia Reichensperger, and Robert Seamans
New research on the impact of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regime (“GDPR”) and data regulation on AI startups using unique survey data of commercial AI startups.
Tying and Exclusion in FRAND Licensing: Evaluating Qualcomm
Erik Hovenkamp and Timothy Simcoe
New analysis of the Qualcomm decision in terms of how Qualcomm’s commitments to license its standard-essential patents on “fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory” (FRAND) terms bear on the antitrust analysis and how FRAND might have been used to better justify finding an antitrust duty-to-deal with competitors.
Towns and Gowns: The Impact of Public Universities on Local Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Joowon Kim
New research examining spillover effects of state funding of public universities, including increased innovation and entrepreneurial activity.
Serial Collusion by Multi-Product Firms
William E. Kovacic, Robert C. Marshall, and Michael J. Meurer
New research and policy recommendations to combat serial collusion by firms selling multiple products.
Does Ride-sharing Discriminate?
Xavier Lambin and Emil Palikot
New research on the economic effects of prejudice against ethnic minority drivers, and ways to mitigate that prejudice.
Shocking Technology: What Happens When Firms Make Large IT Investments?
James Bessen and Cesare Righi
New research on the effects of large IT investments on employment and productivity.
Toward Understanding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Labor
Morgan R. Frank, David Autor, James E. Bessen, Erik Brynjolfsson, et al.
New research analyzing the barriers that inhibit accurately measuring the effects of AI and automation on the future of work and developing a decision framework that focuses on resilience to unexpected scenarios.