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Demand Estimation with Text and Image Data

open access: yesThe RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We propose a demand estimation approach that leverages unstructured data to infer substitution patterns. Using pre‐trained deep learning models, we extract embeddings from product images and textual descriptions and incorporate them into a mixed logit demand model.
Giovanni Compiani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A change language for ontologies and knowledge graphs. [PDF]

open access: yesDatabase (Oxford)
Hegde H   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Human Hands to Machine Minds: Financing AI‐Driven Entrepreneurship in Reward‐Based Crowdfunding

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption on financing performance in reward‐based crowdfunding. Using Kickstarter data from US projects, we find that AI projects have lower pledged amounts, receive fewer donations and attract fewer backers.
Zirui Song, Yihui Lan, Yuan George Shan
wiley   +1 more source

Running towards: Labour market incentives for runaway slaves in the British Cape Colony, 1830–1838

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent scholarship on slave escapes has increasingly emphasised economic motivation, but few studies have empirically investigated how market incentives influenced the decision‐making of enslaved individuals during transitions from coerced to wage labour.
Karl Bergemann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
wiley   +1 more source

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