Does Machine Translation Affect International Trade? Evidence from a Large Digital Platform
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- Erik Brynjolfsson & Xiang Hui & Meng Liu, 2018. "Does Machine Translation Affect International Trade? Evidence from a Large Digital Platform," NBER Working Papers 24917, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
artificial intelligence; international trade; machine translation; machine learning; digital platforms;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
- F1 - International Economics - - Trade
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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