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A Model of the Data Economy

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  • Maryam Farboodi
  • Laura Veldkamp

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In a data economy, transactions of goods and services generate information, which is stored, traded and depreciates. How are the economics of this economy different from traditional production or innovation economies? How do these differences matter for measurement of GDP, firm values, depreciation rates, welfare and externalities? Despite incorporating active experimentation and data as an intangible asset, we devise a tractable recursive representation. Because the resulting model maps to many observable macro and finance measures, it can be calibrated and estimated like its old-economy DSGE counterpart. The model also delivers insights: It rationalizes why apps are often “free,” why firm size is diverging and why even non-digital economic activity might be greater than GDP suggests.

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  • Maryam Farboodi & Laura Veldkamp, 2021. "A Model of the Data Economy," NBER Working Papers 28427, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:28427
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    2. Koski, Heli & Fornaro, Paolo, 2024. "Digitalization and Resilience: Data Assets and Firm Productivity Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic," ETLA Working Papers 113, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
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    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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