| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w24917 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 24917 |
| Does Machine Translation Affect International Trade? Evidence from a Large Digital Platform | |
| Erik Brynjolfsson; Xiang Hui; Meng Liu | |
| 发表日期 | 2018-08-20 |
| 出版年 | 2018 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Artificial intelligence (AI) is surpassing human performance in a growing number of domains. However, there is limited evidence of its economic effects. Using data from a digital platform, we study a key application of AI: machine translation. We find that the introduction of a machine translation system has significantly increased international trade on this platform, increasing exports by 17.5%. Furthermore, heterogeneous treatment effects are all consistent with a substantial reduction in translation-related search costs. Our results provide causal evidence that language barriers significantly hinder trade and that AI has already begun to improve economic efficiency in at least one domain. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Economics of Information ; International Economics ; Trade ; Development and Growth ; Innovation and R& ; D |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w24917 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/582591 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Erik Brynjolfsson,Xiang Hui,Meng Liu. Does Machine Translation Affect International Trade? Evidence from a Large Digital Platform. 2018. |
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| w24917.pdf（904KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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