Details about Ajay K. Agrawal

Homepage:	http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/Ajay.Agrawal/
Workplace:	Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, (more information at EDIRC) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Discovery: A Model of Prioritized Search
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
2. Similarities and Differences in the Adoption of General Purpose Technologies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Similarities and Differences in the Adoption of General Purpose Technologies, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
3. The Turing Transformation: Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence Augmentation, and Skill Premiums
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2022

4. Prediction Machines, Insurance, and Protection: An Alternative Perspective on AI's Role in Production
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

5. AI Adoption and System-Wide Change
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2020

6. Enabling Entrepreneurial Choice
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2019

7. Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (103)
   See also Journal Article Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (108) (2019)

2018

8. Does Scientist Immigration Harm US Science? An Examination of Spillovers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
9. Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
   Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2018) View citations (10)
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2018) View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence, Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (51) (2019)
   Chapter Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (15) (2018)
10. Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Prediction versus Judgment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
11. Finding Needles in Haystacks: Artificial Intelligence and Recombinant Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Chapter Finding Needles in Haystacks: Artificial Intelligence and Recombinant Growth, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (12) (2018)
12. Human Judgment and AI Pricing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Human Judgment and AI Pricing, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
13. Prediction, Judgment and Complexity: A Theory of Decision Making and Artificial Intelligence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Chapter Prediction, Judgment, and Complexity: A Theory of Decision-Making and Artificial Intelligence, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (10) (2018)

2015

14. Slack Time and Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2014

15. Diaspora Networks, Knowledge Flows and Brain Drain
    WIPO Economic Research Working Papers, World Intellectual Property Organization - Economics and Statistics Division View citations (1)
16. Roads and Innovation
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Roads and Innovation, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2017) View citations (107) (2017)
17. Tax Credits and Small Firm R&D Spending
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
18. Why Stars Matter
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2013

19. Collaboration, Stars, and the Changing Organization of Science: Evidence from Evolutionary Biology
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Chapter Collaboration, Stars, and the Changing Organization of Science: Evidence from Evolutionary Biology, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
20. Deals Not Done: Sources of Failure in the Market for Ideas
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Deals not done: Sources of failure in the market for ideas, Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell (2015) View citations (25) (2015)
21. Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
    See also Chapter Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (41) (2015)
22. Does Information Help or Hinder Job Applicants from Less Developed Countries in Online Markets?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
23. Does Knowledge Accumulation Increase the Returns to Collaboration?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
24. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (176) (2014)
    Chapter Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (47) (2013)
25. Why are some regions more innovative than others? The role of firm size diversity
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (22)

2011

26. The Geography of Crowdfunding
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (128)

2010

27. Entrepreneurial Finance and the Flat-World Hypothesis: Evidence from Crowd-Funding Entrepreneurs in the Arts
    Working Papers, NET Institute View citations (11)
28. Recruiting for Ideas: How Firms Exploit the Prior Inventions of New Hires
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Recruiting for Ideas: How Firms Exploit the Prior Inventions of New Hires, Management Science, INFORMS (2011) View citations (159) (2011)

2009

29. Not Invented Here? Innovation in Company Towns
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Not Invented Here? Innovation in company towns, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (61) (2010)
    Chapter Not Invented Here? Innovation in Company Towns, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (66) (2010)

2008

30. Brain Drain or Brain Bank? The Impact of Skilled Emigration on Poor-Country Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Brain drain or brain bank? The impact of skilled emigration on poor-country innovation, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (214) (2011)

2007

31. Birds of a Feather - Better Together? Exploring the Optimal Spatial Distribution of Ethnic Inventors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2006

32. Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (136) (2008)
33. University Patenting: Estimating the Diminishing Breadth of Knowledge Diffusion and Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2003

34. Gone But Not Forgotten: Labor Flows, Knowledge Spillovers, and Enduring Social Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (58)

2002

35. University Research, Industrial R&D, and the Anchor Tenant Hypothesis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)

Journal Articles

2019

1. Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33, (2), 31-50 View citations (108)
   See also Working Paper Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (103) (2019)
2. Does scientist immigration harm US science? An examination of the knowledge spillover channel
   Research Policy, 2019, 48, (5), 1248-1259 View citations (2)
3. Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence
   Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2019, 19, (1), 139 - 159 View citations (51)
   See also Chapter Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence, NBER Chapters, 2018, 139-159 (2018) View citations (15) (2018)
   Working Paper Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (16) (2018)

2018

4. Human Judgment and AI Pricing
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 58-63 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Human Judgment and AI Pricing, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2017

5. How stars matter: Recruiting and peer effects in evolutionary biology
   Research Policy, 2017, 46, (4), 853-867 View citations (39)
6. Roads and Innovation
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99, (3), 417-434 View citations (107)
   See also Working Paper Roads and Innovation, CEPR Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

2016

7. Does standardized information in online markets disproportionately benefit job applicants from less developed countries?
   Journal of International Economics, 2016, 103, (C), 1-12 View citations (39)
8. Understanding the Changing Structure of Scientific Inquiry
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8, (1), 100-128 View citations (22)

2015

9. Crowdfunding: Geography, Social Networks, and the Timing of Investment Decisions
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2015, 24, (2), 253-274 View citations (242)
10. Deals not done: Sources of failure in the market for ideas
    Strategic Management Journal, 2015, 36, (7), 976-986 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Deals Not Done: Sources of Failure in the Market for Ideas, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (3) (2013)

2014

11. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
    Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2014, 14, (1), 63 - 97 View citations (176)
    See also Chapter Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, NBER Chapters, 2013, 63-97 (2013) View citations (47) (2013)
    Working Paper Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (55) (2013)
12. Why are some regions more innovative than others? The role of small firms in the presence of large labs
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2014, 81, (C), 149-165 View citations (57)

2011

13. Brain drain or brain bank? The impact of skilled emigration on poor-country innovation
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 69, (1), 43-55 View citations (214)
    See also Working Paper Brain Drain or Brain Bank? The Impact of Skilled Emigration on Poor-Country Innovation, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (26) (2008)
14. Recruiting for Ideas: How Firms Exploit the Prior Inventions of New Hires
    Management Science, 2011, 57, (1), 129-150 View citations (159)
    See also Working Paper Recruiting for Ideas: How Firms Exploit the Prior Inventions of New Hires, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (8) (2010)

2010

15. Not Invented Here? Innovation in company towns
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 67, (1), 78-89 View citations (61)
    See also Chapter Not Invented Here? Innovation in Company Towns, NBER Chapters, 2010 (2010) View citations (66) (2010)
    Working Paper Not Invented Here? Innovation in Company Towns, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)

2009

16. Have university knowledge flows narrowed?: Evidence from patent data
    Research Policy, 2009, 38, (1), 1-13 View citations (30)

2008

17. How do spatial and social proximity influence knowledge flows? Evidence from patent data
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64, (2), 258-269 View citations (273)
18. International labor mobility and knowledge flow externalities
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2008, 39, (8), 1242-1260 View citations (121)
19. Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (4), 1578-90 View citations (136)
    See also Working Paper Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (7) (2006)

2007

20. Public Sector Science And The Strategy Of The Commons
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2007, 16, (7), 517-539 View citations (3)

2003

21. Innovation and the Growth of Cities
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2003, 3, (4), 458-461
22. The anchor tenant hypothesis: exploring the role of large, local, R&D-intensive firms in regional innovation systems
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2003, 21, (9), 1227-1253 View citations (155)

2002

23. Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT
    Management Science, 2002, 48, (1), 44-60 View citations (418)

Books

2024

1. The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

2. The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (201)

2014

3. Standards, Patents and Innovations
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Edited books

2019

1. The Economics of Artificial Intelligence
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (191)

Chapters

2025

1. Introduction to "The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Political Economy"
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Political Economy, 2025

2023

2. Introduction to "The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges"
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges, 2023, pp 1-7
3. Similarities and Differences in the Adoption of General Purpose Technologies
   A chapter in Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth, 2023 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Similarities and Differences in the Adoption of General Purpose Technologies, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2018

4. Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence
   A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 19, 2018, pp 139-159 View citations (15)
   See also Journal Article Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (51) (2019)
   Working Paper Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (16) (2018)
5. Finding Needles in Haystacks: Artificial Intelligence and Recombinant Growth
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, 2018, pp 149-174 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Finding Needles in Haystacks: Artificial Intelligence and Recombinant Growth, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (17) (2018)
6. Introduction to "The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda"
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, 2018, pp 1-19 View citations (21)
7. Prediction, Judgment, and Complexity: A Theory of Decision-Making and Artificial Intelligence
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, 2018, pp 89-110 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Prediction, Judgment and Complexity: A Theory of Decision Making and Artificial Intelligence, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (12) (2018)

2015

8. Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda
   A chapter in Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy, 2015, pp 219-250 View citations (41)
   See also Working Paper Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (28) (2013)

2014

9. Collaboration, Stars, and the Changing Organization of Science: Evidence from Evolutionary Biology
   A chapter in The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, 2014, pp 75-102 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Collaboration, Stars, and the Changing Organization of Science: Evidence from Evolutionary Biology, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (7) (2013)

2013

10. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
    A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 14, 2013, pp 63-97 View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (176) (2014)
    Working Paper Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (55) (2013)

2010

11. Not Invented Here? Innovation in Company Towns
    A chapter in Cities and Entrepreneurship, 2010 View citations (66)
    See also Journal Article Not Invented Here? Innovation in company towns, Elsevier (2010) View citations (61) (2010)
    Working Paper Not Invented Here? Innovation in Company Towns, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (3) (2009)