Deep Learning for Solving Economic Models

By Jesús Fernández-Villaverde

Journal of Economic Literature

The ongoing revolution in deep learning is reshaping research across many fields, including economics. Its effects are especially clear in solving dynamic economic models. These models often lack closed-form solutions, so economists have long relied on nu...

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The Effect of Mergers on Innovation

By Kaustav Das, Tatiana Mayskaya, and Arina Nikandrova

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

We study the effect of a merger on R&D activity in a dynamic model with uncertainty about the feasibility of innovation. The merger has three effects: it may reduce the number of follow-up innovations (cannibalization effect), increase the probability ...

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The Political Consequences of Mass Repatriation

By Edoardo Cefalà

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

What happens when a country’s electorate suddenly expands by hundreds of thousands of new voters? This study examines the political impact of the mass arrival of repatriates from Algeria to France. Using this quasi-experiment, I demonstrate that their...