Does Machine Translation Affect International Trade? Evidence from a Large Digital Platform

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 new machine translati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brynjolfsson, Erik
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129711