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Today, thanks to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), diverse software can communicate with each other.

API Economies and the Modularization of Production

The dozens of apps on your phone can communicate with each other thanks to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which revolutionized software beginning in the year 2000. What are the economic ramifications of modularized production, where add-ons and expansions abound?...
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Comparative Advantage and Content Specialisation in the Age of Generative Search

Published on June 10, 2025

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Economies of Scale and the Growth of Online K–12 Learning Platforms

Published on May 31, 2025

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Demand Uncertainty and the Value of Flexible Storage Capacity

Published on May 29, 2025

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Labour Substitution and Productivity in AI Video Generation

Published on May 25, 2025

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Office Furniture, Worker Productivity, and the Economics of Workplace Investment

Published on May 25, 2025

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Risk Management and the Economics of Dedicated Proxy Infrastructure

Published on May 25, 2025

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Leverage and the Economics of Funded Trading Accounts

Published on May 22, 2025

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How Purchasing Power Parity Explains the Boom in International Retirement Services

Published on May 15, 2025

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Information Asymmetry and Retail Participation in CFD Trading

Published on May 10, 2025

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Long Tail Economics and the Online Market for Niche Industrial Equipment

Published on April 26, 2025

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AI can work much faster than human employees, but rates of AI hallucinations and other errors remain significant.

The Economics of AI Hallucinations and Error Costs

AI can be great, but "AI hallucinations" are frequent when AI software attempts to plug in data holes with information that it creates. This can include "ghost citations" of false sources of information. What will firms do to limit the dangers of AI error?...
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