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Alex Tabarrok

Economist, George Mason University
Signed the letter · Academia · United States

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Professor of economics at George Mason University and Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center. Co-author with Tyler Cowen of the Marginal Revolution blog and the textbook Modern Principles of Economics, and co-founder of Marginal Revolution University. Has written on patent reform, pharmaceutical regulation, health policy and voting systems; during the pandemic he advised the US government on incentives to accelerate vaccine production. PhD in economics from George Mason University. Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter.

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10 works in the co-authorship map · 464 citations across them

In the network

7 co-authors on the map · PageRank #80 of 400 · bridge #85 of 400 · 2 steps from Erik Brynjolfsson · cluster: Market design and field experiments.

Measured on this map only, which grows out of the letter's signatories; what these numbers mean. See Alex Tabarrok on the map

Documented positions

Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Will AI widen inequality? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Should governments act on AI now? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

How fast will the impact arrive? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Selected work

Writes with

Scott Duke Kominers (3), Eric Budish (2), J. C. Castillo (2), Michael Kremer (2), Susan Athey (2), Tyler Cowen (2), Nathan Goldschlag (1)

Co-authors on the map, by papers written together (7 of 7 shown).

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