Model Restrictiveness in Functional and Structural Settings

This paper extends the restrictiveness measure to functional and structural econometric settings using Gaussian process priors, demonstrating that models appear more restrictive over continuum domains than finite observations, establishing restrictiveness as the limit of noise-free learning curves, and revealing how endogeneity and discrepancy function choices fundamentally alter model rankings.

Drew Fudenberg, Wayne Yuan Gao, Zhiheng You2026-03-10💰 q-fin

The "Gold Rush" in AI and Robotics Patenting Activity. Do innovation systems have a role?

This paper analyzes AI and robotics patenting trends from 1980 to 2019, revealing that while AI-enhanced robotics experienced a sharp post-2010 acceleration, the long-run integration of these technologies and the role of innovation systems vary significantly across countries, with China showing strong public-sector-driven integration and the US exhibiting a more market-oriented, less integrated structure.

Giovanni Guidetti, Riccardo Leoncini, Mariele Macaluso2026-03-06💰 q-fin

AI as Coordination-Compressing Capital: Task Reallocation, Organizational Redesign, and the Regime Fork

This paper proposes a model of "agent capital" where AI reduces coordination costs to endogenously reshape organizational structures, revealing a regime fork where the distributional outcome—ranging from broad-based gains to superstar concentration—depends on who controls the resulting organizational elasticity, even as overall inequality declines through employment expansion.

Alex Farach2026-03-06💰 q-fin

Cognitive and non-cognitive efficiency gaps between private and public schools in the Latin America region-a hybrid DEA and machine learning approach based on PISA 2022

Using a hybrid DEA and machine learning approach on PISA 2022 data from nine Latin American countries, this study reveals that private schools outperform public schools in both cognitive and non-cognitive efficiency, identifying distinct determinants such as home resources and autonomy for private schools versus climate and student engagement challenges for public schools.

Marcos Delprato2026-03-06💰 q-fin

Academic resilience in the Latin America region post COVID-19 pandemic -- an explainable machine learning analysis of its determinants and heterogeneity using alternative definitions

Using explainable machine learning on PISA 2022 data from nine Latin American countries, this study identifies distinct household and school-level determinants of student academic resilience post-pandemic, revealing how factors like digital access, teaching quality, and pandemic disruptions differentially influence disadvantaged students' ability to achieve high performance.

Marcos Delprato, Andres Sandoval-Hernandez2026-03-06💰 q-fin

Implementing Sustainable Tourism practices in luxury resorts of Maldives: Sustainability principles & Tripple Bottomline Approach

This research paper examines the sustainability challenges facing luxury resorts in the Maldives and proposes a framework based on the Triple Bottom Line approach and 12 Sustainable Tourism Principles to guide the implementation of effective practices, regulatory reforms, and collaborative strategies for long-term environmental and economic viability.

Dr Mir Hasan Naqvi, Asnan Ahmed, Dr Asif Pervez2026-03-06💰 q-fin

Extensions to the Wealth Tax Neutrality Framework

This paper extends Froeseth's (2026) wealth tax neutrality framework by demonstrating that while neutrality holds under stochastic volatility and Epstein-Zin preferences, it breaks under non-homothetic preferences and four specific implementation channels—such as progressive thresholds and inelastic markets—which are formalized and calibrated to the Norwegian system to evaluate global minimum tax proposals.

Anders G. Froeseth2026-03-06🔬 physics

AI Skills Improve Job Prospects: Causal Evidence from a Hiring Experiment

Based on a conjoint experiment with 1,725 recruiters across three countries, this study provides causal evidence that possessing AI skills significantly increases interview invitation rates and can partially or fully offset labor market disadvantages related to age and lower education, though the magnitude of these benefits varies by occupation and recruiter background.

Fabian Stephany, Ole Teutloff, Angelo Leone2026-03-05🤖 cs.AI