How Does Artificial Intelligence Change Carbon Emission Intensity? A Firm Lifecycle Perspective
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Keywords
artificial intelligence; carbon emission intensity; firm lifecycle; productivity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AIN-2025-04-07 (Artificial Intelligence)
- NEP-CNA-2025-04-07 (China)
- NEP-ENE-2025-04-07 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2025-04-07 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-INV-2025-04-07 (Investment)
- NEP-SBM-2025-04-07 (Small Business Management)
- NEP-TID-2025-04-07 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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