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Global Robots

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  • Leone, Fabrizio

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The diffusion of automation technology raises questions about the future of work, leading to calls for policy interventions. The ongoing debate centers on the decisions made by technology adopters. In this paper, I study supply-side adjustments and their role in shaping policy outcomes. I focus on the global market for industrial robots, a leading automation technology whose sales are dominated by a handful of multinationals. I collect new data on these suppliers and use them to estimate a multi-country general equilibrium model with oligopolistic multinational robot suppliers and heterogeneous workers. Using this model, I find that robot suppliers' market entry and pricing responses amplify the aggregate and distributional effects of policies targeting robots and transmit them across borders.

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  • Leone, Fabrizio, 2026. "Global Robots," CEPR Discussion Papers 21776, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:21776
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    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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