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Technology Adoption and Career Concerns: Evidence from the Adoption of Digital Technology in Motion Pictures

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  • Grant Goehring
  • Filippo Mezzanotti
  • S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid

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This paper studies the impact of career concerns on technological change by analyzing the adoption of digital cinematography in the US motion picture industry. This setting allows us to collect rich data on the adoption of this new technology at the project level (i.e., movie) as well as on the career of the main decision maker (i.e., director). We find that early career directors played a leading role in the adoption of digital technology and that this effect appears to be explained by career concerns, rather than alternative motives we consider and analyze. Technological savviness also plays a role.

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  • Grant Goehring & Filippo Mezzanotti & S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, 2024. "Technology Adoption and Career Concerns: Evidence from the Adoption of Digital Technology in Motion Pictures," NBER Working Papers 32844, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Zara Contractor & Germ'an Reyes, 2025. "Generative AI in Higher Education: Evidence from an Elite College," Papers 2508.00717, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2026.
    2. Ackermann, Klaus & Bradley, Wendy A. & Cameron, Jack Francis, 2025. "Avengers assemble! When digital piracy increases box office demand," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(8).
    3. Contractor, Zara & Reyes, Germán, 2025. "Generative AI in Higher Education: Evidence from an Elite College," IZA Discussion Papers 18055, IZA Network @ LISER.
    4. Ricard Gil & S. Abraham Ravid & Olav Sorenson, 2025. "Talent and technology in creative industries: introduction to the special issue," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 49(2), pages 241-255, June.

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    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
    • M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other

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