Studie wertet über eine Million ausgeschriebene Aufträge für Freiberufler*innen auf Online-Plattform aus – Deutlich weniger Aufträge nach Einführung von ChatGPT und Co. – Potenzial für Produktivitätsgewinne und höheres Wirtschaftswachstum – Weiter- und Fortbildungsprogramme müssen Wandel der Arbeitswelt begleiten Generative Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) hat potenziell tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf ...
Die einfache Bedienung und die vielseitigen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten generativer Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) bergen das Potenzial, verschiedene Aufgaben zu automatisieren und somit die Arbeitswelt grundlegend zu verändern. Vor allem freiberufliche Tätigkeiten im Digitalbereich, die durch kurzfristige und flexible Arbeitsaufträge gekennzeichnet sind, sehen sich bereits einer wachsenden Konkurrenz durch ...
Entrepreneurs tend to be risk tolerant but is higher risk tolerance always better? In a sample of about 2100 small businesses, we find an inverted U-shaped relation between risk tolerance and profitability. This relationship holds in a simple bilateral regression, and even after controlling for a large set of individual and business characteristics. Apparently, one major transmission goes from risk ...
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, established in 2015, aim to achieve global sustainability by 2030 through the improvement of environmental, social, and economic parameters. However, unlike earlier concepts such as the Agenda 21 of 1992, the SDGs overlook radioactive waste management and related challenges of radiation itself. First, we investigate the historic consideration ...
As variable renewable energy (VRE) sources increasingly gain importance in global energy systems, there is a growing interest in understanding periods of VRE shortage ('Dunkelflauten'). Defining, quantifying, and comparing such shortage events across different renewable generation technologies and locations presents a surprisingly intricate challenge. Various methodological approaches exist in different ...
Theory suggests that corporate and sovereign bonds are fundamentally different, also because sovereign debt has no bankruptcy mechanism and is hard to enforce. We show empirically that the two assets are more similar than you think, at least when it comes to high-yield bonds over the past 20 years. Based on rich new data we compare risky US corporate bonds (“junk” bonds) to risky emerging market sovereign ...
