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Career Concerns and Technology Adoption: Evidence from the Movie Industry

Abstract

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 savvy also plays a role.

Type

Working Paper

Author(s)

Filippo Mezzanotti, Avri Ravid, Grant Goehring

Date Published

2024

Citations

Mezzanotti, Filippo, Avri Ravid, and Grant Goehring. 2024. Career Concerns and Technology Adoption: Evidence from the Movie Industry.

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