Erik Brynjolfsson
Scholar

Erik Brynjolfsson

Google Scholar ID: lqyGZpQAAAAJ
Professor at Stanford; NBER; Stanford Digital Economy Lab
EconomicsInformation EconomicsEconomics of AIProductivityIntangible Assets
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
67,147
 
H-index
89
 
i10-index
204
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
45
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Recent research includes:
  • - "A Definition of AGI", Center for AI Safety, October 2025
  • - "GDP-B: Accounting for the Value of New and Free Goods", American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, October 2025
  • - "A Research Agenda for the Economics of Transformative AI", NBER Working Paper, September 2025
  • - "AI Behavioral Science", arXiv:2509.13323, August 2025
  • - "Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts About the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence", Stanford Digital Economy Working Paper, August 2025
  • - "Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Society", UCLA Journal of Law and Technology, August 2025
  • - "AI and the Fed", NBER Working Paper, July 2025
  • - "Future of Work with AI Agents: Auditing Automation and Augmentation Potential across the U.S. Workforce", arXiv preprint, June 2025
  • - "Robot Hubs and the Use of Robotics in US Manufacturing Establishments", AEA Papers and Proceedings, May 2025
  • - "Generative AI at Work", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2025
  • - "Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2025", arXiv preprint, April 2025
  • - "LLM Social Simulations Are a Promising Research Method", arXiv preprint, April 2025
Research Experience
  • Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He also is the Ralph Landau Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Professor by Courtesy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Department of Economics, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Background
  • His research examines the effects of information technologies on business strategy, productivity and performance, digital commerce, and intangible assets. A best-selling author, he writes and speaks to global audiences about these topics.