Artificial Intelligence, Education, and Entrepreneurship
研究了2004至2018年间人工智能教授从大学流失的现象，发现受影响大学的学生创立的AI初创公司更少、融资更少，且教授离职减少了创业者的AI知识。
ABSTRACT We document an unprecedented brain drain of Artificial Intelligence (AI) professors from universities from 2004 to 2018. We find that students from the affected universities establish fewer AI startups and raise less funding. The brain‐drain effect is significant for tenured professors, professors from top universities, and deep‐learning professors. Additional evidence suggests that unobserved city‐ and university‐level shocks are unlikely to drive our results. We consider several economic channels for the findings. The most consistent explanation is that professors' departures reduce startup founders' AI knowledge, which we find is an important factor for successful startup formation and fundraising.