KOF Globalisation Index

The KOF Globalisation Index measures the economic, social and political dimensions of globalisation. Globalisation in these fields has been on the rise since the 1970s, receiving a particular boost after the end of the Cold War.

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“Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionise economic research”: ten questions for ChatGPT

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This article is a collaboration between man and machine. We conducted an interview with the ChatGPT voice software on economics, business cycle research and politics. KOF innovation researcher Mathias Beck and KOF co-director Hans Gersbach rank the quality of ChatGPT’s responses and its potential below.

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How to cite the Index

When using the current version of this data, please cite:

Gygli, Savina, Florian Haelg, Niklas Potrafke and Jan-Egbert Sturm (2019): The KOF Globalisation Index – Revisited, Review of International Organizations, 14(3), 543-574 external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-019-09344-2.

Please cite as original contribution introducing the KOF Globalisation Index:

Dreher, Axel (2006): external pageDoes Globalization Affect Growth? Evidence from a new Index of Globalization, Applied Economics 38, 10: 1091-1110.

Literature overview

An extensive literature overview of papers using previous versions of this index can be found in:

Potrafke, Niklas (2015): external pageThe Evidence on Globalization, The World Economy 38(3), 509-552.

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