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AI tools such as GitHub Copilot can boost the productivity of software developers, but may ultimately put pressure on code quality and the long-term sustainability of software projects. This is the conclusion of new research from Tilburg University. The findings show that AI-assisted programming offers clear benefits, but also introduces new challenges for experienced professionals and the long-term quality of software.

Despite the tight labor market, people with disabilities remain largely absent from Dutch businesses, especially within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Employers mainly look to the government for solutions and struggle with regulations. This is shown by a study among hundreds of Dutch companies conducted by economists René Bakker, Kristel de Groot, and Ingrid Verheul.

Recently, a U.S. judge ruled that Google must share its search results and parts of its search data with competitors. According to economist Jens Prüfer of Tilburg University and co-authors, this ruling confirms exactly what their new study shows: without mandatory data sharing, dominant players like Google remain untouchable because they possess far more data than their competitors.‘As long as only Google has access to what people worldwide type

Large price increases leave their mark not only today: new insights from Tilburg economist Fabio Braggion and coauthors show that experiences with inflation can influence how people view inflation decades, even up to a century later. Researchers find that historical inflation not only shapes expectations of future price increases, but also affects financial decisions and the effectiveness of policies affecting inflation.The researchers use German

The sustainability-related questions posed by the VBDO (Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development) during annual general meetings of Dutch companies are making a real difference. This is the conclusion of new research conducted by professors Anne Lafarre (Tilburg University), Christoph Van der Elst (Tilburg and Ghent Universities), and Rieneke Slager (University of Groningen). According to the researchers, the right to ask questi

AbstractMost online marketplaces are peer-to-peer. Credit ones, however, are not and they have resurrected many features of traditional financial intermediaries. To understand why, we use online credit as a laboratory to investigate the value of financial intermediation. We develop a structural model of online debt crowdfunding and estimate it on a novel database. We find that abandoning the peer-to-peer paradigm raises lender surplus,