Abhishek Nagaraj

1 month ago | nber.org | Stella Jia |Abhishek Nagaraj

Srushti Pawar and Nancy Ma provided invaluable research assistance. This work was not funded by any external organization, although we do thank OpenAI for research credits that were used to execute a part of this research. We are very grateful to Alex Reisner, David Bamman and participants at the Berkeley-Haas Macro Research Lunch and the Data Innovation Lab for useful discussions about this project.

Jun 20, 2024 | thehindu.com | Abhishek Nagaraj |Sahil Deo

As the IPL season wrapped up and the T20 World Cup is in progress, there is no doubt that cricket fever is here to stay. Beyond cricketing questions such as the secret of KKR’s success or who will win the trophy at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 29, these tournaments raise broader social and economic questions. What is the ripple effect of a country’s victory on local businesses and employment? How do sponsorship deals and media rights shape consumers’ consumption patterns?

May 26, 2023 | arxiv.org | Abhishek Nagaraj

This paper explores the economics of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies within decision-making contexts. Two metrics are proposed: Context Entropy, the informational complexity of an environment, and Context Immersivity, the value from full immersion. The analysis suggests that AR technologies assist in understanding complex contexts, while VR technologies provide access to distant, risky, or expensive environments.