Publications
Selected publications
- Amaral, A., Severnini, E., Mendonca, J., Morgan, M.G., & Fuchs, E.R.H. 2024. The heterogeneous impacts of protectionist policies on post restriction trade patterns: How US priority-rated contracts during COVID affected EU supply chains of medical products. SSRN Working Paper.
- Branstetter, L., Glennon, B., & Jensen, J. B. 2018. Knowledge Transfer Abroad: The Role of U.S. Inventors within Global R&D Networks. NBER Working Paper 24453.
- Chen, H., Joglekar, A., Rubenstein, Z., Schmerl, B., Fedder, G., de Nijs, J., Garlan, D., Smith, S., and Kara, L.B. 2024. Generative Manufacturing: A requirements and resource-driven approach to part making. Preprint.
- Cheng, A.L., Fuchs, E.R.H. & Michalek, J.J. 2024. US industrial policy may reduce electric vehicle battery supply chain vulnerabilities and influence technology choice. Nat Energy 9: 1561–1570.
- Combemale, C., Whitefoot, K.S., Ales, L., & Fuchs, E.R.H. 2021. Not all technological change is equal: How the separability of tasks mediates the effect of technology change on skill demand. Industrial and Corporate Change 30(6):1361–87.
- Dix-Carneiro, R. & Kovak, B. 2017. Trade Liberalization and Regional Dynamics. American Economic Review 107(10): 1908-46.
- Erol, S. and Lee, M.L. 2024. Financial System Architecture and Technological Vulnerability Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports, no. 1122, September.
- Fischhoff, B. 2025. Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems: A Vision for Management Science. Oxford Academic.
- Garin, A. & Rothbaum, J. L. Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility: Evidence from World War II. NBER Working Paper 32265.
- Gonchar, E. and Combemale, C. and Ramayya, K. 2024. Workforce Insight Tool Methods Report. National Network for Critical Technology Assessment.
- Kalathil, N., Morgan, G.M., & Fuchs, E.R.H. 2023. Short-term economic dynamism as a policy tool to address supply shortages during crises. Industrial and Corporate Change.
- Morgan, M. G., & Henrion, M. 1990. Uncertainty: A Guide to Dealing with Uncertainty in Quantitative Risk and Policy Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- O’Connor, J., Bhuwalka, K., Michalek, J. J., Olivetti, E., Randall, A., Roth, R., and Whitefoot, K. S. 2024. Battery Materials Supply-Chain Disruptions and U.S. Vehicle Prices. Carnegie Mellon University.
By topic: AI
- Alderucci, D., Branstetter, L., Hovy, E., Runge, A., Ryskina, M., and Zolas, N. 2024. Quantifying the Impact of AI on Productivity and Labor Demand: Evidence from U.S. Census Microdata. CMU Working Paper.
- Brynjolfsson, E., and Mitchell, T. 2017. What Can Machine Learning Do? Workforce Implications. Science, December 22, 2017, 358:6370.
- Brynjolfsson, E., and Mitchell, T. (chairs). 2024. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
- Brynjolfsson, E., Mitchell, T., and Rock, D. 2018. What can machines learn and what does it mean for occupations and the economy? AEA papers and proceedings 108, 43-47.
By topic: Energy
- National Network for Critical Technology Analysis. 2023. Energy Storage and Critical Materials. In Securing America’s Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment. Opus Press.
- Cheng, A.L., Fuchs, E.R.H., Karplus, V.J., and Michalek, J. 2024. Electric Vehicle Battery Chemistry Affects Supply Chain Disruption Vulnerabilities. Nature Communications 15, no. 2143. DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-46418-1
- Cheng, A.L., Fuchs, E.R.H. and Michalek, J.J. 2024. US industrial policy may reduce electric vehicle battery supply chain vulnerabilities and influence technology choice. Nature Energy 9: 1561–1570.
- Forsythe, C. R., Gillingham, K. T., Michalek, J. J., & Whitefoot, K. S. 2023. Technology advancement is driving electric vehicle adoption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- O’Connor, J., Bhuwalka, K., Michalek, J. J., Olivetti, E., Randall, A., Roth, R., and Whitefoot, K. S. 2024. Battery Materials Supply-Chain Disruptions and U.S. Vehicle Prices. CMU Working Paper.
Energy and workforce
- Combemale, C., Ferrone, D., Funk, P., Quay, A., & Waldman-Brown, A. 2023. Workforce Analytic Approaches to Find Degrees of Freedom in the EV Transition. CMU Working Paper.
- Cotterman, T., Fuchs, E.R., Whitefoot, K.S. and Combemale, C., 2024. The transition to electrified vehicles: Evaluating the labor demand of manufacturing conventional versus battery electric vehicle powertrains. Science Direct. Energy Policy, 188: 114064.
- Reolfi, R., Fuchs, E., and Karplus, V. 2023. Anticipating the impacts of light-duty vehicle electrification on the U.S. automotive service workforce. Environmental Research Letters; Bristol Vol. 18, Iss. 3 (Mar 2023). DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/acbb93
By topic: Medical supplies
- Amaral, A., Morgan, M.G., Mendonça, J. and Fuchs, E.R.H. 2023. National core competencies and dynamic capabilities in times of crisis: Adaptive regulation of new entrants in advanced technology markets. Research Policy, Volume 52, Issue 4.
- Amaral, A., Morgan, M.G., Mendonça, J. and Fuchs, E.R.H. 2024. When Should Regulatory Adaptation Be Centralized vs Decentralized? Lessons from COVID on Technological Complexity, Local Capabilities, and Speed. CMU Working Paper.
- Amaral, A., Severnini, E., Mendonca, J., Morgan, M.G., & Fuchs, E.R.H. 2024. The heterogeneous impacts of protectionist policies on post restriction trade patterns: How US priority-rated contracts during COVID affected EU supply chains of medical products. CMU Working Paper.
- Kalathil, N., Morgan, G.M., & Fuchs, E.R.H. 2023. Short-term economic dynamism as a policy tool to address supply shortages during crises. Industrial and Corporate Change.
By topic: Semiconductors
- National Network for Critical Technology Analysis. 2023. Semiconductors. In Securing America’s Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment. Opus Press.
- Berger, A., Khan, H., Schrank, A. and Fuchs, E.R.H. 2023. A New Policy Toolbox for Semiconductor Supply Chains. Issues.
- Blanton, S., Fuchs, E., Hovy, E., Mai, K., Pileggi, L., and Zhang, P. 2021. Innovation and Chip Redesign to Address Semiconductor Shortages in the Automotive Industry. CMU Working Paper.
- Fuchs, E., Kalathil, N., Newkirk, A., Yu, K., and O’Connor, J. 2025. Vulnerabilities in the Semiconductor Supply Chain: The Role of Market Power and Design Specialization. CMU Working Paper.
- Gonchar, E., Combemale, C. and Krishnan, R. 2025. Build It and They Will Come? US Regional Labor Composition and Readiness to Meet Skill Demand Shocks from CHIPS and Science. CMU Working Paper.
- Khan, H., Hounshell, D.A. and Fuchs, E.R.H. 2018. Science and research policy at the end of Moore’s law. Nature.
- Newkirk, A., Fuchs, E.R.H., Samaras, C., Morgan, M.G. (2025). Loss of access to semiconductors is different than loss of access to oil, and policy needs to differ, too. CMU Working Paper.
Optoelectronics
- Ales, L., Combemale, C., Fuchs, E. R., & Whitefoot, K. 2024. How it's Made: A General Theory of the Labor Implications of Technology Change. CMU Working Paper.
- Combemale, C., Whitefoot, K.S., Ales, L., & Fuchs, E.R.H. 2021. Not all technological change is equal: How the separability of tasks mediates the effect of technology change on skill demand. Industrial and Corporate Change 30(6):1361–87.
- Fuchs, E. and Kirchain, R. 2010. Design for Location? The Impact of Manufacturing Offshore on Technology Competitiveness in the Optoelectronics Industry. Management Science 56(12):2323-2349.