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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program Meeting

Josh Lerner and Nicholas Bloom, Organizers

March 21, 2014

NBER
Feldstein Conference Room, 2^nd Floor

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

Thursday, March 20:
6:00 pm	Group Dinner at Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Friday, March 21:
8:15 am	Shuttle Van departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Introductions
9:05 am	Pian Shu, Harvard University Are the "Best and Brightest" Going into Finance? Career Choice and Skill Development of MIT Graduates
9:50 am	Walker Hanlon, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER Antonio Miscio, Columbia University Agglomeration: A Dynamic Approach
10:35 am	Break
10:55 am	Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California at San Diego and NBER Danielle Li, Northwestern University Bhaven N. Sampat, Columbia University and NBER Public R&D Investments and Private Sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding Rules
11:40 am	Manuel Adelino, Duke University Song Ma, Duke University David T. Robinson, Duke University and NBER Firm Age, Investment Opportunities, and Job Creation
12:25 pm	Lunch
1:25 pm	Timothy Simcoe, Boston University and NBER Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER Carlos Rosell, Department of Finance, Canada How Do Tax Credits Affect R&D Expenditures by Small Firms? Evidence from Canada
2:10 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Shai Bernstein, Stanford University Albert Sheen, Harvard University The Operational Consequences of Private Equity Buyouts: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry
3:15 pm	Achyuta Adhvaryu, University of Michigan Namrata Kala, Yale University Anant Nyshadham, University of Southern California The Light and the Heat: Productivity Co-Benefits of Energy-saving Technology
4:00 pm	Adjourn