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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2015 Innovation

Scott Stern, Heidi L. Williams, Nicholas Bloom, and Benjamin Jones, Organizers

July 14-15, 2015

Ballroom B
Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

 

Tuesday, July 14

8:30 am

Coffee and pastries

9:00 am

Xavier L. Jaravel, Harvard University
Neviana Petkova, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Alexander M. Bell, Harvard University
Team-Specific Capital and Innovation

Discussant: Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER

9:50 am

Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christian Fons-Rosen, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California at San Diego and NBER
Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?

Discussant: Bruce A. Weinberg, Ohio State University and NBER

10:40 am

Break

11:00 am

Alessandro Iaria, CREST- ENSAE
Fabian Waldinger, University of Warwick
International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from the Collapse of International Science in the Wake of WWI

Discussant: Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER

11:50 am

Lunch

12:50 pm

Daniel Garcia-Macia, Stanford University
Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
How Destructive is Innovation?

Discussant: Paul M. Romer, New York University and NBER

1:40 pm

Break

2:00 pm

Mitsuru Igami, Yale University
Kosuke Uetake, Yale University
Mergers, Innovation, and Entry-Exit Dynamics: The Consolidation of the Hard Disk Drive Industry(1976–2014)

Discussant: Joshua Gans, University of Toronto and NBER

2:50 pm

Kirk B. Doran, University of Notre Dame
Alexander M. Gelber, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Adam Isen, Department of the Treasury
The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms: Evidence from H-1B Visa Lotteries

Discussant: William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER

3:40 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Panel Discussion on Patent Reform

Panelists:         Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Yale University and NBER
                        A. Douglas Melamed, Stanford University
                        Carl Shapiro, University of California at Berkeley
                        Phyllis Turner-Brim, Intellectual Ventures

5:15 pm

Adjourn and reception

Wednesday, July 15

8:30 am

Coffee and pastries

9:00 am

Haris Tabakovic, Harvard Business School
Thomas G. Wollmann, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
The Impact of Money on Science: Evidence from Unexpected NCAA Football Outcomes

Discussant: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER

9:50 am

Jason Gush, Royal Society of New Zealand
Adam B. Jaffe, Motu Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and NBER
Victoria Larsen, University of Otago
Athene Laws, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
The Effect of Public Funding on Research Output: The New Zealand Marsden Fund

Discussant: Ariel Dora Stern, Harvard University

10:40 am

Break

11:00 am

Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER
Sharon Belenzon, Duke University
Andrea Patacconi, Norwich Business School
Killing the Golden Goose?The Decline of Science in Corporate R&D

Discussant: Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University and NBER

11:50 am

Lunch

Afternoon session is joint with Productivity, Development & Entrepreneurship

1:30 pm

Achyuta Adhvaryu, University of Michigan
Namrata Kala, Yale University
Anant Nyshadham, University of Southern California
Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity: Evidence from Air Pollution Exposure in an Indian Garment Factory

Discussant: Hunt Allcott, New York University and NBER

2:15 pm

Benjamin Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vincent Pons, Harvard Business School
Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization

Discussant: Raymond Fisman, Columbia University and NBER

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Alexander M. Bell
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Xavier L. Jaravel, Harvard University
Neviana Petkova, U.S. Department of the Treasury
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
The Lifecycle of Inventors

Discussant: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

4:00 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Clambake – Royal Sonesta Hotel