Place-Based Policies and Entrepreneurship
Organized by Sabrina T. Howell, Josh Lerner, and David T. Robinson
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and California Community Foundation
December 6, 2024
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Longfellow Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA
Friday, December 6
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:55 am
Introductions
9:00 am

Universities and the Production of Fundamental Knowledge in the Life-Sciences

Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Connie Xu, Harvard University

Discussant:
Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
9:50 am

Can Technology Transfers Save Innovation? Evidence from China

Zhangfeng Jin, Zhejiang University of Technology

Discussant:
Jeffrey L. Furman, Boston University and NBER
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am
Shorter Presentations (Part 1)

Firm Responses to Hiring and Investment Subsidies: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the California Competes Tax Credit

Benjamin G. Hyman, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Matthew Freedman, University of California, Irvine
Shantanu Khanna, Northeastern University
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER

How Does Climate Change Reshape U.S. Entrepreneurship? A Labor Channel

Zhanbing Xiao, Harvard University

Place-based Policy, Migration Barriers, and Spatial Inequality

Nghiem Q. Huynh, University of Oklahoma
12:00 pm
Lunch - Room Skyline ABC
1:00 pm
Shorter Presentations (Part 2)

Causes and Consequences of Innovation Clusters: Examining the Impact of National Labs (slides)

Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University and NBER
Resem Makan, Case Western Reserve University
Daniel W. Shoag, Case Western Reserve University

Competing for Talent: Large Firms and Startup Growth

James Bessen, Boston University
Felix Poege, Bocconi University
Ronja Roettger, Boston University
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Native-Immigrant Entrepreneurial Synergies (slides)

Zhao Jin, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Amir Kermani, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Abhinav Gupta, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:50 pm

Did COVID Close the Start-Up Deficit in Black Neighborhoods? Evidence from the Startup Cartography Project

Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jorge Guzman, Columbia University and NBER
Catherine E. Fazio, Boston University

Discussant:
Emmanuel Yimfor, Columbia University
3:40 pm
Adjourn