SI 2016 Innovation
Organized by Scott Stern, Heidi L. Williams, Tetyana Pecherska, and Benjamin Jones
Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
July 19-20, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Tuesday, July 19

9:00 am

Who Feeds the Trolls? Patent Trolls and the Patent Examination Process

Jiashuo Feng, Harvard University
Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

9:50 am

Low-quality Patents in the Eye of the Beholder: Evidence from Multiple Examiners

Gaétan de Rassenfosse, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER
Elizabeth Webster, Swinburne University of Technology

11:00 am

The Responsiveness of Inventing: Evidence from a Patent Fee Reform

Alice Kuegler, Central European University

12:50 pm

R&D Networks: Theory, Empirics and Policy Implications

Michael Koenig, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Xiaodong Liu, University of Colorado Boulder
Yves Zenou, Monash University

2:00 pm

Industrial Espionage and Productivity

Erik Meyersson, Stockholm School of Economics

2:50 pm

Dense Enough To Be Brilliant: Patents, Urbanization, and Transportation in Nineteenth Century America

Elisabeth Ruth Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau

Wednesday, July 20

9:00 am

Living "American Dream" in Finland: The Social Mobility of Inventors

Philippe Aghion, Collège de France
Ufuk Akcigit, The University of Chicago and NBER
Ari Hyytinen, Hanken School of Economics
Otto Toivanen, Aalto University

9:50 am

The Unequal Gains from Product Innovations

Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

11:00 am

Do Tax Incentives for Research Increase Firm Innovation? An RD Design for R&D

John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
Ralf Martin, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

11:00 am

Do Tax Incentives for Research Increase Firm Innovation? An RD Design for R&D

Antoine Dechezlepretre, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Elias Einio, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ralf Martin, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Kieu-Trang Nguyen, University of Melbourne
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER