Place-Based Policies and Entrepreneurship
Sabrina T. Howell, Josh Lerner, and David T. Robinson, Organizers
December 6, 2024
Supported by The California Community and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA
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| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:55 am | Introductions | |||
| 9:00 am |
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER Connie Xu, Harvard University Universities and the Production of Fundamental Knowledge in the Life-Sciences
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| 9:50 am |
Zhangfeng Jin, Zhejiang University of Technology Can Technology Transfers Save Innovation? Evidence from China
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| 10:40 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am | Shorter Presentations (Part 1) | |||
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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 Firm Responses to Hiring and Investment Subsidies: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the California Competes Tax Credit |
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Zhanbing Xiao, Harvard University How Does Climate Change Reshape U.S. Entrepreneurship? A Labor Channel |
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Nghiem Q. Huynh, University of Oklahoma Place-based Policy, Migration Barriers, and Spatial Inequality |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch - Room Skyline ABC | |||
| 1:00 pm | Shorter Presentations (Part 2) | |||
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Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University and NBER Resem Makan, Case Western Reserve University Daniel W. Shoag, Case Western Reserve University Causes and Consequences of Innovation Clusters: Examining the Impact of National Labs |
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James Bessen, Boston University Felix Poege, Bocconi University Ronja Roettger, Boston University Competing for Talent: Large Firms and Startup Growth |
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| 1:45 pm | Break | |||
| 2:00 pm |
Zhao Jin, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Amir Kermani, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Native-Immigrant Entrepreneurial Synergies
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| 2:50 pm |
Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Jorge Guzman, Columbia University and NBER Catherine E. Fazio, Boston University Did COVID Close the Start-Up Deficit in Black Neighborhoods? Evidence from the Startup Cartography Project
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| 3:40 pm | Adjourn | |||