SI 2015 Innovation

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

July 14-15, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 14
9:00 am
9:00 am
Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Neviana Petkova, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Alexander M. Bell, Georgia State University

Team-Specific Capital and Innovation
9:50 am
9:50 am
Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christian Fons-Rosen, University of California at Merced
Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?
11:00 am
11:00 am
Alessandro Iaria, University of Bristol
Fabian Waldinger, University of Munich

International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from the Collapse of International Science in the Wake of WWI
12:50 pm
12:50 pm
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Daniel Garcia-Macia, International Monetary Fund

How Destructive is Innovation?
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
Mitsuru Igami, University of Toronto
Kosuke Uetake, Yale University

Mergers, Innovation, and Entry-Exit Dynamics: The Consolidation of the Hard Disk Drive Industry
2:50 pm
2:50 pm
Kirk B. Doran, University of Notre Dame
Alexander M. Gelber, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University

The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms: Evidence from H-1B Visa Lotteries
Wednesday, July 15
9:00 am
9:00 am
Haris Tabakovic, The Brattle Group
Thomas G. Wollmann, Boston University and NBER

The Impact of Money on Science: Evidence from Unexpected NCAA Football Outcomes
9:50 am
9:50 am
Jason Gush, Royal Society of New Zealand
Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER
Victoria Larsen, University of Otago
Athene Laws, International Monetary Fund

The Effect of Public Funding on Research Output: The New Zealand Marsden Fund
11:00 am
11:00 am
Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER
Sharon Belenzon, Duke University and NBER
Andrea Patacconi, Norwich Business School

Killing the Golden Goose?