SI 2016 Innovation
Scott Stern, Heidi L. Williams, Tetyana Pecherska, and Benjamin Jones, Organizers
July 19-20, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Tuesday, July 19 | ||
9:00 am |
Jiashuo Feng, Harvard University Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics Who Feeds the Trolls? Patent Trolls and the Patent Examination Process |
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9:50 am |
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER Elizabeth Webster, Swinburne University of Technology Low-quality Patents in the Eye of the Beholder: Evidence from Multiple Examiners |
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11:00 am |
Alice Kuegler, Central European University The Responsiveness of Inventing: Evidence from a Patent Fee Reform |
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12:50 pm |
Michael Koenig, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Xiaodong Liu, University of Colorado at Boulder Yves Zenou, Monash University R&D Networks: Theory, Empirics and Policy Implications |
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2:00 pm |
Erik Meyersson, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics Industrial Espionage and Productivity |
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2:50 pm |
Elisabeth Ruth Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau Dense Enough To Be Brilliant: Patents, Urbanization, and Transportation in Nineteenth Century America |
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Wednesday, July 20 | ||
9:00 am |
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER Ari Hyytinen, Hanken School of Economics Otto Toivanen, Aalto University Living "American Dream" in Finland: The Social Mobility of Inventors |
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9:50 am |
Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics The Unequal Gains from Product Innovations |
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11:00 am |
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER Ralf Martin, London School of Economics Do Tax Incentives for Research Increase Firm Innovation? An RD Design for R&D |
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11:00 am |
Antoine Dechezlepretre, OECD Elias Einio, London School of Economics Ralf Martin, London School of Economics Kieu-Trang Nguyen, Northwestern University John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER Do Tax Incentives for Research Increase Firm Innovation? An RD Design for R&D |