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 and Political Science (LSE) 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 (EPFL) 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 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, Collège de France 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 and Political Science (LSE) The Unequal Gains from Product Innovations |
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| 11:00 am |
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER Ralf Martin, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Do Tax Incentives for Research Increase Firm Innovation? An RD Design for R&D |
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| 11:00 am |
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 Do Tax Incentives for Research Increase Firm Innovation? An RD Design for R&D |
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