SI 2016 Innovation

Scott Stern, Heidi L. Williams, Tetyana Pecherska, and Benjamin Jones, Organizers

July 19-20, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

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
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
11:00 am
Alice Kuegler, Central European University

The Responsiveness of Inventing: Evidence from a Patent Fee Reform
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
2:00 pm
Erik Meyersson, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics

Industrial Espionage and Productivity
2:50 pm
Elisabeth Ruth Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau

Dense Enough To Be Brilliant: Patents, Urbanization, and Transportation in Nineteenth Century America
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
9:50 am
Xavier L. Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

The Unequal Gains from Product Innovations
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
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