SI 2017 Innovation
Benjamin Jones, Scott Stern, and Heidi L. Williams, Organizers
July 18-19, 2017
Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Tuesday, July 18 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
David Card, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley and NBER What do Editors Maximize? Evidence from Four Leading Economics Journals
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| 9:50 am |
Adam Jorring, University of Chicago Andrew W. Lo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Tomas Philipson, University of Chicago and NBER Manita Singh, Goldman Sachs and MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering Richard T. Thakor, University of Minnesota Managing R&D Risk in Healthcare via FDA Hedges
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| 10:40 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Joshua L. Krieger, Harvard University Trials and Terminations: Learning from Competitors' Failures in Drug Development
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| 11:50 am | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University and NBER The Elasticity of the Direction of Science
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| 1:50 pm |
Shai Bernstein, Harvard University and NBER Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Richard Townsend, University of California, San Diego and NBER Does Economic Insecurity Affect Employee Innovation?
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| 2:40 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Haris Tabakovic, The Brattle Group Thomas G. Wollmann, University of Chicago and NBER Effects of Regulatory Capture: Evidence from Patent Examiners
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| 3:50 pm | Break | |||
| 4:00 pm |
Panel: Is Short-Termism Killing the American Innovation Engine? Moderator: Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University and NBER Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER Karen Mills, Harvard University |
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Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER Are U.S. Companies Too Short-Term Oriented? Some Thoughts |
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| 5:15 pm | Adjourn and reception | |||
| Wednesday, July 19 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris Matthieu Lequien, INSEE Marc Melitz, Harvard University and NBER The Impact of Exports on Innovation: Theory and Evidence
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| 9:50 am |
Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Jong-Rong Chen, National Central University Britta M. Glennon, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Chih-Hai Yang, National Central University Nikolas Zolas, U.S. Department of State Does Offshoring Manufacturing Harm Innovation in the Home Country? Evidence from Taiwan and China
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| 10:40 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER David Dorn, University of Zurich Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER Pian Shu, Harvard University Gary Pisano, Harvard University Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from US Patents
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| 11:50 am | Lunch | |||
| Afternoon joint with Productivity, Development, and Entrepreneurship | ||||
| 1:30 pm |
Victor Couture, University of British Columbia Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Yizhen Gu, Peking University Lizhi Liu, Georgetown University E-Commerce Integration and Economic Development: Evidence from China
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| 2:15 pm |
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER John Grigsby, Princeton University and NBER Tom Nicholas, Harvard University The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:15 pm |
Bryan T. Kelly, Yale University and NBER Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER Amit Seru, Stanford University and NBER Matt Taddy, Amazon Measuring Technological Innovation over the Long Run
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| 4:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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