SI 2017 Innovation

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

July 18-19, 2017

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

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
Discussant: Glenn Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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
Discussant: Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am
Joshua L. Krieger, Harvard University

Trials and Terminations: Learning from Competitors' Failures in Drug Development
Discussant: Marvin Lieberman, University of California at Los Angeles
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm
Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University and NBER

The Elasticity of the Direction of Science
Discussant: Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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?
Discussant: Ramana Nanda, Imperial College London
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
Discussant: Iain M. Cockburn, Boston University and NBER
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
Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago and NBER

Are U.S. Companies Too Short-Term Oriented? Some Thoughts
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
Discussant: Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
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
Discussant: John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
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
Discussant: Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University
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
Discussant: Jonas Hjort, University College London
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
Discussant: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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
Discussant: Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn