SI 2019 Innovation
Benjamin Jones, Scott Stern, and Heidi L. Williams, Organizers
July 16-17, 2019
Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Grand Ballroom
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
| Tuesday, July 16 | ||||
| 8:15 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 8:45 am | Introductions | |||
| 9:00 am |
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II
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| 9:50 am |
Bernhard Ganglmair, ZEW Mannheim Imke C. Reimers, Cornell University Visibility of Technology and Cumulative Innovation: Evidence from Trade Secrets Laws
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| 10:40 am | Break | |||
| 11:10 am |
Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Are "Complementary Policies" Substitutes? Evidence from R&D Subsidies in the UK
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
Kirk B. Doran, University of Notre Dame Chungeun Yoon, University of Notre Dame Immigration and Invention: Evidence from the Quota Acts
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| 1:50 pm |
Britta M. Glennon, University of Pennsylvania and NBER How Do Restrictions on High-Skilled Immigration Affect Offshoring? Evidence from the H-1B Program
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| 2:40 pm |
Shai Bernstein, Harvard University and NBER Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER Timothy McQuade, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Beatriz Pousada, Stanford University The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States
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| 3:30 pm | Break | |||
| 3:50 pm |
Panel: National Leadership in Innovation: Is It Changing, and Does It Matter? Chair: Philippe Aghion, College de France Panelists: Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Erica Fuchs, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University and NBER John Van Reenen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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| 5:10 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 5:15 pm | Reception at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Grand Ballroom Foyer) | |||
| Wednesday, July 17 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto and NBER Hong Luo, University of Toronto When does Product Liability Risk Chill Innovation? Evidence from Medical Implants
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| 9:50 am |
George P. Ball, Indiana University Jeffrey Macher, Georgetown University Ariel Dora Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute Recalls, Innovation and Competitor Response: Evidence from Medical Device Firms
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| 10:40 am | Break | |||
| 11:10 am |
David O. Argente, Yale University and NBER Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Douglas Hanley, University of Pittsburgh Sara Moreira, Northwestern University and NBER Patents to Products: Innovation and Firm Performance
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER Kadeem L. Noray, Harvard University Stem Careers and the Changing Skill Requirements of Work
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| 2:20 pm |
Timothy Simcoe, Boston University and NBER Bernhard Ganglmair, ZEW Mannheim Emanuele Tarantino, LUISS and EIEF Learning When to Quit: An Empirical Model of Experimentation in Standards Development
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| 3:10 pm | Break | |||
| 3:40 pm |
Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER Olga Rostapshova, Social Impact Sasha Gallant Milan A. Thomas, Asian Development Bank Is Development Innovation a Good Investment? Which Innovations Scale? Evidence from USAID's Development Innovation Ventures
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |||
| - Format: 50 minute presentation slots: 20 minutes for authors, 15 for discussants, 15 for Q&A | ||||