SI 2024 Innovation
Adam B. Jaffe, Benjamin Jones, and Heidi L. Williams, Organizers
July 16-17, 2024
Supported by Open Philanthropy
Ballroom A
Format: 50 minute presentation slots: 20 minutes for authors, 15 for discussants, 15 for Q&A
| Tuesday, July 16 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:30 am |
How Social Structure Drives Innovation: Surname Diversity and Patents in U.S. History
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| 10:20 am |
How Does Industry Shape Academic Science? Evidence from “Million Dollar Plants”
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| 11:10 am | Break | |||
| 11:30 am |
Race and Science
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| 12:20 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Public R&D Spillovers and Productivity Growth
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| 2:20 pm |
The Returns to Government R&D: Evidence from U.S. Appropriations Shocks
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| 3:10 pm | Break | |||
| 3:30 pm |
Jason Furman, Harvard University Donald Marron, Urban Institute Catherine Rampell, Washington Post Moderator: Heidi Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 5:30 pm | Reception in Ballroom Foyer | |||
| Wednesday, July 17 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:30 am |
Innovation through Labor Mobility: Evidence from Non-Compete Agreements
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| 10:20 am |
The Effect of Inventor Mobility on Network Productivity
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| 11:10 am | Break | |||
| 11:30 am |
Welfare Gains from Product and Process Innovations: The Case of LCD Panels, 2001-2011
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| 12:20 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:29 pm | Afternoon Joint Session with Entrepreneurship and Digital Economics and Artificial Intelligence Groups | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Finding Diamonds in the Rough: Data-Driven Opportunities and Pharmaceutical Innovation
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| 2:10 PM |
Automated Social Science: Language Models as Scientist and Subjects
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| 2:50 pm | Break | |||
| 3:10 PM |
Quantifying the Impact of AI on Productivity and Labor Demand: Evidence from U.S. Census Microdata
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| 3:50 pm | Adjourn | |||