Tuesday, July 14
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8:30 am
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Coffee and pastries
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9:00 am
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Xavier L. Jaravel, Harvard University
Neviana Petkova, U.S.
Department of the Treasury
Alexander M. Bell, Harvard University
Team-Specific Capital and Innovation
Discussant: Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER
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9:50 am
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Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christian Fons-Rosen, Universitat
Pompeu Fabra
Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California at
San Diego and NBER
Does
Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?
Discussant: Bruce A. Weinberg, Ohio State University and NBER
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10:40 am
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Break
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11:00 am
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Alessandro Iaria, CREST- ENSAE
Fabian Waldinger, University of Warwick
International
Knowledge Flows: Evidence from the Collapse of International Science in the
Wake of WWI
Discussant: Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER
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11:50 am
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Lunch
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12:50 pm
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Daniel Garcia-Macia, Stanford University
Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
How Destructive
is Innovation?
Discussant: Paul M. Romer, New York University and
NBER
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1:40 pm
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Break
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2:00 pm
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Mitsuru Igami, Yale University
Kosuke Uetake, Yale
University
Mergers,
Innovation, and Entry-Exit Dynamics: The Consolidation of the Hard Disk Drive
Industry(1976–2014)
Discussant: Joshua Gans, University of Toronto and
NBER
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2:50 pm
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Kirk B. Doran,
University of Notre Dame
Alexander M. Gelber, University of California at
Berkeley and NBER
Adam Isen, Department of the Treasury
The
Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms: Evidence from H-1B Visa
Lotteries
Discussant: William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER
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3:40 pm
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Break
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4:00 pm
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Panel
Discussion on Patent Reform
Panelists: Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Yale University and NBER
A. Douglas Melamed, Stanford University
Carl Shapiro,
University of California at Berkeley
Phyllis
Turner-Brim, Intellectual Ventures
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5:15 pm
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Adjourn and
reception
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Wednesday, July 15
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8:30 am
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Coffee
and pastries
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9:00 am
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Haris
Tabakovic, Harvard Business School
Thomas G. Wollmann, University of Chicago, Booth
School of Business
The
Impact of Money on Science: Evidence from Unexpected NCAA Football Outcomes
Discussant: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and
NBER
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9:50 am
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Jason Gush, Royal
Society of New Zealand
Adam B. Jaffe, Motu Motu
Economic and Public Policy Research and NBER
Victoria Larsen, University of Otago
Athene Laws, Motu Economic
and Public Policy Research
The
Effect of Public Funding on Research Output: The New Zealand Marsden Fund
Discussant: Ariel Dora Stern, Harvard University
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10:40 am
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Break
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11:00 am
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Ashish Arora, Duke
University and NBER
Sharon Belenzon, Duke University
Andrea Patacconi, Norwich Business School
Killing
the Golden Goose?The Decline of Science in Corporate R&D
Discussant: Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford
University and NBER
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11:50 am
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Lunch
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Afternoon session
is joint with Productivity, Development & Entrepreneurship
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1:30 pm
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Achyuta
Adhvaryu, University of Michigan
Namrata Kala, Yale University
Anant Nyshadham,
University of Southern California
Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity: Evidence from Air Pollution
Exposure in an Indian Garment Factory
Discussant: Hunt Allcott, New York University and
NBER
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2:15 pm
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Benjamin Marx,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vincent Pons, Harvard Business School
Tavneet Suri,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization
Discussant: Raymond Fisman, Columbia University and
NBER
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3:00 pm
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Break
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3:15 pm
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Alexander M. Bell
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Xavier L. Jaravel, Harvard University
Neviana Petkova, U.S. Department of the Treasury
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and
NBER
The Lifecycle of Inventors
Discussant: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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4:00 pm
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Adjourn
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6:00 pm
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Clambake – Royal
Sonesta Hotel
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