Research
Publications
Crisis Innovation and National Competitiveness
The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy: A Historical Perspective
(with Bhaven Sampat)
AEA Papers & Proceedings, 111, 346-350. 2021.
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Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19
(with Bhaven Sampat)
Forthcoming in NBER Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, Vol. 1
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Labor-Saving Technology
Management Science, 66(12), 5683-5700. 2020.
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Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor
RAND Journal of Economics, 49(2), 427-452. 2018.
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Incentives and Creative Workers
Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 102(3), 583-599. 2020.
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Final working paper version | Online appendix
Press: New York Times, Inc.com, LiveMint, FinWeek, Freelancer, VoxEU, HBR (France), HBS Working Knowledge
Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development
RAND Journal of Economics, 48(2), 438-466. 2017.
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Working papers
Automation and the Future of Young Workers: Evidence from the Automation of Telephone Operation
submitted
(with James Feigenbaum)
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(with James Feigenbaum)
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(with Bhaven Sampat)
note: this paper has been delayed multiple years by COVID, and is pending the re-opening of NARA
a significantly expanded version of this paper is pending additional archival data collection
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Press: NBER Digest (Sep 2020), Axios, AEIdeas
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The Hidden Costs of Securing Innovation: The Manifold Impacts of Compulsory Invention Secrecy
revised and resubmitted
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Projects in progress
The Long-Run Impacts of Crisis Medical Research on the Life Sciences
(with Bhaven Sampat)
The Effects of Co-location on Scientific Productivity and Collaboration
(with Bhaven Sampat and Maria Roche)
U.S. Entrepreneurship over the Twentieth Century
(with Jorge Guzman and Innessa Colaiacovo)
The Effects of Foreign IP Theft on U.S. Firms and Innovation
(with Britta Glennon and Lia Sheer)
Other papers
Good Reverberations? Teacher Influence in Music Composition since 1450
by Karol Jan Borowiecki
Forthcoming at the Journal of Political Economy
Over the years 2015-2018, I co-developed this paper from its conception to data collection and measurement, early analysis, framing, and initial drafting, before removing myself from the project to focus on my crisis innovation agenda. The abstract, much of the introduction, and most of the tables and figures in the body of the paper were written/coded during my tenure on the project, which Karol shepherded through submission, revisions, and the accompanying uncertainty of the R&R process. It's a project I'm fond of and am proud to have been a part of (especially given a personal interest in and experience playing the Western classical canon!), and am happy to see well-published.