Research
Publications
Crisis Innovation and National Competitiveness
The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy: A Historical Perspective
(with Bhaven Sampat)
Forthcoming in AEA Papers & Proceedings
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Press: AEIdeas
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 Fate of Young Workers: Evidence from the Automation of Telephone Operation
(with James Feigenbaum)
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Organizational Frictions and Increasing Returns to Automation: Lessons from AT&T in the Twentieth Century
(with James Feigenbaum)
note: a significantly expanded version of this paper is in progress
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(with Bhaven Sampat)
note: this paper has been delayed by COVID, and is pending the re-opening of NARA
a significantly expanded version of this paper is in progress
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Press: NBER Digest (Sep 2020), Axios, AEIdeas
Organizing Crisis Innovation: Lessons from World War II
(with Bhaven Sampat)
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Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19
(invited chapter; with Bhaven Sampat)
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The Hidden Costs of Securing Innovation: The Manifold Impacts of Compulsory Invention Secrecy
under revision for resubmission
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Projects in progress
The Long-Run Impacts of Crisis Medical Research on the Life Sciences
(with Bhaven Sampat)
World War II and the Organization of Science
(with Bhaven Sampat and Innessa Colaiacovo)
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)
Please contact me for a synopsis of projects in progress.