Working Papers
Working papers
6. Retreating from Science: The Long-Run Effects of the 1970s U.S. Military Disinvestment from Research
(with Bhaven Sampat and Hansen Zhang)
5. A Quarter of US-Trained Scientists Eventually Leave. Is the US Giving Away Its Edge?
(with Dror Shvadron, Hansen Zhang, and Lee Fleming)
revise & resubmit
4. Funding the U.S. Scientific Training Ecosystem: New Data, Methods, and Evidence
(with Dror Shvadron, Hansen Zhang, and Lee Fleming)
revise & resubmit at Research Policy
Abstract (click to expand)
Media: Forbes
Data on U.S. STEM PhD graduates available here
3. The Therapeutic Consequences of the War: World War II and the 20th Century Expansion of Biomedicine
(with Bhaven Sampat)
revise & resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies
Abstract (click to expand)
2. Coordinated R&D Programs and the Creation of New Industries
(with Maria Roche)
revise & resubmit at Strategic Management Journal
Abstract (click to expand)
1. Beyond Innovation: The Composition and Dynamics of Technology-enabled Entrepreneurship
(with Jorge Guzman and Innessa Colaiacovo)
revise & resubmit at Strategic Management Journal
Abstract (click to expand)
Media: Entrepreneur Magazine
Projects in progress
Additional projects underway on:
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​​Economic espionage and trade secret theft in the 21st century
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Impacts of organizational restructuring at the National Institutes of Health
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Effects of large-scale international technology transfer on national innovation capacity
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Interdependence in production systems as a source of technology lock-in
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Automation and the decline of organized labor in America
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