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Working Papers

2022

1. Prediction Machines, Insurance, and Protection: An Alternative Perspective on AI's Role in Production
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

2. AI Adoption and System-Wide Change
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2020

3. Enabling Entrepreneurial Choice
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

4. Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (56)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2019)

2018

5. Does Scientist Immigration Harm US Science? An Examination of Spillovers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
6. Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2018) View citations (10)
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2018) View citations (9)
   See also Chapter (2018)
   Journal Article in Innovation Policy and the Economy (2019)
7. Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Prediction versus Judgment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
8. Finding Needles in Haystacks: Artificial Intelligence and Recombinant Growth
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
   See also Chapter (2018)
9. Human Judgment and AI Pricing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in AEA Papers and Proceedings (2018)
10. Prediction, Judgment and Complexity: A Theory of Decision Making and Artificial Intelligence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Chapter (2018)

2015

11. Slack Time and Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2014

12. Diaspora Networks, Knowledge Flows and Brain Drain
    WIPO Economic Research Working Papers, World Intellectual Property Organization - Economics and Statistics Division View citations (1)
13. Roads and Innovation
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2017)
14. Tax Credits and Small Firm R&D Spending
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
15. Why Stars Matter
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

2013

16. Collaboration, Stars, and the Changing Organization of Science: Evidence from Evolutionary Biology
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Chapter (2014)
17. Deals Not Done: Sources of Failure in the Market for Ideas
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Strategic Management Journal (2015)
18. Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
    See also Chapter (2015)
19. Does Information Help or Hinder Job Applicants from Less Developed Countries in Online Markets?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
20. Does Knowledge Accumulation Increase the Returns to Collaboration?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
21. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (53)
    See also Journal Article in Innovation Policy and the Economy (2014)
    Chapter (2013)
22. Why are some regions more innovative than others? The role of firm size diversity
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (21)

2011

23. The Geography of Crowdfunding
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (124)

2010

24. Entrepreneurial Finance and the Flat-World Hypothesis: Evidence from Crowd-Funding Entrepreneurs in the Arts
    Working Papers, NET Institute View citations (10)
25. Recruiting for Ideas: How Firms Exploit the Prior Inventions of New Hires
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2009

26. Not Invented Here? Innovation in Company Towns
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Chapter (2010)
    Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2010)

2008

27. Brain Drain or Brain Bank? The Impact of Skilled Emigration on Poor-Country Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2011)

2007

28. Birds of a Feather - Better Together? Exploring the Optimal Spatial Distribution of Ethnic Inventors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2006

29. Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
30. University Patenting: Estimating the Diminishing Breadth of Knowledge Diffusion and Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2003

31. Gone But Not Forgotten: Labor Flows, Knowledge Spillovers, and Enduring Social Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (57)

2002

32. University Research, Industrial R&D, and the Anchor Tenant Hypothesis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

Journal Articles

2019

1. Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33, (2), 31-50 View citations (61)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
2. Does scientist immigration harm US science? An examination of the knowledge spillover channel
   Research Policy, 2019, 48, (5), 1248-1259 View citations (1)
3. Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence
   Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2019, 19, (1), 139 - 159 View citations (37)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
   Chapter (2018)

2018

4. Human Judgment and AI Pricing
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 58-63 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2017

5. How stars matter: Recruiting and peer effects in evolutionary biology
   Research Policy, 2017, 46, (4), 853-867 View citations (34)
6. Roads and Innovation
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99, (3), 417-434 View citations (73)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2016

7. Does standardized information in online markets disproportionately benefit job applicants from less developed countries?
   Journal of International Economics, 2016, 103, (C), 1-12 View citations (32)
8. Understanding the Changing Structure of Scientific Inquiry
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8, (1), 100-128 View citations (15)

2015

9. Crowdfunding: Geography, Social Networks, and the Timing of Investment Decisions
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2015, 24, (2), 253-274 View citations (216)
10. Deals not done: Sources of failure in the market for ideas
    Strategic Management Journal, 2015, 36, (7), 976-986 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2014

11. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
    Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2014, 14, (1), 63 - 97 View citations (165)
    See also Chapter (2013)
    Working Paper (2013)
12. Why are some regions more innovative than others? The role of small firms in the presence of large labs
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2014, 81, (C), 149-165 View citations (54)

2011

13. Brain drain or brain bank? The impact of skilled emigration on poor-country innovation
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 69, (1), 43-55 View citations (190)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2010

14. Not Invented Here? Innovation in company towns
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 67, (1), 78-89 View citations (61)
    See also Chapter (2010)
    Working Paper (2009)

2009

15. Have university knowledge flows narrowed?: Evidence from patent data
    Research Policy, 2009, 38, (1), 1-13 View citations (26)

2008

16. How do spatial and social proximity influence knowledge flows? Evidence from patent data
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64, (2), 258-269 View citations (257)
17. International labor mobility and knowledge flow externalities
    Journal of International Business Studies, 2008, 39, (8), 1242-1260 View citations (117)
18. Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (4), 1578-90 View citations (120)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

19. Public Sector Science And The Strategy Of The Commons
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2007, 16, (7), 517-539 View citations (3)

2003

20. Innovation and the Growth of Cities
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2003, 3, (4), 458-461
21. The anchor tenant hypothesis: exploring the role of large, local, R&D-intensive firms in regional innovation systems
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2003, 21, (9), 1227-1253 View citations (152)

Books

2019

1. The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (169)

2014

2. Standards, Patents and Innovations
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Edited books

2019

1. The Economics of Artificial Intelligence
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (185)

Chapters

2023

1. Introduction to "The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges"
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges, 2023
2. Similarities and Differences in the Adoption of General Purpose Technologies
   A chapter in Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth, 2023

2018

3. Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence
   A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 19, 2018, pp 139-159 View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article in Innovation Policy and the Economy (2019)
   Working Paper (2018)
4. Finding Needles in Haystacks: Artificial Intelligence and Recombinant Growth
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, 2018, pp 149-174 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
5. Introduction to "The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda"
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, 2018, pp 1-19 View citations (10)
6. Prediction, Judgment, and Complexity: A Theory of Decision-Making and Artificial Intelligence
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, 2018, pp 89-110 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2015

7. Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda
   A chapter in Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy, 2015, pp 219-250 View citations (36)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2014

8. Collaboration, Stars, and the Changing Organization of Science: Evidence from Evolutionary Biology
   A chapter in The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, 2014, pp 75-102 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2013

9. Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
   A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 14, 2013, pp 63-97 View citations (46)
   See also Working Paper (2013)
   Journal Article in Innovation Policy and the Economy (2014)

2010

10. Not Invented Here? Innovation in Company Towns
    A chapter in Cities and Entrepreneurship, 2010 View citations (58)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2010)
    Working Paper (2009)