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Working Papers

2025

1. Indirect Cost Recovery in U.S. Innovation Policy: History, Evidence, and Avenues for Reform
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Therapeutic Consequences of the War: World War II and the 20th-Century Expansion of Biomedicine
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

3. The Government Patent Register: A New Resource for Measuring U.S. Government-Funded Patenting
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article The Government Patent Register: A new resource for measuring U.S. government-funded patenting, Research Policy, Elsevier (2025) (2025)

2021

4. Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
   Chapter Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
5. Organizational and Economic Obstacles to Automation: A Cautionary Tale from AT&T in the Twentieth Century
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Organizational and Economic Obstacles to Automation: A Cautionary Tale from AT&T in the Twentieth Century, Management Science, INFORMS (2024) (2024)
6. The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy: A Historical Perspective
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
   See also Journal Article The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy: A Historical Perspective, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (21) (2021)

2020

7. America, Jump-started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the U.S. Innovation System
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
   See also Journal Article America, Jump-Started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the US Innovation System, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (6) (2023)
8. Answering the Call of Automation: How the Labor Market Adjusted to Mechanizing Telephone Operation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Answering the Call of Automation: How the Labor Market Adjusted to Mechanizing Telephone Operation*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2024) View citations (4) (2024)
9. The World War II Crisis Innovation Model: What Was It, and Where Does It Apply?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article The World War II crisis innovation model: What was it, and where does it apply?, Research Policy, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2019

10. Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility: Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility: Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century, Management Science, INFORMS (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
11. The Hidden Costs of Securing Innovation: The Manifold Impacts of Compulsory Invention Secrecy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article The Hidden Costs of Securing Innovation: The Manifold Impacts of Compulsory Invention Secrecy, Management Science, INFORMS (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2018

12. Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    Also in Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2018) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2020) View citations (13) (2020)

2017

13. Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Scale versus scope in the diffusion of new technology: evidence from the farm tractor, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2018) View citations (7) (2018)

2016

14. Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Performance feedback in competitive product development, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2017) View citations (12) (2017)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The Government Patent Register: A new resource for measuring U.S. government-funded patenting
   Research Policy, 2025, 54, (1)
   See also Working Paper The Government Patent Register: A New Resource for Measuring U.S. Government-Funded Patenting, NBER Working Papers (2024) (2024)

2024

2. Answering the Call of Automation: How the Labor Market Adjusted to Mechanizing Telephone Operation*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139, (3), 1879-1939 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Answering the Call of Automation: How the Labor Market Adjusted to Mechanizing Telephone Operation, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
3. Organizational and Economic Obstacles to Automation: A Cautionary Tale from AT&T in the Twentieth Century
   Management Science, 2024, 70, (12), 8520-8540
   See also Working Paper Organizational and Economic Obstacles to Automation: A Cautionary Tale from AT&T in the Twentieth Century, NBER Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2023

4. America, Jump-Started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the US Innovation System
   American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (12), 3323-56 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper America, Jump-started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the U.S. Innovation System, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (21) (2020)
5. The Hidden Costs of Securing Innovation: The Manifold Impacts of Compulsory Invention Secrecy
   Management Science, 2023, 69, (4), 2318-2338 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Hidden Costs of Securing Innovation: The Manifold Impacts of Compulsory Invention Secrecy, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (10) (2019)
6. The World War II crisis innovation model: What was it, and where does it apply?
   Research Policy, 2023, 52, (9) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The World War II Crisis Innovation Model: What Was It, and Where Does It Apply?, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2022

7. Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19
   Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, 2022, 1, (1), 135 - 181 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
   Chapter Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19, NBER Chapters, 2021, 135-181 (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2021

8. The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy: A Historical Perspective
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 346-50 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper The Economics of Crisis Innovation Policy: A Historical Perspective, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (21) (2021)

2020

9. Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility: Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century
   Management Science, 2020, 66, (12), 5683-5700 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility: Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (2) (2019)
10. Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102, (3), 583-599 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (8) (2018)

2018

11. Scale versus scope in the diffusion of new technology: evidence from the farm tractor
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2018, 49, (2), 427-452 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2017

12. Performance feedback in competitive product development
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2017, 48, (2), 438-466 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

Chapters

2025

1. Comment on "Four Battlegrounds for Artificial Intelligence"
   A chapter in The Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence, 2025

2021

2. Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19
   A chapter in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, volume 1, 2021, pp 135-181 View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19, University of Chicago Press (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
   Working Paper Crisis Innovation Policy from World War II to COVID-19, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (2) (2021)