NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC.
Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Josh Lerner and Nicholas Bloom, Organizers
March 15, 2013
NBER
Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd
Floor
1050
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge,
MA
PROGRAM
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MARCH 14:
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6:00 pm
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Group Dinner at Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
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MARCH 15:
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8:15 am
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Shuttle Van Departs
from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
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8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:00 am
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Introductions
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9:05 am
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Daniel Paravisini, Columbia University and NBER
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and NBER
The
Information and Agency Effects of Scores: Randomized Evidence from Credit
Committees
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9:50 am
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Eric Budish, University of
Chicago
Benjamin N. Roin, Harvard Law School
Heidi L. Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Do
fixed patent terms distort innovation? Evidence from cancer clinical trials
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10:35 am
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Break
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10:55 am
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Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and NBER
Jeffrey L. Furman, Boston University and NBER
Joshua Krieger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fiona E. Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Retractions
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11:40 am
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Daniel Bradley, University of South Florida
Incheol Kim, University of South Florida
Xuan Tian, Indiana
University
Providing
Protection or Encouraging Holdup? The Effects of Labor Unions on Innovation
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12:25 pm
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Lunch
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1:25 pm
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Karthik Krishnan, Northeastern University
Debarshi Nandy, Brandeis
University
Manju Puri, Duke
University and NBER
Increased
Access to Financing and Firm Productivity
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2:10 pm
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Break
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2:30 pm
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Sharon Belenzon, Duke University
Aaron Chatterji, Duke University
Eponymous Entrepreneurs
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3:15 pm
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Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Adam Sacarny, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
Healthcare
Exceptionalism? Productivity and Allocation in the
U.S. Healthcare Sector
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4:00 pm
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Adjourn
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