Organizer: Patrick Gaule, patrick.gaule@bristol.ac.uk
Date: Friday, October 31, 2024
Venue: Reception Room, Clifton Hill House, Lower Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1BX
Program:
9:00-9:25 Arrivals. Tea, coffee
9:25-9:30 Welcome remarks
9:30-10:15 Davide Coluccia (University of Bristol) “Racial Discrimination and Lost Innovation“ (with Gaia Dossi and Sebastian Oettinger)
10:15-11:00 Max Posch (University of Exeter) “How Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames, Social Interactions and Patents in U.S. History” (with Jonathan Schulz and Joseph Henrich)
11:00-11:30 Mid-morning break. Tea and Coffee
11:30-12:15 Olof Ejermo (University of Lund) “Publication and career penalties of children in Swedish academia” (with Peter Holmström)
12:15-13:00 Atte Pudas (Aalto University) “Why Are There So Few Female Inventors”
13:00-14:00 Lunch (at the workshop venue)
14:00-14:45 Patrick Gaule (University of Bristol) “Finding Young Einsteins: Olympiads and STEM Talent Discovery” (with Ruchir Agarwal & Yuyan Jiang)
14:45-15:30 Marta Morando (LSE) “Polarized Innovation” (with Gaia Dossi)
15:30-16:00 Afternoon Break. Tea and Coffee
16:00-16:45 Georgios Tsiachtsiras (University of Bristol) “A Light Bulb Goes On: Religiosity and the Adoption of Electrical Technologies in 19th century France” (with Sergio Petralia and Ernest Miguelez)
16:45-17:30 Charles Ayoubi (ESSEC Business School) “Generative AI & Innovating in Teams: Field Experimental Evidence“ (with Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, Raffaella Sadun, and Karim Lakhani).
17:30 Adjourn
18:30: Workshop Dinner, Lido Restaurant, Oakfield Pl, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2BJ
Organizer: Patrick Gaule, patrick.gaule@bristol.ac.uk
Date: Friday, November 3, 2023
Venue: Music and Drawing Room, Clifton Hill House, Lower Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1BX
Program:
9:00-9:25 Arrivals. Tea, coffee
9:25-9:30 Welcome remarks
9:30-10:15 Emeric Henry (Science Po) “From Public Labs to Private Firms: Magnitude and Channels of R&D Spillovers” (with Antonin Bergeaud, Arthur Guillouzouic & Clement Malgouyres)
10:15-11:00 Benjamin Balsmeier (University of Luxembourg) “Ideas do not travel free: geographic constraints of interpersonal knowledge flows in science” (with Sonja Lueck and Lee Fleming)
11:00-11:30 Mid-morning break. Tea and Coffee
11:30-12:15 Alessandro Iaria (University of Bristol) “Innovation Begets Innovation and Concentration: The Case of Upstream Oil & Gas in the North Sea” (with Michele Fioretti, Aljoscha Janssen, Clement Mazet-Sonilhac & Robert Perrons)
12:15-13:00 Felix Poege (Bocconi University) “Competition and Innovation: The Breakup of IG Farben”
13:00-14:00 Lunch (at the workshop venue)
14:00-14:45 Andreas Link (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) “The Fall of Constantinople and the Rise of the West”
14:45-15:30 Matias Cabello (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) “The Counter-Reformation, Science, and Long-Term Growth: a Black Legend?”
15:30-16:00 Afternoon Break. Tea and Coffee
16:00-16:45 Gaia Dossi (LSE) “Race and the Direction of Scientific Progress”
16:45-17:30 Hyejin Ku (UCL) “The virtuous cycle between education and technology" (with Sascha O. Becker and Christian Dustmann)
17:30 Adjourn
Early Evening: Workshop Dinner (for presenters), Venue TBA
Organizer: Patrick Gaule, patrick.gaule@bristol.ac.uk
Date: Friday, November 4, 2022
Venue: Clifton Suite, Clifton Hill House, Lower Clifton Hill, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1BX
Program:
9:00-9:30 Arrivals. Tea, coffee
9:30-10:15 Alessandro Iaria (University of Bristol) “Gender Gaps in Academia: Global Evidence Over the Twentieth Century” (with Carlo Schwarz and Fabian Waldinger)
Discussant: Sarah Smith (University of Bristol)
10:15-11:00 Hyejin Ku (UCL) “The Rise of China and the Global Production of Scientific Knowledge” (with Tianrui Mu)
Discussant: Alessandro Iaria (University of Bristol)
11:00-11:30 Mid-morning break. Tea and Coffee
11:30-12:15 Eugenie Dugoua (London School of Economics) “Induced Innovation, Inventors, and the Energy Transition” (with Todd Gerarden)
Discussant: Helen Simpson (University of Bristol)
12:15-13:00 Patrick Gaule (University of Bristol) “India’s Missing Billion” (with Ruchir Agarwal)
Discussant: Paul Hufe (University of Bristol)
13:00-14:00 Lunch (at the workshop venue)
14:00-14:45 Christian Ochsner (CERGE-EI) “Dying for mistrust? 1918-flu mortality, vaccination skepticism and vaccination behavior” (with Lukas Schmid)
Discussant: Christine Valente (University of Bristol)
14:45-15:30 Pere Arque-Castells (University of Groningen) “Does a Stronger Patent System Stimulate More R&D? Yes, in Firms That Rely on Patents as an Appropriation Mechanism”
Discussant: Ammon Salter (University of Bath)
15:30-16:00 Afternoon Break. Tea and Coffee
16:00-16:45 Sampsa Samila (IESE) "Robots, China and Polls: Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the U.S.” (with Marina Chugunova, Arnau Juanmarti and Klaus Keller)
Discussant: Leandro de Magalhaes (University of Bristol)
16:45-17:30 Chirantan Chatterjee (SPRU) “Cross-Border Environmental Regulation and Firm Labor Demand” (with Pavel Chakraborty and Anindya Chakrabarti)
Discussant: Eugenie Dugoua (London School of Economics)
17:30 Adjourn
2019 Bath Economics of Innovation Workshop: https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/economics-of-innovation-and-productivity-workshop-2019/
2018 Bath Economics of Innovation Workshop: https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/economics-of-innovation-and-productivity-workshop/