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The startup cartography project: measuring and mapping entrepreneurial ecosystems
(Elsevier, 2019)This paper presents the Startup Cartography Project, which offers a new set of entrepreneurial ecosystem statistics for the United States from 1988-2016. The SCP combines state-level business registration records with a ... -
Does removing gatekeepers democratize the diffusion of knowledge? Evidence from COVID-19 preprints
Online platforms such as preprint servers have become an increasingly important way to disseminate new knowledge prior to peer review. In contrast to peer-reviewed research, preprints have no barriers to publication and ... -
The economics of currency risk
(Annual Reviews, 2021-08-05)This article reviews the literature on currency and country risk with a focus on their macroeconomic origins and implications. A growing body of evidence shows that countries with safer currencies enjoy persistently lower ... -
Stockpiling medicines at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: an empirical analysis of national prescription drug sales and prices
Hospitals with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) demand surges at the onset of the pandemic report medication shortages, a worrisome phenomenon as inadequate medication supplies negatively affect patient outcomes. The popular ... -
The generic drug user fee amendments: an economic perspective
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018-05-01)Since the vast majority of prescription drugs consumed by Americans are off patent (‘generic’), their regulation and supply is of wide interest. We describe events leading up to the US Congress's 2012 passage of the Generic ... -
Automation, research technology, and researchers’ trajectories: evidence from computer science and electrical engineering
(INFORMS, 2020-01-31)We examine how the introduction of a technology that automates research tasks influences the rate and type of researchers’ knowledge production. To do this, we leverage the unanticipated arrival of an automating motion-sensing ... -
Public research funding and pharmaceutical prices: do Americans pay twice for drugs?
(2020)In the debate over prescription drug pricing, some pharmaceutical industry critics claim that U.S. taxpayers pay twice for costly therapies, because publicly supported research is a major contributor to drug discovery and ... -
Political districting without geography
(Elsevier, 2022)Geographical considerations such as contiguity and compactness are necessary elements of political districting in practice. Yet an analysis of the problem without such constraints yields mathematical insights that can ... -
Estimating the financial impact of gene therapy in the U.S.
(2021-04-01)We empirically assess the potential financial impact of future gene therapies on the US economy. After identifying 109 late-stage gene therapy clinical trials currently underway, we estimate the number of new and existing ... -
Valuing rare pediatric drugs: an economics perspective
(2000-10-01)There is a coming wave of novel genetic therapies aiming to treat rare pediatric disease. A large literature investigates the valuation of new treatments, but the valuation of treatments for rare pediatric illness raises ...