In Progress

The Credit Economy in Science

Optimal Long-Term R&D with Dangerous Knowledge

Published

The Returns to Science in the Presence of Technological Risk. arXiv:2312.14289. (2023). (Originally an internal report for Open Philanthropy)

The Roots of Agricultural Innovation: Patent Evidence of Knowledge Spillovers. With Paul Heisey, GianCarlo Moschini, and Yongjie Ji. Chapter in The Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, NBER, editor Petra Moser (2021).

Incentivizing New Veterinary Pharmaceutical Products to Combat Antibiotic Resistance. With Stacy Sneeringer. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (2020).

The U.S. and EU Animal Pharmaceutical Industries in the Age of Antibiotic Resistance. With Stacy Sneeringer and Maria Bowman. USDA Economic Research Report 264 (2019).

Inventing by Combining Pre-Existing Technologies: Patent Evidence on Learning and Fishing Out. Research Policy (2017) [Pre-print] [Video Summary]

Combinations of technology in US Patents, 1926-2009: A Weakening Base for Future Innovation? Economics of Innovation and New Technology (2017). [Pre-print] [Video Summary]

Mandates and the Incentive for Environmental Innovation. With GianCarlo Moschini. Forthcoming in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. [Pre-print] [simulation code]

Intellectual Property Rights and the Ascent of Proprietary Innovation in Agriculture.  With GianCarlo Moschini. Annual Review of Resource Economics (2017) 9, 53-74. [Pre-print]

Research, Productivity, and Output Growth in U.S. Agriculture. With Keith Fuglie, Paul Heisey, and James MacDonald. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2017), 1-41.

Private Sector Research and Development. With Keith Fuglie, and Paul W. Heisey. Chapter in Handbook of Agriscience and Agribusiness, ed. N. Kalaitzandonakes (2017).

Incentives for Innovation: Patents, Prizes, and Research Contracts. With GianCarlo Moschini. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (2013). *winner of the 2013 Outstanding AEPP article.