The Organisation, Economics and Policy of Academic Research

The 10th Workshop on
The Organisation, Economics and Policy of
Scientific Research
Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, Moncalieri, Torino.
May 09-10, 2016
Organised by LEI & BRICK
(Department
of Economics and Statistics S. Cognetti de Martiis – Collegio Carlo Alberto)
May 09 th (day 1)
8:00
BUS FROM HOTEL CONCORD TO COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO
8:40
8:50
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
Welcome and opening remarks (Aldo Geuna)
9:00 – 10:45
Session 1
9:00 Benjamin F. Jones University innovation and the professor’s privilege
9:20 Markus Simeth The gravity of scientific disclosure in technological competition
9:40 Yuan Shi Federal funding and the rate and direction of inventive activity
Discussant: Cristiano Antonelli
10:45 - 11:05 COFFEE BREAK
11:05 – 12:50
Session 2
11:05 Carter Bloch Which researchers benefit most from grants? An analysis of citation impacts
of grants from the Danish Council for Independent Research
11:25 Nicolas Carayol and Marianne Lanoe The impact of project-based funding of science: the
French ANR experience
11:45 John P. Walsh and Jian Wang Competitive versus block funding and creativity in Japan:
status contingency effects
Discussants: Reinhilde Veugelers and Jacques Mairesse
12:50 - 13:40 LUNCH
13:40 – 15:25
Session 3
13:40 Lorenzo Zirulia Double disclosure and the negotiation of scientific credit in research teams
14:00 Maikel Pellens Misconduct in science and effects on innocent collaborators
14:20 Sotaro Shibayama Production of science and scientists: A case study of life science
laboratories in Japan
Discussant: Paul David
15:25 – 15:50 COFFEE BREAK
15:50 – 17:35
Session 4
15:50 Janet Bercovitz Stars and their constellations: Great person or great team?
16:10 Charles Ayoubi, Michele Pezzoni and Fabiana Visentin Learning determinants:
Absorbing knowledge flows from within or outside the team?
16:30 Oscar Llopis Star scientists versus interdisciplinary scientists: Exploring the distinct
patterns of engagement in university-industry interactions
Discussant: Michele Cincera
17:50
20:00
BUS BACK TO TURIN CENTRE (Piazza Carlo Felice)
CONFERENCE DINNER
May 10 th (day 2)
8:00
BUS FROM HOTEL CONCORD TO COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO
8:40
WELCOME COFFEE
8:50 – 10:35
Session 5
8:50 Ajay Bhaskarabhatla How much do individuals and organizations contribute to
innovation?
9:10 James D. Adams Theorems, lemmas and apps: The making of industrial software
9:30 Carolin Haeussler Bridging the gap from inventions to innovations - Increasing success
rates in clinical trials
Discussant: Aldo Geuna
10:35 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:10
Session 6
11:00 Alessandro Iaria International knowledge flows: Evidence from the collapse of
international science in the wake of WWI
11:20 Marc Scheufen On (open) access to research in developing countries: Empirical evidence
from article-level data
Discussant: Fabio Montobbio
12:10 – 13:20
Session 7
12:10 Luis Sanz-Menendez and Laura Cruz-Castro Divided communities: introducing the
preference of academics into the analysis of promotion
12:30 Mauro Sylos Labini and Natalia Zinovyeva Connections in scientific committees and
applicants' self-selection: Evidence from a natural randomized experiment
Discussant: John P. Walsh
13:20 - 14:20 LUNCH
14:30
BUS BACK TO TURIN CENTRE (Piazza Carlo Felice)
Instructions to Presenters and Discussants:
Presenter has 20 minutes. Discussant has 5-10 minutes per paper.
The room will be equipped with a laptop and a standard video-projector. Presenters, please have
your presentation ready on a USB memory card
List of Participants
James D. Adams –Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER (US)
Cristiano Antonelli – University of Turin, Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto (IT)
Charles Ayoubi – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
Janet Bercovitz – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US)
Ajay Bhaskarabhatla – Erasmus School of Economics (NL)
Carter Bloch – Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Aarhus University (DK)
Nicolas Carayol – GREThA, University of Bordeaux (FR)
Michele Cincera – Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
Laura Cruz-Castro – CSIC Institute of Public Goods and Policies (ES)
Paul David – Stanford University (US)
Aldo Geuna – University of Turin and Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto (IT)
Carolin Haeussler – University of Passau (DE)
Alessandro Iaria – CREST–ENSAE (FR)
Benjamin F. Jones – Northwestern University (US)
Marianne Lanoe – GREThA, University of Bordeaux (FR)
Oscar Llopis – ESC Rennes School of Business (FR)
Jacques Mairesse – CREST-INSEE (FR) and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University (NL)
Fabio Montobbio – University of Turin, Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto and Bocconi University (IT)
Maikel Pellens – ZEW-Centre for European Economic Research (DE)
Michele Pezzoni – Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis (FR) and Bocconi University (IT)
Luis Sanz-Menendez – CSIC Institute of Public Goods and Policies (ES)
Marc Scheufen – Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Yuan Shi – Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland (US)
Sotaro Shibayama – Science Technology and Innovation Governance Program, University of Tokyo (JP)
Markus Simeth – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (ES)
Mauro Sylos Labini – University of Pisa (IT)
Reinhilde Veugelers – KU Leuven (BE) and CEPR (UK)
Fabiana Visentin – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
John P. Walsh – Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
Jian Wang – KU Leuven (BE)
Natalia Zinovyeva – Aalto University (SF)
Lorenzo Zirulia – University of Bologna and Bocconi University (IT)
Organisation Committee
Cristiano Antonelli – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Michele Cincera – Université Libre de Bruxelles
Paul David – Stanford University
Aldo Geuna – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Marco Guerzoni – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Cornelia Lawson – STIG-University of Tokyo; CBR-University of Cambridge; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Jacques Mairesse – CREST-INSEE, Paris; UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Fabio Montobbio – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto; Bocconi University
Pier Paolo Patrucco – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Paula Stephan – Georgia State University; NBER
Reinhilde Veugelers – KU Leuven; CEPR, London
John P. Walsh – Georgia Institute of Technology